Group: | Danish: Romaer |
Population: | 5,500 |
Popplace: | Helsingør and Copenhagen |
Langs: | Romani, Danish, English |
Rels: | Majority Christianity |
Related-C: | Romani people in Sweden, Romani people in Norway, Romani people in Finland, Romani people in Germany, Romani people in the Netherlands, Pakistanis in Denmark, Scottish Romani and Traveller groups |
Romani people in Denmark constitute an insignificant minority group in the Kingdom of Denmark
The first recorded Romani people in Denmark came from Scotland in the year 1505.[1] Danish police drove out most Roma in Denmark by the 1939.[2]
Based on 2013 data, the Council of Europe has estimated that around 5,500 Romani people live in Denmark (0.1% of the Danish population).[3] The Danish Roma minority speak Scandoromani.[4]
Danish Roma are concentrated in Helsingør and Copenhagen.[5]