Syrians in Finland

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Syrians in Finland
Syrians in Finland / Finnish Syrians
Syyrialaiset Suomessa / Suomen syyrialaiset
Syria Finland
Total population
7,629 Syrian citizens;
9,408 Syrian-born (2024)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki and Turku regions & Lahti
Languages
Arabic and Finnish.
Religion
Islam, Christianity, Druze
Related ethnic groups
Syrians in Denmark

Syrians in Finland (Arabic: السوريون في فنلندا, romanized: al-Sūrīyūn fī Finlandā) are people who have a background from the country of Syria and who now live in Finland. People can be born in Syria, have Syrian ancestry and/or be citizens of Syria. As of 2024, there were 9,408 people born in Syria living in Finland. Similarly, the number of people with Syrian citizenship was 7,629.[1]

Syrians are the second largest Arab community in Finland after Iraqis.

Migration

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Nearly all Syrians in Finland have arrived as refugees. Syrians have been one of the smaller refugee groups in Finland in spite of the Syrian civil war, however they became the largest group in 2017.[2]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
199046—    
1995134+23.84%
2000192+7.46%
2005288+8.45%
2010415+7.58%
20151,961+36.42%
20207,139+29.49%
20249,408+7.14%
Syrian-born. Source: Statistics Finland

People born in Syria and living in Finland, according to Statistics Finland.

People with Syrian citizenship living in Finland according to Statistics Finland.

Organizations

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The most active Syrian organization in Finland is Suomi-Syyria Ystävyysseura.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  2. ^ "Syyrialaiset turvapaikanhakijat ovat karttaneet vuosien ajan Suomea mutta tänä vuonna heistä on tullut suurin hakijaryhmä – tästä se johtuu". 15 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Suomi-Syyria Ystävyysseura ry". ssys.fi. Archived from the original on 2017-10-14.