Hinduism in Finland
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Hinduism is a very minor
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faith in
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. There are 5000 to 6000 Hindus in Finland. The majority are from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Finland acquired a significant
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population for the first time around the turn of the 21st century due to the recruitment of
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by companies such as
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.


Demographics

The population of Hindus in Finland from 2000 to 2020, according to Statistics Finland: However, according to another estimate in 2011, there were 524 Hindus in Finland. According to
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in 2015, there were 1080 Hindus in Finland. As of 2021, there are 10,749 Indians in Finland, as well as 5,012
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and 1,704
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(a total of 17,465), though it is not known how many of them are Hindus.


Controversy

In 2009, Hindu nationalists protested the inclusion of a photograph that "denigrates Hinduism" in an exhibit at the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art. The museum later removed the reference to Hinduism from the photograph.


Hindu Groups in Finland

*
Ananda Marga Ānanda Mārga ("The Path of Bliss", also spelled Anand Marg and Ananda Marg) or officially Ānanda Mārga Pracāraka Saṃgha (organization for the propagation of the path of bliss), is a world-wide socio-spiritual organisation founded in J ...
, including the Sunrise Kindergarten in
Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...
. * Chinmoy Mission. *
Brahma Kumaris The Brahma Kumaris are a spiritual movement that originated in Hyderabad, Sindh, during the 1930s.Sathya Sai Organisation. There is an
International Society for Krishna Consciousness The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known Colloquialism, colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Gaudiya Vaishnava Hinduism, Hindu religious organization. ISKCON was found ...
temple in
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,
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.
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of many varieties is flourishing. The
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ( fi, Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko; sv, Evangelisk-lutherska kyrkan i Finland) is a national church of Finland. It is part of the Lutheran branch of Christianity. The church has a legal positio ...
, which claims over 80 per cent of native Finns as members, reports that yoga is practiced by tens of thousands.


See also

* Hinduism in Sweden


References


External links


Finland Hindus To Build a Temple Sivalingam, 63, of Helsinki, was the first Srilankan Hindu to arrive in FinlandAmma organization in FinlandFinland: Few individuals go North by Urmila GoelISKCON Finland Finnish Language Website Blissful Scenes from Sri Krsna Janmastami and Srila Prabhupada Avirbhava Mahotsava in Helsinki, Finland
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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 ...
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Religion in Finland