Germans in Finland
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Deutsche in Finnland Suomen saksalaiset | |
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| Total population | |
| 7,611[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa | |
| Languages | |
| German · Finnish · Swedish | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism · Atheism · Protestantism |
Germans in Finland (German: Deutsche in Finnland; Finnish: Suomen saksalaiset) are immigrants from Germany residing in Finland.
History
[edit]During the Middle Ages, the most important officers and other nobles were Swedish or Germans. In Turku and Viipuri, 75% of the bourgeoisie were German.
Germans were also merchants. By 1924, there were 1,645 Germans in Finland.[2]
German families were essential for the development of Helsinki and the rest of Finland in the 1800s. German was the third most spoken language in Helsinki at the time, and German schools that still operate today were established in Helsinki.[3]
During World War II, there were about 200,000 German soldiers in Finland from 1941 to 1944, and an estimated 700 children were born to German soldiers and Finnish women.[4][5]
Many present-day Finnish companies like Paulig and Stockmann were started by Germans.[citation needed]
FC Germania Helsinki is a sports club funded by Germans in Finland in 2017.[citation needed]
Finnish people of German descent
[edit]- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, former Finnish president
- Maria Guzenina, politician
- Peter von Bagh, science author
- Lasse Pöysti, actor
- Niklas Linke, footballer
- Carl Ludvig Engel, architect
- Eva Polttila, former news anchor
- Roman Schatz, writer
- Julius Schmid, footballer
- Lasse Schulz, footballer
- Niklas Schulz, footballer
- Fredrik Pacius, composer
- Samu Haber, singer-songwriter
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Population 31.12. by Region, Language, Age, Sex, Year and Information". /pxdata.stat.fi. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Saksankielinen Helsinki". Suomi-Saksa Yhdistysten Liitto. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Westerlund, Lars [in Finnish] (2011). "The Children of German Soldiers" (PDF). National Archives of Finland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ Westerlund, Lars [in Finnish] (2011). "The Children of Foreign Soldiers in Finland, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Poland and Occupied Soviet Karelia" (PDF). National Archives of Finland. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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