Indians in Sweden are citizens and residents of
Sweden who are of
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
n descent.
Demographics
During the period of 2001 to 2010, a total of 7,870 Indian students came for higher studies in Sweden. According to Statistics Sweden, as of 2016, there are a total 25,719 India-born immigrants living in Sweden.
Most of these
people of Indian origin are
Punjabis,
Bengalis
Bengalis (singular Bengali bn, বাঙ্গালী/বাঙালি ), also rendered as Bangalee or the Bengali people, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of ...
, and
South Indians
The Dravidian peoples, or Dravidians, are an ethnolinguistic and cultural group living in South Asia who predominantly speak any of the Dravidian languages. There are around 250 million native speakers of Dravidian languages. Dravidian spe ...
. Some Indians sought and obtained political asylum after 1984. Some Indians have come to Sweden from Uganda in the 1970s.
According to Statistics Sweden, India is among the most common countries of birth for international
adoptions in Sweden. As of 2016, there are 1,017 India-born children and young adults aged 0-21 who are adopted in Sweden.
According to the Institute of Labor Economics, as of 2014, India-born immigrants residing in Sweden have a labor force participation rate of approximately 54%. Their employment population ratio is about 49%. They also have an unemployment rate of around 6%.
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Statistically, approximately 50% of the Indian-born population in Sweden live in the province of Stockholm and most of them work as IT engineers.Helsingborg
Helsingborg (, , , ) is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 113,816 (2020). Helsingborg is the cent ...
, Lund and Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...
, the Indian immigrant population holds the first, second and fifth place among other immigrant populations respectively.
Notable individuals
Notes
External links
Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs: SwedenEmbassy of India, swedenIndians In SwedenIndia in SwedenIndian Association in SwedenHindu Temple in SwedenIndian Expat PlatformIndian Students Organization
Ethnic groups in Sweden
Sweden
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