Total population | |
---|---|
11,178 (0.2%) (2022) [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Helsinki, Turku, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa | |
Languages | |
Finnish, Persian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Luri (See languages of Iran) | |
Religion | |
97%
Islam 2% Christianity (59% Orthodoxy) [2] 1% others | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Norwegian Iranians, Swedish Iranians, Overseas Iranians |
Finnish Iranians or Iranian Finns or Iranians in Finland are Finns of Iranian heritage.
A crime organization tried to sneak illegal Iranian immigrants through the Russian border. According to the Southeast Finland Border Guard District, if they succeeded, they would be smuggling 3-6 Iranians nearly every day. [3] 1979 Iranian Revolution also led to several Iranians moving to Finland.
№ | Municipality | Iranians | % |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Helsinki | 1,169 | 0.26 |
2. | Turku | 1020 | 0.65 |
3. | Espoo | 834 | 0.47 |
4. | Tampere | 704 | 0.30 |
5. | Vantaa | 564 | 0.25 |
6. | Jyväskylä | 415 | 0.29 |
7. | Vaasa | 309 | 0.46 |
8. | Oulu | 199 | 0.10 |
9. | Lahti | 174 | 0.15 |
10. | Lappeenranta | 112 | 0.15 |
55.9% of Finnish Iranians are male and 44.1% are female.
In January 2018, there was a protest held in Central Helsinki, in which 50 Iranians participated in. They wanted Iran to kick out the president Hassan Rouhani and the supreme leader Ali Khamenei. [5]
28% of Iranians are employed, 18% are unemployed and 53% are outside the labour force. Of those inside the labour force, 61% are employed and 39% are unemployed. There are nearly 100 Iranian entrepreneurs. [6] 342 Iranian men are in a registered relationship with a Finnish woman, and 126 Iranian women are in a registered relationship with a Finnish man. [7] [8]