Russians in Norway

Russians in Norway are people born in Russia or who both parents were born in Russia who lives in Norway.

Russian Norwegian
Total population
21,504 (2019 Official Norway estimate)[1] 0.40% of the Norwegian population
Regions with significant populations
Oslo, Sør-Varanger.
Languages
Norwegian, Russian, Chechen, Tatar, Sami
Related ethnic groups
Russian diaspora, Chechen diaspora

Demographics

As of 1 January 2012 there were 16,833 Russians in Norway, of whom 14,953 were first generation immigrants while 1,880 were Norwegian-born descendants.[2] In 2019 the number have risen to 21,504, and Russians make up 0.40% of the Norwegian population, and 2.28% of all foreign residents in Norway are Russians.

In the only municipality that borders Russia, Sør-Varanger, there are 420 Russians. They make up 4.14% of the population, and 24,93% of all foreign residents in the municipality.[3]

Around one fifth of Russians in Norway lives in Oslo. 4,137 Russians lives in Oslo, but fewer than 1,000 in other cities such as Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger.[4]

Around one-third of Russians in Norway have refugee background mostly from Chechnya.

Marriage

Many Russian women have come to Norway to marry Norwegian men with no immigrant background. The Norwegian-Russians are one of the immigrant groups with the highest proportion of women, a total of 67% women; only Norwegian-Filipinos have a higher proportion of women. Russian men in Norway largely marry Russian women in Norway (75%, or 681 out of 912 marriages in 2007), while Russian women in Norway marry Norwegian men without immigrant background (69%, or 2,253 out of 3,259 marriages in 2007).[5]

See also

References
  1. http://www.ssb.no/en/innvbef/
  2. 04.html Persons with an immigrant background, by immigration category, country background and gender. January 1, 2012 Archived 2012-09-18 at the Wayback Machine SSB, Retrieved August 22, 2012
  3. https://www.kommuneprofilen.no/Profil/Befolkning/DinRegion/bef_innvandrere_land_region.aspx. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Innvandrere etter landbakgrunn. Antall og andel. 2019-Russland".
  5. Henriksen, Kristin (2007). Fakta om 18 innvandrergrupper i Norge. ISBN 978-82-537-7221-9.
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