Greeks in Denmark
Total population
1,180 (Oct. 2009)^[1]
Languages
Danish, Greek
Related ethnic groups
Greek diaspora

The Greeks in Denmark are a small community. As of October 2009^[update], Statistics Denmark recorded 1,180 people of Greek origin living in Denmark, with 954 in Zealand, 177 in Jutland, 48 in Funen, and 1 in Bornholm.^[1]

History

Unskilled migrants began coming from Evros and Kastoria to Denmark in the 1960s; they worked primarily in the fur trade. Most of those initial migrants have returned to Greece as this sector became economically depressed. Political refugees fleeing the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 were numerically minor, but evoked a great deal of sympathy from the politically liberal Danish population.^[2] The number of Greek international students choosing Denmark as their destination showed an uptick after 1981, when Greece became a member of the European Economic Community.^[3]

Gender issues

Many migrants consist of Greek men in international marriages with Danish women. The number of Greek women married to Danish men is smaller. Either way, such relationships have an unusually high rate of divorce. Spouses typically return to Greece if they separate from their Danish partner.^[2]

References

Christou, Anastasia (2008), "Narrating Diasporic Imaginations: Life Stories of Second Generation Greek-American and Greek-Danish 'Return Migrants'", in Nowicka, E.; Firouzbakhch, H. (eds.), Homecoming: An Anthropology of Return Migrations, Krakow, Poland: Nomos, pp. 45–58, ISBN 978-83-60490-59-4
Christou, Anastasia (2009), "No Place is (like) Home: Mobilities, Memories and Metamorphoses of Greek Migrants in Denmark", in Tziovas, D. (ed.), Diaspora and Exile: Changes in Greek Society, Politics and Culture since 1700, Ashgate Publishers, ISBN 978-0-7546-6609-7

v t e Immigration to Denmark
Groups	Albanians Arabs Iraqis Lebanese Moroccans Syrians Chinese Eritreans Ethiopians Germans Greeks Jews Kurds Pakistanis Poles Portuguese Roma Somalis Turks
Other topics	Danish Immigration Service Minister for Integration

v t e Greek diaspora (Omogenia)
Old Greek Diaspora	Anatolian Greeks population exchange pogrom expulsion massacre burning Egyptian Greeks expulsion Anatolian Greeks Greek genocide Ukrainian Greeks evacuation Soviet Greeks deportation prison shootings
New Greek Diaspora	Greek Americans Boston Chicago New York City Greek Australians Melbourne Sydney Greek Canadians Toronto
Traditional areas of Greek settlement	Albania Bulgaria Caucasus Cyprus France Italy Malta North Macedonia Russia Turkey Ukraine
Europe	Austria Belgium Czechia Denmark France Germany Hungary Moldova Netherlands Poland Romania Serbia Sweden United Kingdom
Caucasus and Central Asia	Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan
Middle East	Israel Lebanon Syria United Arab Emirates
Africa	D.R. Congo Ethiopia South Africa Sudan South Sudan Zimbabwe
Latin America	Argentina Bahamas Brazil Chile Mexico Uruguay Venezuela
Asia-Pacific	New Zealand Philippines
Hellenization Greek colonization Hellenistic world

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Gender issues

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