Poles in Norway
The Consular section of the Polish embassy in Oslo, which is located in the city centre on Nedre Vollgate 5
The Polish minority in Norway is the biggest immigrant group in Norway.[1]
Estimates of the number of Poles living in Norway vary from 72,103[2] to 91,179[1] (about 1,22-1,76% of the Norwegian population). Non-official data claim that the Polish minority may stand at least 120,000. In 2001, however, there were about 6,432 Polish immigrants.[3]
Places with significant populations are Oslo, Moss, Stavanger, Bergen, Fredrikstad, Trondheim, Drammen, Alesund, Molde.
The first Poles came to Norway in 1830-1831 after the fall of the November Uprising.
References
- 1 2 "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, 1 January 2014", forming the country's greatest national group other than Norwegians. Statistics Norway. Accessed 29 April 2014.
- ↑ Statistics Norway
- ↑ "Innvandrarbefolkninga og personar med annan innvandringsbakgrunn, etter innvandringskategori, kjønn og landbakgrunn. 1. januar 2001". Statistics Norway.
External links
- (Polish) Norwegia. Polonia i Polacy. Encyklopedia PWN
- (Polish) Związek Polaków w Norwegii z siedzibą w Askim. Strona internetowa
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