Ethnic group
Portuguese in Denmark (Danish : portugisisk i Danmark ) are citizens and residents of Denmark and its dependencies who are of Portuguese descent.
Portuguese in Denmark (also known as Portuguese Danes / Danish-Portuguese Community or, in Portuguese , known as Portugueses na Dinamarca / Comunidade portuguesa na Dinamarca / Luso-dinamarqueses Portugal .
Portuguese Danes are Portuguese-born citizens with a Danish citizenship or Danish-born citizens of Portuguese ancestry or citizenship .
There are approximately 4,476 Portuguese people living in Denmark as of 2021. They represent 0.08% of the country's population .[ 2] [ 3]
History
Map showing the location of the two countries within Europe Portuguese embassy in CopenhagenThe Portuguese community in the country has experienced considerable growth, especially after Brexit . Portuguese emigrants are in fact leaving the United Kingdom for Nordic countries : most of them are highly qualified and aged between 20 and 40 , looking for better quality of life and economic stability.[ 4] [ 5] COVID-19 pandemic .[ 6]
There are also Portuguese living in territories of the Danish Realm other than metropolitan Denmark : in 2023 there were 8 Portuguese-born residents in Faroe Islands and 10 in Greenland .[ 7] [ 8]
In recent years many Portuguese international footballers have moved to Denmark to play for Danish clubs . In 2023 these included: Carlos Ferreira (in the Faroe Islands , Skála ÍF ), André Monteiro (Vejle ), Anderson Rosso de Sena (Brabrand ), Pedro Ferreira (AaB ) and Diogo Gonçalves (Copenhagen ).[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
Remittances
The Portuguese community in Denmark retains strong ties with its homeland and, between 2000 and 2021, it has sent approximately 92.84 million euros (€ ) to Portugal in remittances . In the same timeframe, Danes in Portugal (numbering around 1,600 individuals)[ 12] [ 13]
Portuguese language
King Luís of Portugal visits Copenhagen As of today, the Portuguese are part of a wider Portuguese-speaking community in Denmark, comprising around 720 people from PALOP countries (the overwhelming majority being from Angola or from Mozambique ), Timor-Leste or Macau and 5,800 Brazilians .[ 14]
People from CPLP countries thus number around 11,000 people, accounting for 0.19% of the population of Denmark .[ 3] CPLP countries in Denmark is quite visible when compared to the ones in other Nordic countries : in Finland there are a little more than 5,000 CPLP nationals (0.09% of the country's population ),[ 15] [ 16] Iceland there are around 2,000 CPLP nationals (0.52% of the country's population ),[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Norway there are around 25,300 CPLP nationals (0.38% of the population )[ 22] [ 18] [ 23] [ 24] Sweden 26,700 (0.25% of the population ).[ 25] [ 26] [ 18] [ 27]
Notable people
Alexandre de Sousa Holstein , Pedro de Sousa Holstein 's father and Portuguese ambassador to Denmark in the 18th century.[ 28] Berengaria of Portugal (1198–1221): Portuguese infanta (princess) and Queen of Denmark , by marriage to King Valdemar II Christopher I of Denmark (1219–1259): King of Denmark between 1252 and 1259. He was the son of Valdemar II of Denmark by his second wife, Berengaria of Portugal Christopher, Duke of Lolland (1341–1363): great-great-grandson of Christopher I of Denmark Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1211–1231): Portuguese infanta Afonso II of Portugal and Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal . Eleanor was Queen of Denmark by marriage to Valdemar the Young Eric IV of Denmark (1216–1250): King of Denmark from 1241 until his death in 1250, son of Berengaria Erika de Casier (1990): Portuguese-Danish singer, songwriter, and record producerLukas Fernandes (1993): retired Danish footballer Emilie da Fonseca (1803–1884): Norwegian -Danish stage actor and opera singer Ida Henriette da Fonseca (1802–1858): Danish opera singer and composerMargaret I of Denmark (1353–1412): Queen regnant of Denmark , Norway , and Sweden (which included Finland ) from the late 1380s until her death, and the founder of the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian kingdoms together for over a century. great-great-granddaughter of Christopher I of Denmark Pedro Oliveira (1971): Portuguese academic Camille Pissarro (1830–1903): Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter
See also
References
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