Swedish Iranians
svenskiranier ایرانیان سوئد | |
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Total population | |
121,019 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala. | |
Languages | |
Swedish, Persian (, Other |
Swedish Iranians or Swedish Persians[1] consist of people of Iranian nationality who have settled in Sweden, as well as Swedish residents and citizens of Iranian heritage. As of 2019, there were 80,136 residents of Sweden born in Iran, as well as 40,883 born in Sweden with at least one Iranian-born parent.[2]
Terminology
Swedish-Iranian is used interchangeably with Swedish-Persian,
There is a tendency among Swedish Iranians to categorize themselves as "Persian" rather than "Iranian", mainly to dissociate themselves from the
Demographics
There are approximately 63,828 people[17] born in Iran living in Sweden today, as well as 28,600 people born in Sweden with at least one parent born in Iran. They are one of Sweden's largest immigrant groups, accounting for about 1.7% of the population.[18]
The very first wave of Iranian refugees consisted of 5,000 Iranian refugees who fled to Sweden in 1979-1980 most of them were middle-aged, middle-class Pahlavi supporters who were opposing the
About 60% percent of Swedish Iranians go on to higher education – more than the Swedish average (45%).[17] Iranian culture with its emphasis on education may be part of the reason for this. Becoming an engineer or a doctor is a mantra in many families. Abundantly represented minorities amongst the Swedish Iranians, like in other Iranian diaspora nations are Azerbaijanis, Kurds, Armenians and Assyrians.
Notable Iranians in Sweden
- Snoh Aalegra, singer and songwriter
- Mana Aghaee, poet and writer
- Minoo Akhtarzand, governor of Jönköping County
- Milad Alami, film director
- Poya Asbaghi, football manager
- William Atashkadeh, professional footballer
- Hanif Bali, MP and part of the party executive of the Moderate Party
- Sean Banan, singer, comedian and entertainer
- Arash Bayat, footballer
- Miss Universe Sweden 2012
- Cameron Cartio, singer
- Akira Corassani, UFC fighter
- Ashk Dahlén, scholar, linguist, translator
- Reza Khelili Dylami, politician
- Ali Esbati, politician
- Athena Farrokhzad, poet
- Rashid Farivar, politician
- Mohammad Fazlhashemi, professor in History of Ideas, Umeå University
- International PEN
- Saman Ghoddos, international footballer*
- Ali Ghodsi, businessman
- Adam Hemati, footballer for Persepolis F.C.
- Jasmine Kara, singer and songwriter
- Arash Labaf, platinum-selling artist
- Lina Leandersson, actress
- Janet Leon, singer
- Lasse Lindroth, comedian and actor
- Parisa Liljestrand, Minister of Culture.
- Reza Madadi, professional MMA fighter and convicted criminal.
- Jila Mossaed, poet, member of the Swedish Academy, Chair No. 15[19]
- Babak Najafi, film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
- Amin Nazari, professional football player
- Omid Nazari, professional football player*
- Shima Niavarani, actress
- Bahar Pars, actress
- Trita Parsi, founder and president of the National Iranian American Council
- Nahid Persson Sarvestani, film director
- Zinat Pirzadeh, comedian
- Laleh Pourkarim, singer-songwriter
- Romina Pourmokhtari, Minister for the Environment.
- Arash Pournouri, music manager
- Daniel Rahimi, professional Ice hockey player
- Eddie Razaz, singer
- Farhad Saeidi, co-founder and President of COMSOL AB[20]
- Behrang Safari, Swedish international footballer
- Ilya Salmanzadeh, music producer
- Nima Sanandaji, scientist and author
- Ardalan Shekarabi, politician
- Riksdagpolitician
- Sara Zahedi, mathematician and winner of European Mathematical Society prize
- Nina Zanjani, actress
- Mika Zibanejad, professional Ice hockey player
See also
- Iran-Sweden relations
- Iranian diaspora
References
- ^ S2CID 146592244.
... the majority of the participants self-identified themselves as Persian instead of Iranian, due to the stereotypes and negative portrayals of Iranians in the media and politics. Adolescents from Jewish and Baháʼí faiths asserted their religious identity more than their ethnic identity. The fact Iranians use Persian interchangeably is nothing to do with current Iranian government because the name Iran was used before this period as well. Linguistically modern Persian is a branch of Old Persian in the family of Indo-European languages and that includes all the minorities as well more inclusively.
- ^ "Population statistics". Statistiska Centralbyrån. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
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Iranian/Persian Americans – The flow of Iranian citizens into the United States began in 1979, during and after the Islamic Revolution.
- ISBN 978-1-57356-345-1. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ Racial and Ethnic Relations in America, Carl Leon Bankston,"Therefore, Turkish and Iranian (Persian) Americans, who are Muslims but not ethnically Arabs, are often mistakenly..", Salem Press, 2000
- ISBN 978-0-542-97374-1. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
According to previous studies, the presence of heterogeneity is evident among Iranian immigrants (also known as Persians – Iran was known as Persia until 1935) who came from myriads of religious (Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Armenian, Assyrian, Baháʼí and Zoroastrian), ethnic (Turk, Kurds, Baluchs, Lurs, Turkamans, Arabs, as well as tribes such as Ghasghaie, and Bakhtiari), linguistic/dialogic background (Persian, Azari, Gialki, Mazandarani, Kurdish, Arabic, and others). Cultural, religious and political, and various other differences among Iranians reflect their diverse social and interpersonal interactions. Some studies suggest that, despite the existence of subgroup within Iranian immigrants (e.g. various ethno-religious groups), their nationality as Iranians has been an important point of reference and identifiable source of their identification as a group across time and setting.
- ^ Yarshater, Ehsan Persia or Iran, Persian or Farsi Archived 2010-10-24 at the Wayback Machine, Iranian Studies, vol. XXII no. 1 (1989)
- ISBN 0385528426, 9780385528429. p. 161
- ISBN 9781568591773. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-674-04493-7.
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- ISBN 978-0-313-32384-3.
- ^ Elizabeth Chacko, Contemporary ethnic geographies in America // Ines M. Miyares, Christopher A. Airriess (eds.), Rowman & Littlefield, 2007, pp. 325–326
- ^ "Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition". Collinsdictionary.com. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
- ^ "Definition of "Persian"". Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ^ a b "Klassresa är möjlig trots hinder". SvD.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-12-18.
- ^ "be0101_Fodelseland_och_ursprungsland (XLS)".
- ^ "Chair no. 15 - Jila Mossaed | Swedish Academy". www.svenskaakademien.se. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "The COMSOL Group - the Origin of Multiphysics Software".
External links
- Hosseini-Kaladjahi, Hassan; Kelly, Melissa (2012) [2000]. "SWEDEN iv. Iranian Community". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
- Iranian-Swedish Community Classifieds Website in Persian (Farsi) Language