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The African diaspora in Finland (Finnish: afrikkalaisten diaspora Suomessa) refers to the residents of Finland of full or partial African ancestry, mostly from Sub-Saharan Africa. According to Statistics Finland, the total number of people in Finland with a close African background [a] (Africans in Finland; Suomen afrikkalaiset) was 57,496 in ...
People marching at the "Me emme vaikene" ("End the silence") demonstration against racism and fascism in the centre of Helsinki, Finland in September 2023. A 2011 poll showed that 66% of Finnish respondents considered Finland to be a racist country but only 14% admitted to being racist themselves. [1]
I.e., according to Statistics Finland, people in Finland: • whose both parents are Sub-Saharan African-born (SSA; i.e., all other African countries but Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia), • or whose only known parent was born in SSA, • or who were born in SSA and whose parents' countries of birth are unknown.
The Russian word chukhna (чухна́) is a derogatory term for Finnish and Finnic people. [4] The ministry for foreign affairs of Russia called for Russians to not use the word. [5] [6] Ingrian Finns were heavily persecuted in Soviet Russia, including being subject to forced deportations.
A significant catalyst was the right of return, based on President Koivisto's initiative that people of Ingrian ancestry would be allowed to immigrate to Finland. [7] About 30,000 people have citizenship of the Russian Federation (2015) [8] and Russian is the mother language of about 70,000 people in Finland, which represents about 1.3% of the ...
The Blue-and-Black Movement (Finnish: Sinimusta Liike, abbr. SML [3]) is a neo-fascist de-registered political party in Finland.. The party was born out of row over ethnonationalism in the Finns Party, which led into the Finns Party Youth disintegrating and representatives being expelled from the party.
Finns or Finnish people (Finnish: suomalaiset, IPA: [ˈsuo̯mɑlɑi̯set]) are a Baltic Finnic [41] ethnic group native to Finland. [42] Finns are traditionally divided into smaller regional groups that span several countries adjacent to Finland, both those who are native to these countries as well as those who have resettled.
As of 2023, 558,294 people, or 10.0%, live in Finland with a first language other than Finnish, Swedish or Sámi. [1] More than 150 foreign languages are spoken in Finland. [31] However, most of them have only few speakers. Historically, Finland has been a bilingual country where only Finnish or Swedish was spoken.