African immigrants to Sweden explained

Group:Africans in Sweden
Population:250,881 (2022)[1]
Popplace:Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala
Region1:Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala
Langs:Swedish, languages of Africa (particularly Somali, Tigrinya, Amharic), English, French, Portuguese, Arabic
Rels:Christianity, Islam

African immigrants to Sweden include naturalized citizens and residents of Sweden who were born in Africa. As of 2020, there are 236,975 people in Sweden who were born in Africa.[2] [3] By 2022, this number rose to 250,881 residents of Sweden who were born in Africa, or approximately 3% of the total population.[4]

History

African immigrants have been living in Sweden since the 17th century,[5] but in very few numbers. In 1900, there were 79 Africans in Sweden, of which 5, all South Africans, were citizens. One of the early documented Africans in Sweden was Gustav Badin, (1747 or 1750 to 1822), a black court-servant and diarist, originally a slave, butler of Queen of Sweden, Louisa Ulrika and later Princess Sophia Albertine of Sweden.[5] Badin was not the only African swede during the 18th century. There were black people in the royal regiments, one of them was the trumpeter Richard Abramsson who was born in the US. Most of the descendants to the African servants faced poverty in Sweden.[6]

The 1970s, 1980s and 1990s saw increasing immigration from Africa, often as a consequence of civil wars.[7] Swedish statistical data show that the African-born population has grown from 596 in 1960 to 4,149 in 1970, to 10,025 in 1980, 27,343 in 1990, 55,138 in 2000 and 103,077 in 2009.[8]

Population size

Swedish national statistics[9] collect data on country of birth, citizenship and parents' citizenship, but not on ethnicity or parents' country of birth.[10] [11] According to Statistics Sweden, as of 2016, there are 110,758 citizens of African nations residing in Sweden.[12] Of these immigrants, the largest groups were born in Somalia (63,853), Eritrea (35,142), Ethiopia (17,944), Morocco (9,945), Egypt (6,807), Gambia (5,055), and Nigeria (5,027).[13] Of these individuals, the largest groups were those holding citizenship from Somalia (41,335), Eritrea (32,099), Ethiopia (6,225), Nigeria (3,440), Egypt (3,359), Morocco (3,099), and Gambia (1,971).[12]

Adoption

Swedish families have been adopting children from Ethiopia since 1969. Between 1969 and 2005, 1,015 Ethiopian children found new parents in Sweden.[14] The interest in adopting children from Africa has been increasing, with increases in the numbers of children adopted from South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Madagascar.[15] News anchor Katarina Sandström,[16] TV-comedian Marika Carlsson[17] and restaurateur and celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson[18] are three well-known Swedes adopted from Ethiopia. Television sports journalist David Fjäll is another well-known Swedish person adopted from Africa.[19]

Notable people

The following list includes notable people in Sweden with recent ancestry from Africa, defined as those who:

This list does not include people of African descent who immigrated from a non-African country, or those whose only African ancestry stems from such immigration. For example, Swedes of African-American descent are not listed unless they also have at least one ancestor who directly immigrated from Africa to Sweden.

