Finnish Iranians Explained

Group:	Finnish Iranians
Population:	11,178 (0.2%) (2022)^[1]
Popplace:	Helsinki, Turku, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa
Langs:	Finnish, Persian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Luri (See languages of Iran)
Rels:	97% Islam 2% Christianity (59% Orthodoxy)^[2] 1% others
Related:	Norwegian Iranians, Swedish Iranians, Overseas Iranians

Finnish Iranians or Iranian Finns or Iranians in Finland are Finns of Iranian heritage.

Migration

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.

Demographics

Iranians by Municipality in 2018^[4] !№! 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.

Society

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]}

Notable Finnish Iranians

• Arman Alizad, tailor, fashion columnist and a TV-personality
• Honar Abdi, footballer
• Reza Heidari, footballer
• Ana Diamond, politician and human rights activist
• Alexis Kouros, writer, documentary-maker, director, and producer
• Tabe Slioor, socialite, reporter, and photojournalist
• Axl Smith, former presenter and entertainer

See also

• • Finland–Iran relations Immigration to Finland
• Iranian diaspora
• Swedish Iranians

Notes and References

1. Web site: Origin and background country according to age group and sex by region, 1990-2021 . 2022-10-01 . Statistics Finland . 2022-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221001142136/https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11rt.px/ . dead .
2. Web site: Persian in Finland. Joshua Project. 2019-11-23.
3. Web site: Rajavartiosto epäilee: Rikollisjärjestö luuli keksineensä, kuinka Suomeen pääsee laittomasti mobiilisovelluksen avulla – 3 kärähti heti | Yle Uutiset. yle.fi. 2019-11-23.
4. Web site: Väestö 31.12. muuttujina Alue, Kansalaisuus, Sukupuoli, Vuosi ja Tiedot-Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat. Pxnet2.stat.fi. 4 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180630000119/http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_030.px/?rxid=726cd24d-d0f1-416a-8eec-7ce9b82fd5a4. 30 June 2018. dead.
5. Web site: Suomessa asuvat iranilaiset vaativat maan johtajien lähtöä ja uskonnon erottamista politiikasta | Yle Uutiset. yle.fi. 2019-11-23.
6. Web site: Väestö pääasiallisen toiminnan, kansalaisuuden, ammattiaseman, sukupuolen, iän ja vuoden mukaan muuttujina Pääasiallinen toiminta, Kansalaisuus, Ammattiasema, Sukupuoli, Ikä, Vuosi ja Tiedot. PxWeb. pxnet2.stat.fi. 2019-11-23.
7. Web site: Perheet muuttujina Miehen syntymävaltio, Vuosi, Perhetyyppi, Naisen ikä ja Tiedot. PxWeb. pxnet2.stat.fi. 2019-11-23.
8. Web site: Perheet muuttujina Naisen syntymävaltio, Vuosi, Perhetyyppi, Miehen ikä ja Tiedot. PxWeb. pxnet2.stat.fi. 2019-11-23.