Vietnamese people in Finland
{{Infobox ethnic group
| flag = {{flagicon|Vietnam}} {{flagicon|Finland}}
| group = Vietnamese people in Finland
| native_name = Người Việt tại Phần Lan
Vietnamilaiset Suomessa /
Suomen vietnamilaiset
| population = 13,695 Vietnamese born;
16,129 Vietnamese speakers (2024){{cite web |url= https://stat.fi/en/publication/cm1jg8tr20lco07vwvoif9s6i |title= Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024 |date= 2025-04-04 |series= Population structure |publisher= Statistics Finland |issn= 1797-5395 |access-date=2025-04-14 }}
| popplace = Helsinki, Tampere and Turku regions & Närpes
| langs = Vietnamese, Finnish, Swedish
| rels = Vietnamese folk religion, Mahayana Buddhism[http://giacngo.vn/tuvien/chuavnnuocngoai/2010/09/14/5F7459/ Chùa của người Việt ở Phần Lan bị đốt] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508151734/http://giacngo.vn/tuvien/chuavnnuocngoai/2010/09/14/5F7459/ |date=May 8, 2013 }}, [http://giacngo.vn/tuvien/chuavnnuocngoai/2010/07/15/567253/ Ngôi chùa Việt đầu tiên ở Phần Lan] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128104946/http://giacngo.vn/tuvien/chuavnnuocngoai/2010/07/15/567253/ |date=January 28, 2013 }} and Roman Catholicism
| related = Vietnamese people in Norway and other overseas Vietnamese
}}
Vietnamese people in Finland are people who originate from Vietnam and who live in Finland. People can be born in Vietnam, have Vietnamese ancestry and/or be citizens of Vietnam. {{As of|2024}}, there were 13,695 people born in Vietnam living in Finland. Similarly, the number of people with Vietnamese citizenship was 10,076. The number of people who spoke Vietnamese as their mother tongue was 16,129.
Demographics
{{Historical populations
| percentages = pagr
|1990|1643
|1995|2785
|2000|3588
|2005|4202
|2010|5637
|2015|8273
|2020|11562
|2024|16129
|footnote=Vietnamese speakers. Source: Statistics Finland
}}
People born in Vietnam and living in Finland, according to Statistics Finland.
role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" style="padding:1em; background:#ccc;" | Country of birth Vietnam by municipality (2024) ! Municipality !! Population | |
Whole country | 13,695 |
Helsinki | 2,830 |
Vantaa | 1,880 |
Espoo | 1,743 |
Tampere | 971 |
Närpes | 866 |
Turku | 754 |
Oulu | 463 |
Vaasa | 395 |
Porvoo | 214 |
Kerava | 190 |
Jakobstad | 189 |
Joensuu | 162 |
Lappeenranta | 152 |
Jyväskylä | 141 |
Lahti | 140 |
Kaarina | 121 |
Kuopio | 107 |
Järvenpää | 105 |
Riihimäki | 97 |
Hyvinkää | 95 |
Mikkeli | 84 |
Kokkola | 80 |
Seinäjoki | 77 |
Korsholm | 75 |
Pori | 75 |
Nykarleby | 65 |
Kaskinen | 64 |
Hämeenlinna | 63 |
Raahe | 57 |
Kirkkonummi | 52 |
Korsnäs | 52 |
Valkeakoski | 49 |
Rovaniemi | 47 |
Tuusula | 45 |
Lieto | 43 |
Kouvola | 38 |
Kurikka | 35 |
Kajaani | 33 |
Salo | 32 |
Virrat | 32 |
Kauhajoki | 30 |
Vörå | 30 |
Pedersöre | 29 |
Lapua | 28 |
Rauma | 27 |
Sipoo | 27 |
Kannus | 24 |
Loppi | 24 |
Mänttä-Vilppula | 24 |
Ruovesi | 24 |
Raisio | 23 |
Varkaus | 23 |
Kauhava | 22 |
Kemi | 22 |
Nurmijärvi | 22 |
Pargas | 22 |
Forssa | 19 |
Lempäälä | 19 |
Lohja | 19 |
Nokia | 19 |
Mariehamn | 18 |
Kempele | 17 |
Kristinestad | 17 |
Malax | 16 |
Kangasala | 15 |
Mäntsälä | 15 |
Tornio | 15 |
Janakkala | 14 |
Joroinen | 14 |
Uusikaupunki | 13 |
Savonlinna | 12 |
Askola | 11 |
Jomala | 11 |
Kotka | 11 |
Kronoby | 11 |
Muhos | 11 |
Oulainen | 11 |
Isokyrö | 10 |
Sulkava | 10 |
Vihti | 10 |
People with Vietnamese citizenship living in Finland according to Statistics Finland.
