Nordic Australians are Australian citizens whose origins are found in any of the Nordic countries, or people from any of these countries who live in Australia. Danish immigrants made up the largest group by far.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 150,000 | |
| Languages | |
| Australian English · Danish · Finnish · Swedish · Norwegian · Icelandic · Faroese | |
| Religion | |
| Lutheranism, other Protestant denominations, Catholic | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Nordic New Zealanders, other European Australians |
In the Australian censuses, citizens of Nordic background are named as Scandinavian Australians; although Finland is significantly different culturally from Scandinavian countries and as such is not usually included among them, it is still counted as one for the sake of statistics.[citation needed]
Countries of origin
editThis is a list of the countries of origin. The numbers indicate the people born in their home countries and people born in Australia of Nordic descent.
| Ethnic group | Number | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
 Danish Australians Faroese Australians |
59,376 | |
 Finnish Australians |
34,000 | |
 Swedish Australians |
30,375 | |
 Norwegian Australians |
25,700 | |
 Icelandic Australians |
980 | |
Total |
150,431 |
Icelandic Australians
editThese citizens are Australian of Icelandic ancestry, or persons born in Iceland residing in Australia.[7] The largest emigration from Iceland to Australia took place in the late 1960's, when the Australian government offered immigrants financial assistance at a time when the employment situation in Iceland was bleak.[8][9][10] There were 980 residents who reported Icelandic ancestry in the 2011 census.[6] They form the smallest part of the wider Nordic Australian group usually included in the census.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex&producttype=Census Tables&method=Place of Usual Residence&areacode=0 ABS Census - Country of Birth, 2006
- ^ ABS Census - ethnicity, 2006
- ^ Embassy of Finland, Canberra. "History of the Finns in Australia". Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ 2006 Census Table : Australia
- ^ Norway country brief
- ^ a b "Iceland country brief". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Íslenskir andfætlingar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 May 1995. p. B1. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Ástralíumaður". Vísir (in Icelandic). 1 March 1963. p. 4. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Tíu flytjast til Ástralíu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 February 1967. p. 2. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "8 sækja um Ástralíuvist". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 28 November 1968. pp. 1, 15. Retrieved 2 December 2021.