Portuguese in Denmark (
Danish : portugisisk i Danmark ) are citizens and residents of
Denmark and its
dependencies who are of
Portuguese descent.
Portuguese in Denmark (also known as Portuguese Danes / Danish-Portuguese Community or, in
Portuguese , known as Portugueses na Dinamarca / Comunidade portuguesa na Dinamarca / Luso-dinamarqueses ) are the citizens or residents of Denmark whose ethnic origins lie in
Portugal .
Portuguese Danes are Portuguese-born citizens with a
Danish citizenship or Danish-born citizens of Portuguese
ancestry or
citizenship .
There are approximately 4,476
Portuguese people living in Denmark as of 2021. They represent 0.08% of the
country's population .
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History
Map showing the location of the two countries within Europe
Portuguese embassy in Copenhagen The Portuguese community in the
country has experienced considerable growth, especially after
Brexit . Portuguese emigrants are in fact leaving the United Kingdom for
Nordic countries : most of them are
highly qualified and aged between
20 and 40 , looking for better
quality of life and economic stability.
[4]
[5] Portuguese emigration towards Denmark didn't slow down even amidst the
COVID-19 pandemic .
[6]
There are also Portuguese living in territories of the
Danish Realm other than metropolitan
Denmark : in 2023 there were 8 Portuguese-born residents in
Faroe Islands and 10 in
Greenland .
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[8]
In recent years many
Portuguese international footballers have moved to Denmark to play for
Danish clubs . In 2023 these included:
Carlos Ferreira (in the
Faroe Islands ,
Skála ÍF ), André Monteiro (
Vejle ),
Anderson Rosso de Sena (
Brabrand ),
Pedro Ferreira (
AaB ) and
Diogo Gonçalves (
Copenhagen ).
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[10]
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Remittances
The Portuguese community in Denmark retains strong ties with its homeland and, between 2000 and 2021, it has sent approximately 92.84 million
euros (
€ ) to Portugal in
remittances . In the same timeframe,
Danes in Portugal (numbering around 1,600 individuals)
[12] have sent approximately 11.13 million euros (€) to Denmark.
[13]
Portuguese language
King Luís of Portugal visits
Copenhagen As of today, the
Portuguese are part of a wider Portuguese-speaking community in Denmark, comprising around 720 people from
PALOP countries (the overwhelming majority being from
Angola or from
Mozambique ),
Timor-Leste or
Macau and 5,800
Brazilians .
[14]
People from
CPLP countries thus number around 11,000 people, accounting for 0.19% of the
population of Denmark .
[3] Despite being small, the immigrant community of people coming from
CPLP countries in Denmark is quite visible when compared to the ones in other
Nordic countries : in
Finland there are a little more than 5,000
CPLP nationals (0.09% of the
country's population ),
[15]
[16] in
Iceland there are around 2,000
CPLP nationals (0.52% of the
country's population ),
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[18]
[19]
[20]
[21] while in
Norway there are around 25,300
CPLP nationals (0.38% of the
population )
[22]
[18]
[23]
[24] and in
Sweden 26,700 (0.25% of the
population ).
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[26]
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Notable people
Alexandre de Sousa Holstein ,
Pedro de Sousa Holstein 's father and Portuguese ambassador to Denmark in the 18th century.
[28]
Berengaria of Portugal (1198–1221):
Portuguese infanta (princess) and
Queen of Denmark , by marriage to
King Valdemar II
Christopher I of Denmark (1219–1259):
King of Denmark between 1252 and 1259. He was the son of
Valdemar II of Denmark by his second wife,
Berengaria of Portugal
Christopher, Duke of Lolland (1341–1363): great-great-grandson of
Christopher I of Denmark
Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1211–1231): Portuguese
infanta , the only daughter of
Afonso II of Portugal and
Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal . Eleanor was
Queen of Denmark by marriage to
Valdemar the Young
Eric IV of Denmark (1216–1250):
King of Denmark from 1241 until his death in 1250, son of
Berengaria
Erika de Casier (1990): Portuguese-Danish singer, songwriter, and record producer
Lukas Fernandes (1993): retired Danish
footballer
Emilie da Fonseca (1803–1884):
Norwegian -
Danish stage actor and
opera singer
Ida Henriette da Fonseca (1802–1858): Danish
opera singer and composer
Margaret I of Denmark (1353–1412):
Queen regnant of Denmark ,
Norway , and
Sweden (which included
Finland ) from the late 1380s until her death, and the founder of the
Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian kingdoms together for over a century. great-great-
granddaughter of
Christopher I of Denmark
Pedro Oliveira (1971): Portuguese
academic
Camille Pissarro (1830–1903): Danish-French
Impressionist and
Neo-Impressionist painter
See also
References
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"Relações Bilaterais Portugal-Dinamarca" .
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"Dinamarca" . Portal Diplomático (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2023 .
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"Population figures" . www.dst.dk . Retrieved 23 July 2023 .
^ Ferreira, Marta Leite (28 June 2023).
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^ Lusa (15 February 2022).
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"Emigrantes portugueses optam cada vez mais por países nórdicos e do Benelux" . Dinheiro Vivo (in European Portuguese). 11 January 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023 .
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"Sefstat" (PDF) .
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"Population by country of birth, sex and age 1 January 1998–2022" . PxWeb . Retrieved 23 July 2023 .
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"Brasileiros no exterior" (PDF) .
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"Observatório da Emigração" . observatorioemigracao.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2023 .
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"Foreign citizens gaining Icelandic citizenship by former citizenship, sex and age 1991–2021" . PxWeb . Retrieved 23 July 2023 .
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"Statistics Iceland: Overview" . Statistics Iceland . Retrieved 23 July 2023 .
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"Immigrants in Norway" .
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"Statistics Norway" . SSB . 19 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023 .
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"Population by country of birth, age and sex. Year 2000 – 2022" . Statistikdatabasen . Retrieved 23 July 2023 .
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"Statistics Sweden" . Statistiska Centralbyrån . Retrieved 23 July 2023 .
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"Observatório da Emigração" . observatorioemigracao.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2023 .
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"O Portal da História – Memórias: D. Alexandre de Sousa Holstein" . www.arqnet.pt . Retrieved 27 July 2023 .