In addition, there are 174 people with double Portuguese-Finnish citizenship living in the country, for a total of 1,207 Portuguese citizens.
Portuguese emigrants are in fact leaving the United Kingdom for Nordic countries: most of them are highly qualified and aged between 20 and 40, looking for better quality of life and economic stability.
In 2023 these included: Danny (Peimari United), Luís Freitas Jr. (HauPa), José Ferreira (Kajaanin Haka), Gerson Lima (Ekenäs), Babacar Fati (SJK), Bubacar Djaló (Lahti).
[18] The Portuguese community in Finland retains strong ties with its homeland and, between 2000 and 2021, it has sent approximately 34.06 million euros (€) to Portugal in remittances.
[20] As of today, the Portuguese are part of a wider Portuguese-speaking community in Finland, comprising around 670 people from PALOP countries (the overwhelming majority being from Angola or from Mozambique), Timor-Leste or Macau and 3,115 Brazilians.