Prior to the late 1960s, most Hungarians came to Finland due to family, work or cultural and religious reasons.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Finland took some Hungarian refugees from Romania.

Since the 1990s, many Hungarians came to Finland as guest workers or exchange students.

[2] In 2014, there were 2,600 people in Finland who spoke Hungarian, some of them coming from Transylvania.

[3] Bóbita ry is the most active Hungarian organization in Finland, located in the Helsinki region.