Pakistanis in Sweden
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Total population | |
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(12,250[citation needed]) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Stockholm, Malmö, Gothenburg Uppsala | |
Languages | |
Urdu, Punjabi, Swedish, English, others | |
Religion | |
Islam (majority) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Overseas Pakistani |
Pakistanis in Sweden are people who have migrated from Pakistan to Sweden and their locally born descendants. As of 2014, there were over 12,500[citation needed] Pakistanis living in the country.
Services to Sweden
Most of the Pakistani who come to Sweden for general labour in 1970s but after sometime they moved to other countries because of harsh weather conditions. Many Pakistanis successfully entered into work blue-collar jobs, especially those who immigrated in after year 2000.
Notable people
- Ishtiaq Ahmed, political scientist and author
- Furqan Shayk, Social Media Star
- Dr. Arif Mahmud Kisana, Columnist, Writer
- Jamil Ahsan, Urdu Poet
- Shahzad Ansari, Chief Editor Urdu Qasid
References
External links
Categories:
- Articles with unsourced statements from October 2015
- "Related ethnic groups" needing confirmation
- Articles using Template:Infobox ethnic group with deprecated parameters
- Ethnic groups in Sweden
- Muslim communities in Europe
- Pakistani diaspora by country
- Pakistani diaspora in Europe
- Swedish people of Pakistani descent