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The growth of Portuguese emigration in the Scandinavian countries
Inês Vidigal
The Portuguese population emigrated in Denmark, Norway and Sweden has been increasing since 2013, according to data recently published by the statistical agencies of the Scandinavian countries. This increase is a result of the growth in the number of entries of new Portuguese emigrants, especially in Norway and, to a lesser extent, in Denmark. +

In Denmark, the number of migrants born in Portugal increased from 1,455 in 2013 to 1,943 in 2015; yet, the number of immigrants with Portuguese nationality increased from 1,505 in 2013 to 2,115 in 2015, while the number of Portuguese in the country increased from 443 in 2013 to 637 in 2014.

In Norway, the growth over the past two years has been higher than in Denmark, having the number of migrants born in Portugal increased from 1.967, in 2013 to 2.810, in 2015, while the number of emigrants with Portuguese nationality rose from 3.432, in 2013, to 3.731, in 2015. By 2013, Norway was the Scandinavian country with the largest number of entries of Portuguese emigrants (815, compared with 443 in Denmark and 309 in Sweden).

Of the three countries under analysis, the smallest increase was recorded in Sweden. Emigrants born in Portugal were 3,307 in 2013 and 3,457 in 2014, while those with Portuguese nationality rose from 2,023 in 2013 to 2,193 in 2014. Yet, the entries of Portuguese in the country remained stable: 309 emigrants Portuguese in 2013 and 2014. The acquisition of Swedish nationality by Portuguese also remained stable, being 48 the number of Portuguese who changed their nationality in 2013 and 2014.

 

 

 

Links  Denmark: http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1280
Norway: https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?MainTable=UtenlFodte2&SubjectCode=02&planguage=1&nvl=True&mt=1&nyTmpVar=true&checked=true
Sweden: http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101E/FodelselandArK/?rxid=33aedaba-6572-416c-950a-7a52569088d7

 

Cite as  Vidigal, Inês (2015), “The growth of Portuguese emigration in the Scandinavian countries”, Observatório da Emigraçãohttp://observatorioemigracao.pt/np4EN/4543.html

 

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