Estonians in Finland

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Estonians in Finland

Eestlased Soomes / Soome eestlased Virolaiset Suomessa / Suomenvirolaiset
Total population
51,539 Estonian citizens (2017)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, Turku, Kerava
Languages
Estonian, Finnish
Religion
Lutheranism, Orthodoxy
Related ethnic groups
Finnish people

Estonians in Finland or Finnish Estonians (Estonian: Eestlased Soomes; Finnish: Suomen virolaiset) are people with an ethnic Estonian background residing in Finland. In 2017, there were 52,424 Estonian immigrants in Finland, according to the UN.^[2] Estonians are Finland's second largest immigrant group, after Russians.

Estonians have for a long time helped the workforce in Finland, especially in the capital region. Over 35,000 of them reside in Uusimaa.