Number of foreign nationals has tripled in ten years

There were 1,000 non-Danish citizens in the Faroes in 2013. This figure has now tripled.

And the number of non-Danish workers in the Faroes has increased accordingly, going from 600 in 2013 to 2,100 in 2023.

So said Kári Holm Johannesen, of Statistics Faroe Islands, in this morning’s Breddin debate programme, themed around the fast-track employment programme.

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“This past year has been a bit unusual in that the number of Danish citizens has remained unchanged while the number of non-Danish citizens has increased. In other words, last year’s population growth can be attributed to non-Danish citizens,” he explained.

“The biggest increase among non-Danish citizens in the past year is represented by people from eastern Europe and Asia.”

Read the Faroese version of this article here.

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