Italians in Finland explained

Group:	Italian Finns
Native Name:
Population:	3,510^[1]
Popplace:	Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Turku, Tampere
Langs:	FinnishItalian and Italian dialects
Religions:	Catholicism
Related:	Italians, Italian Belgians, Italian Britons, Italian French, Italian Germans, Italian Romanians, Italian Spaniards, Italian Swedes, Italian Swiss, Corfiot Italians, Genoese in Gibraltar, Italians of Crimea, Italians of Odesa

Italian Finns (Italian: italo-finlandesi; Finnish: Suomenitalialaiset) are Finnish-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Finland during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Finland.

Characteristics

The number of Italians can only be measured in the number of Italian speakers, people born in Italy and their children, since Finland does not collect statistics on ethnicity.^[2]

The "Associazione degli Italiani" in Finland, founded in 1990, operates in Finland as an aggregation society for Italian-Finnish people.^[3] Furthermore, the Finland-Italy cultural society operates in Finland, founded in 1963, to increase cultural exchanges between the two cultures.^[4]

Demographics

67% of Italian Finns are male and 33% are female. 51.3% of Italian Finns are employed, 9.5% are unemployed and 39.2% are outside the labour force. There are over 200 Italian students in Finland, and over 160 Italian entrepreneurs.^[5] 761 Italian men are in a registered relationship with a Finnish woman.^[6]

In 2018:^[7]

• 1,133 Finns had a dual Italian citizenship
• 2,441 Finns had an Italian background
• 2,709 Finns had an Italian citizenship
• 2,857 Finns spoke Italian as their native language
• 2,956 Finns were born in Italy

Italians by Municipality in 2018^[8] !No.! Municipality! Italians! %

1.	Helsinki	1,078	0.17
2.	Espoo	336	0.12
3.	Vantaa	226	0.10
4.	Turku	186	0.10
5.	Tampere	163	0.07

Notable Italian Finns

• Marco Matrone, footballer
• Matias Maccelli, ice hockey player
• Charles Bassi, architect
• Lauri Dalla Valle, former footballer
• Marco Parnela, former footballer
• Antonio Inutile, footballer
• Anna Falchi, model and actress
• Marco Casagrande, architect
• Manuela Bosco, actress
• Clara Petrozzi, violist
• Monica Sileoni, retired artistic gymnast
• Janna Hurmerinta, singer
• Maarit Hurmerinta, singer and musician
• Andreas Bernard, ice hockey goaltender
• Eugenio Giraldoni, operatic baritone
• Sara Negri, mathematical logician
• Egle Oddo, visual artist

See also

• Finland–Italy relations

Notes and References

1. Web site: Population 31.12. by Region, Language, Age, Sex, Year and Information. /pxdata.stat.fi. 2023-11-05.
2. Web site: Tilastokeskus - Etnisyystiedon merkitys kasvaa maahanmuuton lisääntyessä. Kaisa. Saarenmaa. www.stat.fi.
3. https://circoloitaliano.fi/italialaisten-yhdistys-suomessa/ Italialaisten yhdistys Suomessa
4. Web site: Historia. 2019-03-24. fi.
5. Web site: Väestö muuttujina Pääasiallinen toiminta, Kansalaisuus, Ammattiasema, Sukupuoli, Ikä, Vuosi ja Tiedot. Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat.
6. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-07-28 . 2019-12-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191218195814/http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__perh/statfin_perh_pxt_009.px/?rxid=726cd24d-d0f1-416a-8eec-7ce9b82fd5a4 . dead .
7. Web site: Immigrants in the population. www.stat.fi.
8. Web site: Väestö 31.12. muuttujina Alue, Syntymävaltio, Sukupuoli, Vuosi ja Tiedot. Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat.