Iraqis in Norway
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| Iraqis in Norway
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| Total population |
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13, 373 (2004)[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Bærum, Trondheim, Drammen, Kristiansand, Fredrikstad, Asker [2] |
| Languages |
| Arabic, Norwegian |
| Religions |
| Predominantly Christian (mostly Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic), and Muslim (both Sunni and Shia), with minorities who follow Judaism |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Other Iraqi people |
The Iraqi immigrant population to Norway has shown a large increase over the last years due to the Iraq war, and is now the third largest immigrant group in Norway after Pakistanis and Swedes. From 2005, one of the largest increase of immigrants were from Iraq[3], as well as Poland and Great Britain.
[edit] Demographics
As of 1 January 2004, the Norwegian Statistisk Sentralbyrå reported that there were 13, 373[4] Iraqi Norwegians in Norway.
Due to a large Iraqi population present in Norway, many have integrated and married Norwegians, as from 1996 to 2004, 179 marriages were contracted between a resident Iraqi man and a Norwegian woman, which makes up 19 per cent of the marriages.[5] Iraqis are a group of refugees with a relatively short duration of residence in Norway (80 per cent have lived in Norway less than 10 years).[6]
[edit] Famous Iraqi Norwegians
- Alia Shawkat, actress known for her role as Maeby Funke on Arrested Development
- Namaa Alward, actress
- Mullah Krekar, politician
- Kaltham Lie, first Muslim to announce his homesexuality in Norway.
- Osman Omar Osman, hanged for allegdly killing his Norwegian wife while on vacation in Iraq
- Samir Ibrahim Zedan, film director
- Walid al-Kubaisi, writer
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ssb.no/vis/english/subjects/02/01/10/utlstat_en/art-2004-03-18-01-en.html
- ^ http://www.ssb.no/innvbef/tab-2007-05-24-11.html
- ^ http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/innvbef_en/
- ^ http://www.ssb.no/vis/english/subjects/02/01/10/utlstat_en/art-2004-03-18-01-en.html
- ^ http://www.ssb.no/english/magazine/art-2006-10-13-02-en.html
- ^ http://www.ssb.no/english/magazine/art-2006-10-13-02-en.html
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