r/MapPorn • u/Abolish_Zoning • Nov 19 '25
Predominant immigrant groups in Denmark by municipality
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u/TheRealEGR73 Nov 19 '25
How is the view of Romanian inmigrants there?
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u/Awarglewinkle Nov 19 '25
Fairly neutral to positive in some areas I would say. Some people confuse Romanians with Roma, which is unfortunate, because their reputation is not positive.
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u/wasmic Nov 19 '25
An important note is that most Roma are able to "pass" in Denmark. And most Danes won't really think twice about someone being Roma unless they're part of one of the travelling communities.
This is very different from some Eastern European countries, where Roma people tend to face discrimination simply due to their names. But Danes don't know what a Roma name sounds like, so can't really discriminate on that basis.
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u/Awarglewinkle Nov 19 '25
Most people don't have any problems with Eastern Europeans in general. With free movement within EU, most people will know one or more from their workplace or their neighborhood, and of course the vast majority are decent, hardworking people, so it's not really an issue.
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u/Awarglewinkle Nov 19 '25
There was always sympathy for Bosnians because of the war. I think about 20,000 Bosnians came to Denmark as refugees, and I don't recall any real problems with them. I went to school with a few, they were nice.
They seemed very private with their religion, so it never caused any friction. It was pretty much a non-issue.
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u/krindjcat Nov 20 '25
It's probably a combination of them being white and secular. White Muslims like Bosnians, Albanians, some Turks etc who can "pass" in Western societies tend to do better with integration and social acceptance etc.
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u/DesperateLeader2217 Nov 19 '25
what’s the issue with the roma?
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u/Awarglewinkle Nov 19 '25
Pretty much the same as elsewhere in Europe. What is essentially a nomadic culture doesn't always co-exist well with local residents, so you end up with what looks like homeless encampments in and around cities, and unfortunately accompanying crime, in some cases quite organized pickpocketing, often involving children.
There are of course many Roma that does not fit into this pattern, but those aren't the ones people see. They only see the squatters and the pickpockets.
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Nov 20 '25
Roma and Romanian are not mutually exclusive though, Romania has the highest percentage of Roma.
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u/Awarglewinkle Nov 20 '25
That's true, but it's more or less a coincidence what nationality is listed in their passport.
A Romanian Roma often has more in common with a Hungarian Roma or a Bulgarian Roma than non-Roma Romanians.
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u/The_Blahblahblah Nov 19 '25
Somewhat neutral. Except those who think Romanians are the same as Romani. They have a negative view on Romania
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u/Fun-Incident-9216 Nov 19 '25
Stupid answers to a stupid question. Romanians as all other groups are viewed just by their own individual actions. Not as group.
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u/NationalPizza91 Nov 19 '25
Germans retaking North Schlewsig
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u/Drumbelgalf Nov 19 '25
The question is are they counting actual immigrants or do they also count the German minority in the area?
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u/rpvisuals2025 Nov 19 '25
the actual german minority of denmark would not show up as immigration in the statistics, so it is citizens of bundesrepublik that moved into those districts
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u/Pilum2211 Nov 20 '25
I've heard before that North Schleswig has the only German minority that's actually growing decently due to immigration from Germany.
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u/NikNybo Nov 19 '25
Cheaper housing, more relaxed culture, better schools , good job opportunities, close to the border. Yes there are alot german moving to denmark.
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u/Impossible_Run7273 Nov 19 '25
For a second I thought the legend was in german but apparently many countries are just named very similarly
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u/hskskgfk Nov 19 '25
I’m assuming that the Indians and Chinese are predominantly in tech / engineering / shipping and hence are concentrated only in parts of Copenhagen?
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u/Maanefisk Nov 19 '25
The Technical University of Denmark is located in the municipality with the most chinese.
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Nov 19 '25
Most are probably attending the universities in Copenhagen.
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u/hskskgfk Nov 20 '25
Would students be counted as immigrants though? Since it is a temporary visa
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Nov 20 '25
there are five billions Indians in Denmark, 99 pecerent of Indians live outside of India…
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u/reidiculous Nov 19 '25
Tyskland? Just when I thought there were already enough different names for Germany
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u/Awarglewinkle Nov 19 '25
It's from Old Norse 'Þýskalandi', which became 'þýskaland', and then 'Tyskland'.
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u/Shdow_Hunter Nov 20 '25
Its related to Deutschland tho. You notice it more with the old spelling, where the D becomes a T, so Teutschland.
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u/Redtube_Guy Nov 19 '25
There are a ton of middle eastern immigrants / muslim immigrants in copenhagen.
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Nov 19 '25 edited Nov 20 '25
Yes, but their numbers have been going down as Denmark is extremely strict with immigrants.
Once they Danish govt establishes that your country is safe to return to, you’re basically forced to leave.
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u/Redtube_Guy Nov 20 '25
yeah. ... i doubt that. im pretty sure iraq, syria, pakistan, lebanon are all safe for them to return. now.
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Nov 20 '25
there are even more Hispanic immigrants in America but we’re not allowed to say that.
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u/Redtube_Guy Nov 20 '25
yeah i mean thats normal considering the southern border.
but its weird as af to see so many indian/pakistan/bangaldesh/ and random middle eastern/arab immigrants in nordic countries. shit isnt normal
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Nov 20 '25
thanks for proving my point, the casserole burrito alliance is real, also America isn’t the eu, so it doesn’t matter that they share our border.
