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Poles in Norway

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Poles in Norway
Total population
108,255 (2019 Official Norway estimate)[1] 2.10% of the Norwegian population
Regions with significant populations
Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Bærum, Sandnes, Trondheim, Drammen, Asker, Sarpsborg.
Languages
Norwegian, Polish
Religion
Catholic (mostly)
Related ethnic groups
Poles, Polish diaspora
Embassy of Poland in Oslo

Poles in Norway are citizens and residents of Norway who are of Polish descent. They are the biggest immigrant group in Norway.[2]

Demographics

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Norway has recently experienced an influx of Polish migrant workers. This is because Norway is a member of the European Economic Area, providing the same free movement of labour as between members of the European Union. According to Statistics Norway, there are 108,255 Poles in Norway,[1] and make up 2.10% of the Norwegian population, It has in a short time become the largest ethnic minority in the country, and 11.86% of all foreign residents in Norway are Poles.[3]

Places with significant populations are Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Bærum, Sandnes, Trondheim, Drammen, Asker, Sarpsborg.[4]

The first Poles came to Norway in 1830-1831 after the fall of the November Uprising.[citation needed] Polish engineer and insurgent Aleksander Waligórski [pl], who fled partitioned Poland after the uprising, co-developed Norway's first railroad and co-authored its first modern road map of Norway.[5]

Polish Polar Station, Hornsund, Norway

In 1931 Poland signed the Svalbard Treaty, which recognizes the sovereignty of Norway over the archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean, and grants signatories equal rights to engage in commercial activities and scientific research on the archipelago.[6] Several Polish polar stations were established in Svalbard since.

Crime

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According to Statistics Norway, in the 2010-2013 period, the proportion of Poland-born perpetrators of criminal offences aged 15 and older in Norway was 66.2 per 1000 residents.[7] This was compared to averages of 44.9 among native Norwegians and 112.9 among Norway-born residents with parents of foreign origin.[8] When corrected for variables such as age and sex ratio (M2), residence (M3), and employment (M4), the unadjusted Polish average (M1) for 2010-2013 decreased to 46.18 after age and gender adjustment, 47.07 after residence adjustment, and 41.55 after employment adjustment.[9] Immigrants from Poland were the only over-represented population for which all three adjustable variables, including residence, could explain their over-representation.[10] According to Statistics Norway, as of 2015, a total of 7,952 Poland citizens residing in Norway incurred sanctions. The principal breaches were traffic offences (4,508 individuals), followed by other offences for profit (1,921 individuals), drug and alcohol offences (623 individuals), public order and integrity violations (379 individuals), property theft (368 individuals), violence and maltreatment (97 individuals), other offences (36 individuals), criminal damage (11 individuals), and sexual offences (9 individuals).[11]

Notable people

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Further information: Category:Norwegian people of Polish descent

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents".
  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.
  3. ^ "Innvandrere etter landbakgrunn - enkeltland. Antall og andel. 2019".
  4. ^ "Innvandrere etter landbakgrunn. Antall og andel. 2019-Polen".
  5. ^ "Generał Waligórski - inżynier i żołnierz". Mówią Wieki (in Polish). 6 August 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  6. ^ Oświadczenie Rządowe z dnia 3 września 1931 r. w sprawie przystąpienia Polski do traktatu dotyczącego Spitsbergu, podpisanego w Paryżu dnia 9 lutego 1920 r., Dz. U., 1931, vol. 97, No. 747
  7. ^ Synøve N. Andersen, Bjart Holtsmark & Sigmund B. Mohn (2017). Kriminalitet blant innvandrere og norskfødte med innvandrerforeldre En analyse av registerdata for perioden 1992-2015. Statistics Norway. pp. 27 (Tabell 3.3). ISBN 978-82-537-9643-7.
  8. ^ Synøve N. Andersen, Bjart Holtsmark & Sigmund B. Mohn. Kriminalitet blant innvandrere og norskfødte med innvandrerforeldre En analyse av registerdata for perioden 1992-2015. p. 38 (Tabell 3.6). Tabell 3.6 viser oss det totale antallet gjerningspersoner blant norskfødte med innvandrerforeldre, brutt ned etter foreldrenes landbakgrunn og innvandringsgrunn. Tallet i den øverste raden i tabellen kjenner vi igjen fra tidligere; det er 44,9 gjerningspersoner per 1000 bosatt i den øvrige befolkningen. Blant norskfødte med innvandrerforeldre er tallet 112,9.
  9. ^ Synøve N. Andersen, Bjart Holtsmark & Sigmund B. Mohn (2017). Kriminalitet blant innvandrere og norskfødte med innvandrerforeldre En analyse av registerdata for perioden 1992-2015. Statistics Norway. p. 66 (Tabell B1). ISBN 978-82-537-9643-7.
  10. ^ Synøve N. Andersen, Bjart Holtsmark & Sigmund B. Mohn (2017). Kriminalitet blant innvandrere og norskfødte med innvandrerforeldre En analyse av registerdata for perioden 1992-2015. Statistics Norway. pp. 29, 30 (Figur 3.2), 66 (Tabell B1). ISBN 978-82-537-9643-7. Det er også viktig å påpeke at kjønn, alder,bosted og sysselsetting kan forklare hele overrepresentasjonen kun blantinnvandrere fra Polen. For de andre landene som var overrepresentert i utgangspunktet består overrepresentasjonen også etter at disse faktorene er tatt hensyn til
  11. ^ "Persons sanctioned, by group of principal offence and citizenship (and category of principal offence -2014). Absolute figures". Statistics Norway. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
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