Finnish Italians are Finns who speak
Italian, were born in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
or are children of Italian immigrants. The number of Italians can only be measured in the number of Italian speakers, people born in Italy and their children, since Finland doesn't collect statistics on ethnicity.
Demographics
67% of Finnish Italians are male and 33% are female. 51.3% of Finnish Italians are employed, 9.5% are unemployed and 39.2% are outside the labour force. There are over 200 Italian students in Finland, and over 160 Italian entrepreneurs. 761 Italian men are in a registered relationship with a Finnish woman.
In 2018:
*1,133 Finns had a dual Italian citizenship
*2,441 Finns had an Italian background
*2,709 Finns had an Italian citizenship
*2,857 Finns spoke Italian as their native language
*2,956 Finns were born in Italy
Italian organizations in Finland
There are two prominent Italian organizations in Finland: Italialaisten yhdistys Suomessa -järjestö, established in 1990 and Finlandia-Italia r.y - kulttuuriseura, which was established in 1963.
Notable Finnish Italians
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Marco Matrone, footballer
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Charles Bassi
Charles (Carlo) Francesco Bassi (12 November 1772, Turin – 11 November 1840, Turku) was a Finnish architect of Italian descent. He was the first professionally trained architect who permanently worked in present-day Finland. He worked, both as an ...
, architect
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Lauri Dalla Valle
Lauri Dalla Valle (born 14 September 1991) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
After playing youth football for JIPPO and Inter Milan, Dalla Valle moved to England in 2008 to join Liverpool. After two seasons he ...
, former footballer
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Marco Parnela, former footballer
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Antonio Inutile, footballer
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Anna Falchi
Anna Falchi (; born Anna Kristiina Palomäki; 22 April 1972) is a Finnish-Italian model and film actress.
Career
Anna Kristiina Palomäki was born in Tampere, Finland, the daughter of an Italian father, Benito (Tito) Falchi, and Finnish mothe ...
, model and actress
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Marco Casagrande
Marco Casagrande (born 7 May 1971) is a Finnish architect, environmental artist, architectural theorist, former mercenary, writer and professor of architecture. He graduated from Helsinki University of Technology department of architecture (2001 ...
, architect
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Manuela Bosco, actress
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Clara Petrozzi, violist
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Monica Sileoni, retired artistic gymnast
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Janna Hurmerinta
Janna–Mari Hurmerinta (born 20 December 1981), better known by her mononym Janna, is a Finnish R&B, and pop singer, songwriter and pianist. Her debut album ''Right Now''See http://www.s2sj.com/smoove/janna_rn.html was released in June 2007 to ...
, singer
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Maarit Hurmerinta
Maarit Helena Hurmerinta (born in Helsinki on 10 November 1953) is a Finnish singer and musician. She is better known by her mononym Maarit. Maarit is the granddaughter of Italian musician Michele Orlando. Maarit's daughter Janna Hurmerinta
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, singer and musician
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Andreas Bernard
Andreas Bernard (born 9 June 1990) is an Italian professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for HC Bozen-Bolzano of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL).
He holds the record for most games played as a foreign goaltender in Liiga
The SM- ...
, ice hockey goaltender
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Eugenio Giraldoni
Eugenio Giraldoni (20 May 1871, Marseille – 23 June 1924, Helsinki) was an Italian operatic baritone who enjoyed a substantial international career. In 1900, he created the role of Baron Scarpia in Giacomo Puccini's ''Tosca''.
He was the son ...
, operatic baritone
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Sara Negri, mathematical logician
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Egle Oddo, visual artist
See also
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Finland–Italy relations
Finland-Italy relations are foreign relations between Finland and Italy. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 September 1919. Finland has an embassy in Rome, Italy has an embassy in Helsinki. Both countries are full members o ...
References
{{Italian diaspora
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 B ...
Finland–Italy relations