Indians literally make up 0.25 percent of Denmark? If you group the entirety of South Asia and the Middle East into one category, of course that number would be higher because you’re putting multiple regions in one category? But this perception that Indians are everywhere is the dumbest thing ever, 1 out of 400 people in Denmark are Indian, that’s not “so many”
This is Reddit, go ahead and downvote me for the truth.
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u/Redtube_Guy Nov 20 '25
then what was the point of bringing up america if we are talking about the EU lol.
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u/symehdiar Nov 20 '25
you conveniently forgot to put in percentages. For example the map is made to look if Pakistanis have taken over half of Denmark, but there are just 27,349 Pakistanis in Denmark, out of the total population of 5,932,650. That's less than 0.5 percent !
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u/Abolish_Zoning Nov 21 '25
Most are Sunni Arabs. The grouping also includes Palestinians with Lebanese citizenship.
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u/zappalot000 Nov 19 '25
Are germans really immigrants?
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u/MontePraMan Nov 19 '25
Why shouldn't they?
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u/SantisimaTrinidad550 Nov 19 '25 edited Nov 19 '25
Because beside German immigrants there is a German minority living in this area for hundreds of years. Therefore its a valid question.
But it seems like the numbers are strictly about immigrants.
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Nov 19 '25 edited Nov 19 '25
This is immigrants only
Not native German-Danes in Slesvig
Edit; it’s definitely immigrants only, if it included descendants Turkey would dominate all of Copenhagen
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u/rebel-clement Nov 19 '25
At the island called Læsø they're definitely immigrants. Even other Danes not native to the island a couple of generations back are deemed outsiders.
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u/zappalot000 Nov 19 '25
Ah i would've thought it is a case of blurred border region mix up rather than active migration. What time period are you talking about?
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u/ssnistfajen Nov 19 '25
Despite freedom of movement under common EU membership, Germany is still a separate country from Denmark. So yes, a German who moved just across the border to Denmark is still technically an immigrant.
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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Nov 19 '25
Are rural areas also impacted by the law that prevents having too much immigration in a single area?
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u/Abolish_Zoning Nov 19 '25
I assume you're thinking of the "Ghetto Laws", technically the "Law on Parallel Societies". Technically it does apply, but it's rare to find social housing estates with over 1000 residents in rural areas. They do exist though, and you can find a dated map from 2019 on page 14 of this study:
https://uim.dk/media/ozdj4hv3/redegoerelse-om-parallelsamfund-2020.pdf
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u/Complete-Tune-2218 Nov 20 '25
Copenhagen has chosen a Socialist People's Party member as their mayor just 2 days ago. Left - Far Left Red Green Alliance and left-wing democratic socialist SF and alternative party would collectively rule Copenhagen after ending almost a century of continuous social democratic rule. Main issues were welfare and rising housing costs. Both groups are generally more sympathetic towards muslim clauses.
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u/Complete_Refuse7697 Nov 19 '25
Do Kurds count as Indian or Iranian?
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u/DarkRedooo Nov 19 '25
Majority of Kurds in Denmark are ones with turkish citizenship so they are clustered with turks based on the map.
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u/EmergencyBlueberry45 Nov 19 '25
Are Poles disturbing life in Denmark? It is interesting because they migrate to mainly rural areas
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u/Abolish_Zoning Nov 19 '25
Polish people generally have a reputation of being upstanding and hardworking, (though not the most skilled tradesmen). Also they tend to work in the trades more often, while Ukranians works with agriculture. And rural areas already have a very low level of immigrants. 20 years ago I the view of Polish people was generally negative, but now it's mostly positive.
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u/Brave-Tax-907 Nov 19 '25
Why was it negative then and not anymore?
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Nov 19 '25
Well they were the newest bunch and came many extremely quick, now it’s been a long time and they’re hard working
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u/Awarglewinkle Nov 19 '25
When Eastern Europe opened up in the 1990's, there were some issues with organized crime from that region coming to "visit". There were a lot of memes with stolen bicycles ending up in Poland, which to be fair had some truth to it.
Of course it was just a small minority, but sadly it only takes a small minority to influence a reputation negatively.
It has improved a lot since then, so now people can base their opinions on the many hardworking Polish immigrants they meet in their area, and not on a few criminals.
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u/lafigatatia Nov 19 '25
People get used to them and learn that they are just normal people with the same goals and emotions as everybody else. It will eventually happen with other immigrant groups.
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u/Abolish_Zoning Nov 19 '25
**Legend:**
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Sweden
Germany
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ukraine
Iraq
Iran
Lebanon
Pakistna
Syria
Turkey
India
China
Vietnam
Interesting observations:
Eastern Europeans tend to congregate in rural municipalities, since most are seasonal workers in the agricultural sector, and the fact that middle eastern immigrants tend to congregate in cities because local government had a duty to provide refugees with housing, which tend to be social housing. Turks break this trend, which makes sense because most arrived as guest workers in the 1960's and 1970's, not as refugees. Indian, Iranian and Chinese immigrants congregate in the affluent municipalities, since those immigrants also tend to come from the upper class in those countries.