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 recent years many Portuguese international footballers have moved to Sweden to play for Swedish clubs.

In 2023 these included: Ieltsin Camões (IK Brage), Filipe Sissé (Varbergs BoIS), Mamadu Djau (Örebro), Luís Canina (IFK Luleå) and Kevin Cerqueira (BK Häcken).

[8][9][10][11][12][13] The Portuguese community in Sweden retains strong ties with its homeland and, between 2000 and 2021, it has sent about 162.5 million euros (€) to Portugal in remittances.

[15] the Portuguese are part of a wider Portuguese-speaking community in Sweden, comprising around 1,920 people from PALOP countries (the majority being from Angola or from Cape Verde), Timor-Leste and Macau and around 20,000 Brazilians.