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|+ class="nowrap" style="padding:1em; background:#ccc;" | Citizens of Vietnam by municipality (2024) ! Municipality !! Population | |
Whole country | 10,076 |
Helsinki | 1,967 |
Espoo | 1,274 |
Vantaa | 1,141 |
Närpes | 869 |
Tampere | 831 |
Turku | 568 |
Oulu | 330 |
Vaasa | 320 |
Lappeenranta | 150 |
Porvoo | 143 |
Joensuu | 142 |
Jyväskylä | 131 |
Jakobstad | 117 |
Lahti | 116 |
Kerava | 115 |
Kuopio | 88 |
Mikkeli | 83 |
Kaarina | 75 |
Korsholm | 72 |
Seinäjoki | 72 |
Kaskinen | 69 |
Pori | 69 |
Kokkola | 62 |
Hämeenlinna | 60 |
Nykarleby | 55 |
Korsnäs | 54 |
Riihimäki | 51 |
Valkeakoski | 45 |
Järvenpää | 39 |
Hyvinkää | 37 |
Rovaniemi | 36 |
Kajaani | 32 |
Virrat | 32 |
Kouvola | 31 |
Salo | 31 |
Kurikka | 30 |
Lapua | 28 |
Kirkkonummi | 27 |
Ruovesi | 25 |
Mänttä-Vilppula | 24 |
Kannus | 23 |
Rauma | 23 |
Kauhajoki | 22 |
Kauhava | 20 |
Varkaus | 19 |
Forssa | 18 |
Loppi | 18 |
Pedersöre | 18 |
Kristinestad | 17 |
Pargas | 17 |
Joroinen | 16 |
Lieto | 16 |
Raisio | 14 |
Vörå | 14 |
Janakkala | 13 |
Tuusula | 13 |
Kemi | 12 |
Nokia | 11 |
Isokyrö | 10 |
Lohja | 10 |
Sulkava | 10 |
People with Vietnamese as mother tongue living in Finland according to Statistics Finland.
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|+ class="nowrap" style="padding:1em; background:#ccc;" | Vietnamese speakers by municipality (2024) ! Municipality !! Population | |
Whole country | 16,129 |
Helsinki | 3,343 |
Vantaa | 2,430 |
Espoo | 2,079 |
Tampere | 1,082 |
Turku | 1,001 |
Närpes | 977 |
Oulu | 508 |
Vaasa | 441 |
Porvoo | 309 |
Jakobstad | 237 |
Joensuu | 177 |
Kerava | 172 |
Lappeenranta | 165 |
Kaarina | 154 |
Jyväskylä | 151 |
Lahti | 148 |
Järvenpää | 147 |
Riihimäki | 142 |
Hyvinkää | 126 |
Kuopio | 113 |
Kokkola | 87 |
Mikkeli | 84 |
Nykarleby | 83 |
Korsholm | 80 |
Seinäjoki | 77 |
Pori | 74 |
Kaskinen | 73 |
Kirkkonummi | 69 |
Hämeenlinna | 67 |
Lieto | 60 |
Korsnäs | 59 |
Tuusula | 55 |
Valkeakoski | 53 |
Rovaniemi | 49 |
Kauhajoki | 38 |
Kouvola | 38 |
Kurikka | 36 |
Vörå | 36 |
Pedersöre | 35 |
Sipoo | 35 |
Kajaani | 34 |
Salo | 33 |
Virrat | 30 |
Raisio | 29 |
Varkaus | 28 |
Kempele | 27 |
Kemi | 26 |
Lapua | 26 |
Pargas | 26 |
Rauma | 26 |
Ruovesi | 26 |
Loppi | 25 |
Nurmijärvi | 25 |
Kannus | 24 |
Lohja | 24 |
Mänttä-Vilppula | 24 |
Kauhava | 22 |
Mariehamn | 21 |
Nokia | 20 |
Forssa | 19 |
Joroinen | 18 |
Kangasala | 18 |
Lempäälä | 18 |
Muhos | 18 |
Janakkala | 17 |
Kristinestad | 17 |
Malax | 16 |
Mäntsälä | 15 |
Tornio | 15 |
Askola | 14 |
Kotka | 14 |
Uusikaupunki | 14 |
Hausjärvi | 10 |
Isokyrö | 10 |
Jomala | 10 |
Lappajärvi | 10 |
Savonlinna | 10 |
Sulkava | 10 |
Religion
The majority of the Vietnamese in Finland are Mahayana Buddhist, with a 12% Christian minority.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
Notable Finnish people of Vietnamese descent
{{Further|Category:Finnish people of Vietnamese descent}}
See also
References
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Sources
- {{Cite book|title=Growing Up Vietnamese in Finland: Looking Back 12 Years Later|first=Liisa|last=Kosonen|location=Helsinki|publisher=Department of Social Psychology, University of Helsinki|date=2008|isbn=978-952-10-5018-3|url=https://oa.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/42331/growingu.pdf}}
- {{Cite book|last=Nurmi|first=Jari-Erik |author2=Karmela Liebkind |title=Adolescents, Cultures, and Conflicts: Growing Up in Contemporary Europe|chapter=Acculturation and Adaptation|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1990|isbn=0-8153-2389-1|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92Ii7I6oAOkC&q=%22Liisa+Kosonen.+%22+Vietnamese&pg=PA199}}
{{Immigration to Finland}}
{{Overseas Vietnamese}}