Nordic Australians

Nordic Australians

Total population
c. 150,000
Languages
Australian English · Danish · Finnish · Swedish · Norwegian · Icelandic · Faroese
Religion
Lutheranism, other Protestant denominations, Catholic, others or none
Related ethnic groups
Nordic New Zealanders, other European Australians

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.

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.

Countries of origin

This 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

These citizens are Australian of Icelandic ancestry, or persons born in Iceland residing in Australia. 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. There were 980 residents who reported Icelandic ancestry in the 2011 census. They form the smallest part of the wider Nordic Australian group usually included in the census.

See also

• Europeans in Oceania
• Immigration to Australia