Ethnic group
Portuguese in Denmark (Danish :portugisisk i Danmark ) are citizens and residents ofDenmark and itsdependencies who are ofPortuguese descent.
Portuguese in Denmark (also known asPortuguese Danes /Danish-Portuguese Community or, inPortuguese , known asPortugueses na Dinamarca /Comunidade portuguesa na Dinamarca /Luso-dinamarqueses Portugal .
Portuguese Danes are Portuguese-born citizens with aDanish citizenship or Danish-born citizens of Portugueseancestry orcitizenship .
There are approximately 4,476Portuguese people living in Denmark as of 2021. They represent 0.08% of thecountry's population .[ 2] [ 3]
Map showing the location of the two countries within Europe Portuguese embassy in CopenhagenThe Portuguese community in thecountry has experienced considerable growth, especially afterBrexit . Portuguese emigrants are in fact leaving the United Kingdom forNordic countries : most of them arehighly qualified and aged between20 and 40 , looking for betterquality of life and economic stability.[ 4] [ 5] COVID-19 pandemic .[ 6]
There are also Portuguese living in territories of theDanish Realm other than metropolitanDenmark : in 2023 there were 8 Portuguese-born residents inFaroe Islands and 10 inGreenland .[ 7] [ 8]
In recent years manyPortuguese international footballers have moved to Denmark to play forDanish clubs . In 2023 these included:Carlos Ferreira (in theFaroe Islands ,Skála ÍF ), André Monteiro (Vejle ),Anderson Rosso de Sena (Brabrand ),Pedro Ferreira (AaB ) andDiogo Gonçalves (Copenhagen ).[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
The Portuguese community in Denmark retains strong ties with its homeland and, between 2000 and 2021, it has sent approximately 92.84 millioneuros (€ ) to Portugal inremittances . In the same timeframe,Danes in Portugal (numbering around 1,600 individuals)[ 12] [ 13]
Portuguese language [ edit ] King Luís of Portugal visitsCopenhagen As of today, thePortuguese are part of a wider Portuguese-speaking community in Denmark, comprising around 720 people fromPALOP countries (the overwhelming majority being fromAngola or fromMozambique ),Timor-Leste orMacau and 5,800Brazilians .[ 14]
People fromCPLP countries thus number around 11,000 people, accounting for 0.19% of thepopulation of Denmark .[ 3] CPLP countries in Denmark is quite visible when compared to the ones in otherNordic countries : inFinland there are a little more than 5,000CPLP nationals (0.09% of thecountry's population ),[ 15] [ 16] Iceland there are around 2,000CPLP nationals (0.52% of thecountry's population ),[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Norway there are around 25,300CPLP nationals (0.38% of thepopulation )[ 22] [ 18] [ 23] [ 24] Sweden 26,700 (0.25% of thepopulation ).[ 25] [ 26] [ 18] [ 27]
Alexandre de Sousa Holstein ,Pedro de Sousa Holstein 's father and Portuguese ambassador to Denmark in the 18th century.[ 28] Berengaria of Portugal (1198–1221):Portugueseinfanta (princess) andQueen of Denmark , by marriage toKing Valdemar II Christopher I of Denmark (1219–1259):King of Denmark between 1252 and 1259. He was the son ofValdemar II of Denmark by his second wife,Berengaria of Portugal Christopher, Duke of Lolland (1341–1363): great-great-grandson ofChristopher I of Denmark Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1211–1231): Portugueseinfanta Afonso II of Portugal andUrraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal . Eleanor wasQueen of Denmark by marriage toValdemar the Young Eric IV of Denmark (1216–1250):King of Denmark from 1241 until his death in 1250, son ofBerengaria Erika de Casier (1990): Portuguese-Danish singer, songwriter, and record producerLukas Fernandes (1993): retired Danishfootballer Emilie da Fonseca (1803–1884):Norwegian -Danish stage actor andopera singer Ida Henriette da Fonseca (1802–1858): Danishopera singer and composerMargaret I of Denmark (1353–1412):Queen regnant of Denmark ,Norway , andSweden (which includedFinland ) from the late 1380s until her death, and the founder of theKalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian kingdoms together for over a century. great-great-granddaughter ofChristopher I of Denmark Pedro Oliveira (1971): Portugueseacademic Camille Pissarro (1830–1903): Danish-FrenchImpressionist andNeo-Impressionist painter^ "Relações Bilaterais Portugal-Dinamarca" .^ "Dinamarca" .Portal Diplomático (in European Portuguese). Retrieved23 July 2023 .^a b "Population figures" .www.dst.dk . Retrieved23 July 2023 .^ Ferreira, Marta Leite (28 June 2023)."Novos emigrantes portugueses trocam o Reino Unido pelos países nórdicos: "Parece uma redistribuição", diz Observatório" .PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved23 July 2023 . ^ Lusa (15 February 2022)."Nunca houve tantos portugueses a emigrar para a Dinamarca" .PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved23 July 2023 . ^ "Emigrantes portugueses optam cada vez mais por países nórdicos e do Benelux" .Dinheiro Vivo (in European Portuguese). 11 January 2023. Retrieved23 July 2023 .^ "IB01040 Population by birth country, sex and age, 1st January (1985–2023)" .PxWeb . Retrieved31 July 2023 .^ "Place of Birth by age, place of birth, gender and time" .StatBank . Retrieved31 July 2023 .^ "Carlos Ferreira: "Sei de onde venho e onde quero ir, isso é o mais importante na vida e no futebol" | A Verdade" (in European Portuguese). 17 April 2023. Retrieved24 July 2023 .^ "Monteiro var tæt på Sporting CP: Nu drømmer han om superligadebut i Vejle | Vejle Boldklub" .vejle-boldklub.dk (in Danish). Retrieved24 July 2023 .^ "Fra Benfica til Brabrand: Ronaldinho-fan vil slå igennem i Danmark" .bold.dk (in Danish). 1 March 2023. Retrieved24 July 2023 .^ "Sefstat" (PDF) .^ "Observatório da Emigração" .observatorioemigracao.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved28 July 2023 .^ "Statistikbanken" .www.statbank.dk . Retrieved23 July 2023 .^ "Finnish citizens with dual nationality by Second nationality, Year, Sex, Age and Information" .PxWeb . Retrieved23 July 2023 .^ "Population 31.12. by Region, Nationality, Age, Sex, Year and Information" .PxWeb . Retrieved23 July 2023 .^ "Population by country of birth, sex and age 1 January 1998–2022" .PxWeb . Retrieved23 July 2023 .^a b c "Brasileiros no exterior" (PDF) .^ "Observatório da Emigração" .observatorioemigracao.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved23 July 2023 .^ "Foreign citizens gaining Icelandic citizenship by former citizenship, sex and age 1991–2021" .PxWeb . Retrieved23 July 2023 .^ "Statistics Iceland: Overview" .Statistics Iceland . Retrieved23 July 2023 .^ "Immigrants in Norway" .^ Pisco, Paulo (13 March 2020)."Os portugueses na Noruega" .BOM DIA (in Portuguese). Retrieved23 July 2023 . ^ "Statistics Norway" .SSB . 19 July 2023. Retrieved23 July 2023 .^ "Population by country of birth, age and sex. Year 2000 – 2022" .Statistikdatabasen . Retrieved23 July 2023 .^ "Statistics Sweden" .Statistiska Centralbyrån . Retrieved23 July 2023 .^ "Observatório da Emigração" .observatorioemigracao.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved23 July 2023 .^ "O Portal da História – Memórias: D. Alexandre de Sousa Holstein" .www.arqnet.pt . Retrieved27 July 2023 .
