Italian Finns (; ) are Finnish-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors emigrated Italy to Finland during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people living 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.
The "Associazione degli Italiani" in Finland, founded in 1990, operates in Finland as an aggregation society for Italian-Finnish people.Italialaisten yhdistys Suomessa Furthermore, the Finland-Italy cultural society operates in Finland, founded in 1963, to increase cultural exchanges between the two cultures.
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. 761 Italian men are in a registered relationship with a Finnish woman.
In 2018: 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 2018No. Municipality Italians %1.Helsinki 1,078 0.172.Espoo 336 0.123.Vantaa 226 0.104.Turku 186 0.105.Tampere 163 0.07
Notable people
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 Italian diaspora Immigration to Finland
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