religious
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faith in
Finland
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.
There are, 11000 to 15000 Hindus in Finland. The majority are from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Finland acquired a significant
Hindu
Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...
population for the first time around the turn of the 21st century due to the recruitment of
information technology
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workers from
India
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by companies such as
Nokia
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.
Demographics
The population of Hindus in Finland from 2000 to 2020, according to Statistics Finland:
However, according to another estimate in 2011, there were 524 Hindus in Finland. According to
ARDA
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in 2015, there were 1080 Hindus in Finland. As of 2021, there are 10,749 Indians in Finland, as well as 5,012
Nepalis
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and 1,704
Sri Lankans
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(a total of 17,465), though it is not known how many of them are Hindus.
Controversy
In 2009, Hindu nationalists protested the inclusion of a photograph that they felt denigrated Hinduism in an exhibit at the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art. In response, the museum removed the word "Hinduism" from the title of the work on the museum label.
Hindu Groups in Finland
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Ananda Marga
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, including the Sunrise Kindergarten in
Espoo
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Brahma Kumaris
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There is an
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
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Helsinki
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.
Yoga
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of many varieties is flourishing. The
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
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, which claims over 80 per cent of native Finns as members, reports that yoga is practiced by tens of thousands.
See also
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Hinduism in Sweden
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Finland
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Fin
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