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Chileans in Finland are people from
Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
residing in
Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
.


History

Following the
1973 Chilean coup d'état The 1973 Chilean coup d'état Enciclopedia Virtual > Historia > Historia de Chile > Del gobierno militar a la democracia" on LaTercera.cl. Retrieved 22 September 2006. In October 1972, Chile suffered the first of many strikes. Among the par ...
, approximately 300 Chilean refugees fled to Finland. They were the first refugee group to be taken by the government. On November 18,1973, it was reported that the first refugees were departing
Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...
and headed to
Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...
. This was handled by Finnish Red Cross. The head manager Gunnar Rosén made sure that the refugees were taken care of until everyone had a job and an apartment. They were also promised necessary education. The first group arrived the next day on 19 November 1973. There were about 30 refugees, among them other Latin Americans. The Finns welcomed Chileans. Many people in Finland felt sympathy towards them. For example, in 1974, there was a protest in
Helsinki Senate Square The Senate Square ( fi, Senaatintori, sv, Senatstorget) presents Carl Ludvig Engel's architecture as a unique allegory of political, religious, scientific and commercial powers in the centre of Helsinki, Finland. Senate Square and its surrounding ...
against the Chilean coup d'état, where nearly 10,000 protested.


Employment

39.1% of Chileans are employed, 13.8% are unemployed and 47.1% are outside the labour force. Most Chileans are employed as teachers, health care workers, natural science and engineering specialists and housekeepers.


Organizations

* Suomi-Chile-Seura r.y


Notable people

* Diandra, singer * Marce Rendic, radio personality


See also

* Chile–Finland relations * Chilean diaspora * Immigration to Finland


References

{{Portal bar, Chile, Finland Ethnic groups in Finland Chile–Finland relations
Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...