Scandinavian Australians ( sv, skandinaviska australiensare, da, skandinaviske australiere, fi, skandinaaviset australialaiset, no, skandinaviske australiere, is, Skandinavískir Ástralar) are Australian citizens whose origins are found in any of the
Nordic countries, or people from any of these countries who live in Australia.
Danish immigrants made up the largest group by far. Although Finland is significantly different culturally from other Scandinavian countries and as such is not usually counted among them, it is still counted as one in the Australian censuses for the sake of statistics.
Countries of origin
This is a list of the countries of origin. The numbers indicate the people born in their home countries and people born in Australia of Scandinavian descent.
Icelandic Australians
These citizens are Australian of
Icelandic ancestry, or persons born in
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
residing in Australia. The largest emigration from Iceland to Australia took place in the late 1960's, when the Australian government offered immigrants financial assistance at a time when the employment situation in Iceland was bleak.
There were 980 residents who reported Icelandic ancestry in the 2011 census.
They form the smallest part of the wider Scandinavian Australian group usually included in the census.
See also
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Europeans in Oceania
European exploration and settlement of Oceania began in the 16th century, starting with the Spanish ( Castilian) landings and shipwrecks in the Mariana Islands, east of the Philippines. This was followed by the Portuguese landing and settling tem ...
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Immigration to Australia
The Australian continent was first settled when ancestors of Indigenous Australians arrived via the islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and New Guinea over 50,000 years ago.
European colonisation began in 1788 with the establishment of a ...
References
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