There is a slightly large community of Hungarians in Finland (; ).
History
Prior to the late 1960s, most Hungarians came to Finland due to family, work or cultural and religious reasons. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Finland took some Hungarian refugees from
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
. Since the 1990s, many Hungarians came to Finland as guest workers or exchange students. Before the 1980s, there were only 150 Hungarians in Finland.
In 2014, there were 2,600 people in Finland who spoke Hungarian, some of them coming from
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the A ...
. In the 2000s, Hungarians were employed by
Nokia
Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, established in 1865. Nokia's main headquarters are in Espoo, Finland, i ...
and in recent years, Hungarians have moved to, among other places,
Ostrobothnia to work in the grocery sector. Many of the Hungarian immigrants to Finland have been musicians.
Hungarian organizations in Finland
Bóbita ry is the most active Hungarian organization 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 Bot ...
, located in the
Helsinki region
Greater Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin seutu, Suur-Helsinki, Finland-Swedish, Swedish: ''Helsingforsregionen'', ''Storhelsingfors'') is the metropolitan area surrounding Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. It includes the smaller Capital Region (''PÃ ...
.
Notable Hungarians in Finland
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Réka Szilvay
Réka Riikka Szilvay (born 16 April 1972) is a Finnish classical violinist. She was born in Helsinki, Finland, into an Austrian–Hungarian family. She is the daughter of the violinist Géza Szilvay and the niece of the cellist Csaba Szilvay ...
- violist
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Johanna Debreczeni - singer
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Aladár Paasonen - soldier
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Kati Kovács
Kati Kovács (born Katalin Anna Sarolta Kovács 25 October 1944), is a Ferenc Liszt and Kossuth Award-winning Hungarian pop-rock singer, performer, lyricist and actress.
She is one of the most famous singers of Hungary with dozens of recorde ...
- cartoonist
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Sami Garam
Sami Garam (born 31 October 1967 in Helsinki) is a Finnish cook and writer of Hungarian descent.
The son of Károly and Sirkka Garam (née Saarikoski). Sami Garam's mother, Sirkka Garam, is a sister of the Finnish poet Pentti Saarikoski. Sami ...
- chef
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Károly Garam - cellist
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Lajos Garam - violist
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Tamás Gruborovics - footballer
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Nándor Mikola - painter
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Paavo von Pandy - soldier
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Géza Szilvay
Professor Géza Ellák Jenő Szilvay (born 13 September 1943) is a Hungarian violinist, teacher and conductor. He is the brother of the cellist Csaba Szilvay and the father of the violinist Réka Szilvay. With his brother Csaba Szilvay he fo ...
- violist
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Aladár Valmari - writer
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Ville Valo - singer
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Benedek Oláh - tennis player
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Harri István Mäki - writer
See also
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Finland–Hungary relations
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Hungarian diaspora
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Immigration to Finland
Immigration to Finland is the process by which people migrate to Finland to reside in the country. Some, but not all, become Finnish citizens. Immigration has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of th ...
References
{{Portal bar, Finland, Hungary
Ethnic groups in Finland
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 Bot ...