Chinese people in Sweden explained

Group:	Chinese people in Sweden
Pop:	39,842 (including Taiwan and Hong Kong-born residents)
Popplace:	Stockholm
Langs:	Numerous varieties of Chinese (predominantly Mandarin and Cantonese), Swedish
Related-C:	Overseas Chinese

Chinese people in Sweden (Swedish: kineser i Sverige;) include people born in the People's Republic of China, or have ancestry from there. It may also include people originating from Taiwan and Hong Kong. They form a sizable community and are one of the biggest Asian groups. As of 2021, there are 37,172 mainland Chinese immigrants in Sweden.^[1]

History

The first known documented arrival of a Chinese individual in Sweden was Choi Afock in 1786,^[2] a translator employed by the Swedish East India Company.^[3]

In the mid-1970s, Chinese people began immigrating to Sweden,^[4] where they largely made a living by running Chinese-themed restaurants.

Demographics

25% of Sweden's reduced number of international university students after tuition fees were introduced for non-EU/EEA applicants come from China.^[5]

See also

• China–Sweden relations
  • Sweden-Taiwan relations Chinese people in Denmark
• Chinese people in Finland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Folkmängd efter födelseland 1900–2016. SCB. Statistics Sweden. April 17, 2017.
2. News: 30 September 1786 . Inkomne resande. . Fahlu Weckoblad . Svenska dagstidningar.
3. Web site: Nationalmuseum - Choi Afock, Aurora Taube and Olof Lindahl . 13 November 2021 . emp-web-84.zetcom.ch . Nationalmuseum.
4. Web site: Kjellgren . Björn . Sveriges kineser . Chinese Swedes . 20 September 2022 . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20171025195914/https://www.immi.se/ir/ir2001/kineser.htm . 25 October 2017 . dead.
5. Web site: Sweden's international student numbers up for the first time since 2011. ICEF Monitor. December 22, 2015.