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Norway had a steady influx of immigrants from South Asia (mostly Pakistanis and Sri Lankans), East Asia (mainly Chinese), Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia (e.g. Filipinos), Eastern Europe (e.g. Russians) and Central Europe (e.g. Poles), Southern Europe (Greeks, Albanians and people from former Yugoslavia, Bosniaks, Serbs etc.), and Middle ...
Norwegians (Norwegian: Nordmenn) are an ethnic group and nation native to Norway, where they form the vast majority of the population. They share a common culture and speak the Norwegian language . Norwegians are descended from the Norse of the Early Middle Ages who formed a unified Kingdom of Norway in the 9th century.
Norway: 547000 2 Sweden: 483000 3 India: 399000 4 Vietnam: 387000 5 Chile: 383000 6 Sri Lanka: 381000 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina: 369000 8 Pakistan: 328000 9 Iran: 325000 10 Serbia, North Macedonia and Croatia: 321000 11 Somalia: 317000 12 Turkey: 305000
Diaspora Hindus in Norway include Tamil (Sri Lankan and Indian) families, Punjabi families, families from the Uttar Pradesh region, as well as Gujaratis and Bengalis. Specifically among Norwegian Hindus, Sri Lankan Tamils are the dominant ethnicity constituting a large number (roughly half of the entire Hindu population or greater) of around ...
As of 2014, an official study showed that 4,081,000 people or 79.9% of the total population were Norwegians having no migrant background (both of their parents were born in Norway) [19] and more than 759,000 individuals (14.9%) [19] were immigrants—or descendants of recent immigrants—from neighbouring countries and the rest of the world. A ...
Pages in category "Norwegian people of Indian descent" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The first waves of Vietnamese immigrants to Norway came after the Fall of Saigon, in 1975.They escaped Vietnam by boat, and were also known as the boat people.Some were picked up by Norwegian cargo ships and came to Norway after spending time in refugee camps in East Asia and Southeast Asia and were processed through interviews by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
The following article lists sovereign states, dependent territories and some quasi-states according to their proportional ethnic population composition. Ethnic classifications vary from country to country and are therefore not comparable across countries.