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Syrians in Sweden are citizens and residents of Sweden who are of Syrian descent. As of 2019, there were 191,530 residents of Sweden born in Syria, and 50,620 born in Sweden with at least one Syrian-born parent.


Demographics

Most Syrians residing in Sweden arrived as asylum seekers following the Syrian Civil War, which began in 2011. According to
Statistics Sweden Statistics Sweden ( sv, Statistiska centralbyrån ; SCB) is the Swedish government agency operating under the Ministry of Finance and responsible for producing official statistics for decision-making, debate and research. The agency's responsibi ...
, as of 2016, there 116,384 citizens of Syria (70,060 men, 46,324 women) residing in Sweden. There are an estimated 18,000 of the latter immigrants living in
Södertälje Södertälje ( , ) is a city in Södermanland and Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. As of 2017, it has 72,704 inhabitants. Södertälje is located at Mälarens confluence in to the Baltic Sea through the lock in ...
. As of 2016, 5,459 Syrian citizens (2,803 men, 2,656 women) residing in Sweden are registered as asylum seekers. In 2016, there were 39 registered emigrations from Sweden to Syria.


Education

In 2010, there were 18,292 students with
Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...
as their mother tongue who participated in the state-run
Swedish for Immigrants Swedish for immigrants (normally known as SFI or ''Svenskundervisning för invandrare'' in Swedish) is the national free Swedish language course offered to most categories of immigrants. Immigrants who speak Danish or Norwegian are ineligible for ...
adult language program. Of these pupils, 3,884 had 0-6 years of education in their home country (''Antal utbildningsår i hemlandet''), 3,383 had 7-9 years of education in their home country, and 11,025 had 10 years education or more in their home country. As of 2012, 18,886 pupils with Arabic as their mother tongue, as well as 3,257 Syria-born students were enrolled in the language program. , according to Statistics Sweden, 35% of Syria-born individuals aged 25 to 64 have attained a primary and lower secondary education level (37% men, 34% women), 22% have attained an upper secondary education level (21% men, 23% women), 21% have attained a post-secondary education level of less than 3 years (21% men, 22% women), 15% have attained a post-secondary education of 3 years or more (16% men, 14% women), and 6% have attained an unknown education level (6% men, 7% women).


Employment

According to Statistics Sweden, as of 2014, the employment rate is approximately 32% for Syrian-born immigrants. According to the Institute of Labor Economics, as of 2014, Syrian-born individuals residing in Sweden have an employment population ratio of about 28%. They also have an unemployment rate of around 14%. - cf
Appendix 4: Diaspora characteristics - labour force indicators by sending countries
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Notable people


See also

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Demographics of Syria Syria's estimated pre– Syrian Civil War 2011 population was 22 ±.5 million permanent inhabitants, which included 21,124,000 Syrians, as well as 1.3 million Iraqi refugees and over 500,000 Palestinians refugees.Education in Sweden Education in Sweden is mandatory for children between ages 5/6 and 15/16 depending on when on the year they were born. The school year in Sweden runs from mid–late August to early/mid–June. The Christmas holiday from mid–December to early J ...
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Education in Syria Education in the Syria, Syrian Arab Republic is given the necessary attention and care by the Syrian state, as the Syrian Constitution guarantees the right to education to every citizen, which is compulsory and free at primary level. It is fre ...
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Islam in Sweden Islam in Sweden refers to the practice of Islam in Sweden, as well as historical ties between Sweden and the Islamic world. Viking contact with Islam dates back to the 7th–10th centuries, when the Vikings traded with Muslims during the Isl ...
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Syrian diaspora Syrian diaspora refers to Syrian people and their descendants who chose or were forced to emigrate from Syria and now reside in other countries as immigrants, or as refugees of the Syrian Civil War. The number of Syrians outside Syria is ...
* Syrians in Finland


References

{{Syrian diaspora Arabs in Sweden * * Sweden * Middle Eastern diaspora in Sweden