Latvian Finns (Finnish: latvialaiset Suomessa; Latvian: Somijas latvieši) are people of full or partial Latvian descent residing in Finland.[3] In 2021, there were 3,626 people with a close Latvian background[a] in Finland.[2] 3,023 speak Latvian in Finland as of 2021. In 2006 there were 252 Russian speakers in Finland who were born in Latvia.[4]
546 Latvians live in Helsinki, 400 in Vantaa, 347 in Espoo, 249 in Turku and over 100 in Mariehamn, Rauma and Salo. The highest proportion of Latvians are found in the Åland islands. In Vårdö, they make up over 8% of the population, over 5% in Föglö, 4% in Geta, 3% in Lumparland, 2% in Finström, Eckerö and Hammarland and 1% in Mariehamn, Jomala, Lemland and Saltvik.[5]
^ ab"Käsitteet ja määritelmät" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 8 September 2020. Syntyperä ja taustamaa ... Suomalaistaustaisia ovat myös kaikki ne henkilöt, joilla vähintään toinen vanhemmista on syntynyt Suomessa. ... Ulkomaalaistaustaisia ovat ne henkilöt, joiden molemmat vanhemmat tai ainoa tiedossa oleva vanhempi on syntynyt ulkomailla. ... Jos kummankaan vanhemman syntymävaltiosta ei ole tietoa, on taustamaa ulkomailla syntyneiden henkilöiden osalta henkilön oma syntymävaltio. ... Ulkomailta adoptoitujen lasten osalta ottovanhemmat rinnastetaan biologisiksi vanhemmiksi.
^ ab"11rv -- Syntyperä ja taustamaa sukupuolen mukaan kunnittain, 1990-2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^Mela, Marjo; Mattila, Markku (2019). Latvialaiset Suomessa(PDF) (in Finnish). Turku: Migration Institute of Finland [fi]. ISBN 978-952-7167-71-7.
^"VENÄLÄISET JA VENÄLÄINEN KULTTUURI SUOMESSA" (in Finnish).
^"Origin and background country by sex, by municipality, 1990-2021". Statistics Finland. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
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