Nordic Australians

Ethnic group
Nordic Australians
Total population
c. 150,000
Languages
Australian English · Danish · Finnish · Swedish · Norwegian · Icelandic · Faroese
Religion
Lutheranism, other Protestant denominations, Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Nordic New Zealanders, other European Australians

Nordic Australians are Australian citizens whose origins are found in any of the Nordic countries, or people from any of these countries who live in Australia. Danish immigrants made up the largest group by far.

In the Australian censuses, citizens of Nordic background are named as Scandinavian Australians; although Finland is significantly different culturally from Scandinavian countries and as such is not usually included among them, it is still counted as one for the sake of statistics.[citation needed]

Countries of origin

This is a list of the countries of origin. The numbers indicate the people born in their home countries and people born in Australia of Nordic descent.

Ethnic group Number Ref.
Denmark Danish Australians
Faroe Islands Faroese Australians		 59,376
Finland Finnish Australians 34,000
Sweden Swedish Australians 30,375
Norway Norwegian Australians 25,700
Iceland Icelandic Australians 980
Total
150,431

Icelandic Australians

These citizens are Australian of Icelandic ancestry, or persons born in Iceland residing in Australia.[7] The largest emigration from Iceland to Australia took place in the late 1960's, when the Australian government offered immigrants financial assistance at a time when the employment situation in Iceland was bleak.[8][9][10] There were 980 residents who reported Icelandic ancestry in the 2011 census.[6] They form the smallest part of the wider Nordic Australian group usually included in the census.

See also

References

  1. ^ of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex&producttype=Census Tables&method=Place of Usual Residence&areacode=0 ABS Census - Country of Birth, 2006
  2. ^ ABS Census - ethnicity, 2006
  3. ^ Embassy of Finland, Canberra. "History of the Finns in Australia". Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  4. ^ 2006 Census Table : Australia
  5. ^ Norway country brief
  6. ^ a b "Iceland country brief". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Íslenskir andfætlingar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 May 1995. p. B1. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Ástralíumaður". Vísir (in Icelandic). 1 March 1963. p. 4. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Tíu flytjast til Ástralíu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 February 1967. p. 2. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  10. ^ "8 sækja um Ástralíuvist". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 28 November 1968. pp. 1, 15. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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