Swiss Brazilians Explained

Group:	Swiss Brazilians brasileiros suíços, helveto-brasileiros
Native Name:	Suíço-Brasileiro
Native Name Lang:	schweizerisch-brasilianisch
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Population:	80,000
Popplace:	Brazil Mainly Southeastern Brazil
Langs:	Portuguese, German, French, Italian
Rels:	Christianity (mostly Protestantism and Roman Catholic)
Related:	Other White Brazilian (especially German Brazilians, Austrian Brazilians, Luxembourg Brazilians, French Brazilians and Italian Brazilians), Swiss people

Swiss Brazilians (pt|helveto-brasileiros, brasileiros suíços) are Brazilian citizens of full or partial Swiss ancestry, who remain culturally connected to Switzerland, or Swiss-born people permanently residing in Brazil.^[1]

Notable Swiss Brazilians

• Clóvis Bornay
• José Carlos Bauer
• A. C. Frieden
• Émil Goeldi
• Oswaldo Goeldi
• Ernst Götsch
• Cláudio Heinrich
• Heloísa Périssé
• Ricardo Boechat
• Adriana Lima
• Adolfo Lutz
• Berta Lutz
• Jorge Paulo Lemann
• Eric Walther Maleson
• Gérard Moss
• Sabrina Sato
• Leticia Spiller
• Xuxa Meneghel

See also

• Immigration to Brazil
• White Brazilians
• Swiss people
• Swiss Americans
• Swiss Abroad by SWI swissinfo.ch in Portuguese^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wentzel . Marina . Two homelands: weaving relations between Switzerland and Brazil . 2023-04-04 . SWI swissinfo.ch . en.
2. Web site: Suíços do estrangeiro . 2023-04-04 . SWI swissinfo.ch . pt.