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| Total population | |
| 5,033[1] 0.05% of the Swedish population (2020) | |
| Languages | |
| Swedish,Portuguese | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity (Roman Catholicism),Irreligion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| OtherPortuguese people,Portuguese in Denmark,Portuguese in Finland,Portuguese in Iceland,Portuguese in Norway |
Portuguese in Sweden (Swedish:Svensksportugiser) are citizens and residents of Sweden who are ofPortuguese descent.
Portuguese Swedes are Portuguese-born citizens with aSwedish citizenship or Swedish-born citizens of Portugueseancestry orcitizenship.
There are approximately 5,033Portuguese people living in Sweden as of 2022. The Portuguese represent 0.05% of thecountry's population.[2]
The 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.[3] The influx of Portuguese migrants towards the country is steadily increasing and there are 5 Portuguese associations in the country.[4][5][6][7]Both countries areEU members.
In recent years manyPortuguese international footballers have moved to Sweden to play forSwedish clubs. In 2023 these included:Ieltsin Camões (IK Brage),Filipe Sissé (Varbergs BoIS),Mamadu Djau (Örebro),Luís Canina (IFK Luleå) andKevin Cerqueira (BK Häcken).[8][9][10][11][12][13]
The Portuguese community in Sweden retains strong ties with its homeland and, between 2000 and 2021, it has sent about 162.5 millioneuros (€) to Portugal in remittances. In the same timeframe,Swedes in Portugal (numbering around 5,700 individuals)[14] have sent approximately 19.81 million euros to Sweden.[15]
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thePortuguese are part of a wider Portuguese-speaking community in Sweden, comprising around 1,920 people fromPALOP countries (the majority being fromAngola or fromCape Verde),Timor-Leste andMacau and around 20,000Brazilians.[16][17]
People fromCPLP countries thus number around 27,000 accounting for 0.25% of thepopulation of Sweden.[18]
The immigrant community of people coming fromCPLP countries in Sweden is the largest found among theNordic countries: inFinland there are a little more than 5,000CPLP nationals (0.09% of thecountry's population),[19][20] inDenmark there are around 11,000CPLP nationals (0.19% of thecountry's population)[21][22][23] while inIceland there are around 2,000CPLP nationals (0.52% of thecountry's population),[24][25][26][27][28] and inNorway there are around 25,300CPLP nationals (0.38% of thepopulation).[29][30][31][32]
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