Romanians in Finland explained

Group:	Romanians in Finland
Population:	5,628^[1]
Popplace:	Helsinki, Turku, Espoo, Vantaa, Mariehamn
Langs:	Finnish Romanian Swedish
Rels:	Christianity
Related-C:	Romanians in Germany

Romanians in Finland are immigrants from Romania residing in Finland.

Migration

Eastern European Roma started arriving in Finland in 2007, when Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU. Many of the Romanian Roma in the Helsinki region are from Valea Seacă.^[2] Most of them beg and sell the Iso Numero magazine.^[3]

Employment

Roughly 200 Romanians and Bulgarians are in the police force in Helsinki.^[4]

Demographics

1.64% speak Finnish, 0.47% speak Swedish and the rest 97.89% speak other languages.^[5]

Distribution

The regions with the most Romanians are Uusimaa (2,019, 0.12%), Southwest Finland (784, 0.16%) and Åland (478, 1.60%).

Romanians by Municipality in 2018^[6] !No.! Municipality! Romanians! %
1.	Helsinki	737	0.11
2.	Turku	513	0.27
3.	Espoo	507	0.18
4.	Vantaa	396	0.17
5.	Mariehamn	220	1.87
6.	Pori	177	0.21

Notable Finnish people of Romanian descent

Tomi Petrescu, football player
George de Godzinsky, composer and conductor
Maria Lund, actress and singer-songwriter
Veera Florica Rajala, lawyer and candidate in Helsinki municipal elections 2021