Politics

Television, film and theatre

Musicians

Football players

Other sports

Various

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Foreign-born by county, municipality, sex and country of birth 31 December 2022 . www.scb.se . Statistics Sweden.
  2. Web site: Foreign citizens by country of citizenship, age and sex. Year 1973 - 2022 . 2023-10-30 . Statistikdatabasen . en.
  3. Web site: Population by country of birth, age and sex. Year 2000 - 2022 . 2023-10-30 . Statistikdatabasen . en.
  4. Web site: Population by country of birth, age and sex. Year 2000 - 2022 . 2023-10-30 . www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se .
  5. Web site: African diasporas in Sweden: An unfinished history. The Lundian. Madubuko A.. Diakité. 2005. 2010-08-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717011548/http://www.thelundian.com/afroswedes.pdf. 2011-07-17. dead.
  6. Bergman, Arvid 2018. Född slav-Död fri https://stockholmia.stockholm.se/forlag/bocker/aktuella-bocker/fodd-slav--dod-fri/
  7. Book: Nilsson, Åke. Efterkrigstidens invandring och utvandring. Invandring och utvandring för grupperav länder. Immigration and Emigration in the Postwar Period. sv. 2004. Statistiska centralbyrån. Stockholm. 32–48.
  8. Tabeller över Sveriges befolkning 2009. Tabeller Över Sveriges Befolkning = Tables on the Population in Sweden. sv. Tables on the population in Sweden 2009. June 2010. Statistiska centralbyrån. Örebro. 20–27. 1654-4358.
  9. Web site: Population by country of birth, age and sex. Year 2000 - 2022 . 2023-10-30 . Statistikdatabasen . en.
  10. Web site: 'Ethnic' statistics and data protection in the Council of Europe countries: Study report. Patrick. Simon. 36. Strasbourg. Council of Europe. 2007.
  11. News: Sweden: Restrictive immigration policy and multiculturalism. Migration Information Source. Charles. Westin. June 2006. 25 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100805212457/http://www.migrationinformation.org//USfocus//display.cfm?ID=406. 5 August 2010 . live.
  12. Web site: Foreign citizens by country of citizenship, sex and year. Statistics Sweden. 10 November 2017.
  13. Web site: Foreign-born persons by country of birth, sex and year. Statistics Sweden. 10 November 2017.
  14. Web site: Information och intryck från några ursprungsländer. Information and impressions from some countries of origin. sv. mia.eu. 28 August 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720164735/http://www.mia.eu/publikationer/MIAblad/MIAinfo1_2006/ursprungslander.htm. 20 July 2011.
  15. Web site: Fler villiga adoptera äldre barn . More willing to adopt older children . sv . dn.se . 6 April 2010 . 27 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100410083206/http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/fler-villiga-adoptera-aldre-barn-1.1072915 . 10 April 2010 .
  16. Web site: När jag var riktigt liten ville jag bli präst.
  17. Web site: eventnews.se nyheter 091022 Intervju med Marika Carlsson. www.eventnews.se.
  18. Web site: Marcus Samuelsson ofAquavit : Biography and Swedish Recipes on StarChefs. www.starchefs.com.
  19. Web site: Fjäll. David. David Fjäll - programledare "Lilla Sportspegeln". David Fjäll - TV show host of "Little Sportspegeln". sv. svt.se. 27 August 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110612083918/http://svt.se/2.115203/1.1666062/david_fjall_-_programledare_lilla_sportspegeln?lid=puff_1666145&lpos=extra_0. 12 June 2011.
  20. Web site: Lady Gaga's Next Album Will Be 'Shocking,' Producer RedOne Says. https://web.archive.org/web/20100820143154/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1645949/20100817/lady_gaga.jhtml. dead. August 20, 2010. .
  21. Web site: R. Mukiibi. us.soccerway.com. 26 August 2017.
  22. Web site: Patrick. Sjöö. ÖFK:s nyförvärv Ken Sema i stor intervju – hyllar föräldrarna: 'De flyttade till Sverige för att ge sina barn ett bra liv'. ÖFK's new acquisition Ken Sema in a long interview - pays tribute to his parents: 'They moved to Sweden to give their children a good life'. sv. op.se. 5 February 2016. 26 August 2017.
  23. Web site: Monk möter Buba Badjie .
  24. Web site: Veterinärvård Bromma - Din djurklinik i Bromma . Bromma Djurklinik.
  25. Web site: Fri företagsamhet: Buba Badjie . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721192308/http://www.friforetagsamhet.se/ambassador.php?id=9 . 2011-07-21 . 2010-08-28.
  26. Web site: Maria Lindén | Frilansjournalist . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110131173214/http://maria-linden.com/dj.html . 2011-01-31 . 2010-11-22.
  27. Web site: Lindén . Maria . Djs: Elena & Maria . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110131173214/http://maria-linden.com/dj.html . 31 January 2011 . maria-linden.com.

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