Iraqis in Norway

Iraqis in Norway make up approximately 33,924 people. They are mostly refugees from the Iran–Iraq War, the Saddam regime and in particular the Iraq War. Iraqis are the seventh largest immigrant group in Norway after Poles, Lithuanians, Swedes, Syrians, Pakistanis and Somalis.

Iraqis in Norway
Total population
33,924 (2019 Official Norway estimate)[1] 0.64% of the Norwegian population
Regions with significant populations
Oslo[2]
Languages
Norwegian and Mesopotamian Arabic
also Kurdish (Sorani and Kurmanji dialects), Turkish (Iraqi Turkmen/Turkoman dialects), Neo-Aramaic, (Chaldean, Ashuri, and Mandaic)
Religion
Predominantly Islam (Shia and Sunni)
Minority Syriac Christianity and Chaldean Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Arabs, Armenians, Assyrians, Azeris, Chaldeans, Iranians, Mizrahim, Turks,
Some descendants Norwegians

Demographics

As of 1 January 2012, the Norwegian Statistisk Sentralbyrå reported that there were 28,935 Iraqis in Norway of which 21,784 are first generation immigrants and 7,151 are born in Norway to two Iraqi parents.[3] Iraqis are a group of refugees with a relatively short duration of residence in Norway (80 per cent have lived in Norway less than 10 years).[4] Around one fourth of all Iraqis in Norway lives in the city of Oslo.[5]

Marriage

Due to a sizeable Iraqi population present in Norway, many have integrated and married Norwegians, as from 1996 to 2004, 179 marriages were contracted between a resident Iraqi man and a Norwegian woman, which makes up 19 per cent of the marriages of Iraqi men.[4]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents".
  2. "Tabell 11 Innvandrerbefolkningen, etter landbakgrunn (De 20 største gruppene). Utvalgte kommuner. 1. Januar 2007".
  3. Personer med innvandringsbakgrunn, etter innvandringskategori, landbakgrunn og kjønn. 1. januar 2012 Archived 2012-09-18 at the Wayback Machine SSB. Retrieved 6 December 2012
  4. "Publication series".
  5. "Innvandrere etter landbakgrunn. Antall og andel. 2019-Iraq".


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