Afro-Norwegian
Afro-Norwegian (Norwegian: Afro-Norsk) or Black-Norwegian (Norwegian: Svart Nordmann) are people of African descent with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Sub-Saharan Africa, living in Norway.
Total population | |
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115,000[1] (2019 Official Norway estimate) 2.14% of the Norwegian population | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Oslo | |
Languages | |
Norwegian, Afroasiatic languages, Niger–Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages | |
Religion | |
Christianity, Islam |
Demographics
In Norway there are 115,000 people of Sub-Saharan African descent, respectively; primarily composed of refugees and their descendants, but this is only the numbers for first generation migrants and second generation migrants with two parents from a different country. There are no official numbers in Norway regarding Afro-Norwegians, as Norway does not have census regarding race or ethnicity. However, Norway collects data on migrants up to the second generation, which can be used to accurately estimate the effective Black population. [2]
The biggest Sub-Saharan African ethnicity group in Norway are Somalis, 37.63 % of all Afro-Norwegians are of Somali descent.[3] There are 71,727 non-Somali Afro-Norwegians in Norway, making up 1.32% of the population in the country. Other Afro-Norwegian groups includes different ethnic groups from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan and other groups from the Sub-Saharan part of Africa, or people who have ethnic roots from the region.[4]
Notable Afro-Norwegians
Sports
- Adama Diomande, football player.
- Abdisalam Ibrahim, football player.
- Mushaga Bakenga, football player.
- Ola Kamara, football player.
- Sten Grytebust, football player.[5]
- John Carew, football player.[6]
- Alexander Tettey, football player.
- Joshua King, football player. [7]
- Daniel Braaten, football player.
- Kaare Vedvik, american football player. [8]
Other
- Benjamin Hermansen, murder victim.
- Nico & Vinz, music duo.
- Madcon, music duo.
- Mira Craig, music artist.
- Johan Golden, comedian.
References
- Statistics Norway - Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, 1 January 201=9
- "2020-03-09". ssb.no. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
- "09817: Innvandrere og norskfødte med innvandrerforeldre, etter innvandringskategori, landbakgrunn og andel av befolkningen (K) 2010 - 2020". PX-Web SSB. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
- "09817: Innvandrere og norskfødte med innvandrerforeldre, etter innvandringskategori, landbakgrunn og andel av befolkningen (K) 2010 - 2020". PX-Web SSB. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
- "Skjebnekamper for både store- og lillebror Grytebust" (in Norwegian). aftenposten.no. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- "Know a player of African origin?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- "King om tatoveringen: – Til ære for henne som har oppdratt meg" [King on the tattoo: – In honour of she who raised me] (in Norwegian). TV 2. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- Young, Lindsey. "These Seven Nigerians are part of the Minnesota vikings roster". Africans in America. Retrieved October 3, 2019.