Filipinos in Finland

In the beginning of the year 2010 there were 1714 Filipinos living in Finland. Of those, 1157 remained as Philippine citizens. Of them, 1260 were females and 454 males. (Sources: Finland Statistics, Finnish Immigration Service.)

First Filipinos immigrated in the 1970s. The immigration increased towards the end of the 1980s and the1990s, when several tens of immigrants settled here every year.

Source: Finland Statistics.

Filipinos in Finland have been a very female dominated group of immigrants: nearly 80 percent of them were women until very recently. The "males" in statistics were mostly boy children and only a few of them grown-up male migrants.

Most Filipinas have come via marriage, and a minority immigrated as workers of foreign embassies and diplomat families. A majority of Filipinos still live in Southern Finland and in main cities, particularly in the national capital area (more than 60%), where they can meet other Filipinos in the Catholic Church and other favorite spots. Those who live in the countryside have more problems because of loneliness and isolation.

After the Finnish alien politics changed a couple of years ago, also the amount of immigrating Filipinos started increasing, among them more men than previously. For instance, in the year 2007 immigrated 114 Filipinos with a work permit, more than 50 % of them males. In the year 2008 already immigrated 208 with work permit. They have settled in a variety of different jobs, but mostly in care-giving, cleaning and so on.

Usually Filipinos find jobs a bit more easily than many other migrant groups. Relatively high education, English skills, and Finnish relatives and friends who can help them in finding jobs are their best advantages. However, in Finland it is not easy to find job without knowing Finnish language.

Finnish-Philippine Society co-operates with the
migrant organizations:

FSA logo

Finnish-Philippine Association
Suomalais-filippiiniläinen yhdistys ry

Homepage:(not functioning)

Email: finnphil.assn@yahoo.com

(Founded in 1988)

2010

Puheenjohtaja / Chairperson
Cristina Jokinen
tina.jokinen@elisanet.fi

Sihteeri / Secretary
Remedios Aaltonen

Kulttuurikoordinaattori / Cultural coordinator
Teresita Ruutu
Puh. +358 9 534 527,
gsm +358 40 7071 817
teresita.ruutu@saunalahti.fi

FINoy and Friends ry

Hometown: Tampere
(founded in August 2007)

Home page: http://www.finoy.info/

Laivarannankatu 3A6
35820 Mänttä, Finland
e-mail: finoy_and_friends@phpoint.fi
Pankkiyhteys: OP Mänttä 552107-258725

Chairperson / puheenjohtaja Coring (de Jesus) Vasala
Tel. +358-3-4748019
gsm +358 50 3250986

Contact also: Marissa Aarnimetsä
gsm +358 40-5867847

Kabayan-Finns Association

Tampere

Updated 2003
Puheenjohtaja / Chairperson
Felomena (Mia) Heikkinen
Puh. +358 3 3563 564,
gsm +358 50 5432126

enska.mia@koti.soon.fi

Filipino foods in Finland

Filipino foods sold in Espoo

Asian Deli
Läkkisepänkuja 3
Leppävaara, Espoo (close to Galleria)
Tel. 09 4289 0448

Open 9.00-21.00, Staurdays 9.00-18.00, Sundays 12.00-18.00.

Read more about Asian Deli http://www.asiandeli.fi/.

Vii Voan
(Vii-Voan Ngyen Thi Phuc T:mi)
Hämeentie 3, 00530 HELSINKI (Hakaniemi)
09-701 8210
http://www.lintulaakso.net/kallionbasaari/puoti.php?puoti=viivoan

Asian Market
Tmi Wirat Dolprasit
Horninkatu 9
24100 SALO
tel/fax 02-733 5757
040- 842 3244 Wirat (Thai/eng)
0400 435 435 Esa (Suomi/eng)
dolprasit@hotmail.com
www.asianmarket.fi

Siam House
Keisarinviitta 20 A,
33960 Pirkkala (close to TAMPERE airport and ABC in Pirkkala)
NB! Foods are also sold by Internet.
Tel: 0400 851 631 (thai)
0400 861 872 (suomi)
Fax: 03 368 5322
E-mail: siamhouse@siam-house.fi
www.siam-house.fi

Filipino foods in Ata, Sweden

Ata is situated in Sävar, Sweden, about 20 km to the north from Umaja center along Highway 4. The store works basically via Internet, but you can also drop in the place for shopping. Look at the address and other infromation on the web page of Ata Filipino http://www.atafilipino.com/hem_svenska.htm.

New!

A new medium-size Finnish - Filipino/Tagalog - Finnish dictionary

A new and larger dictionary with around 30 000 entries available. Please, ask / order (price 30 Euros + mail costs): Riitta Vartti, riitta.vartti@kolumbus.fi, tel. 09 3231 369.

Finnish for foreigners

Finnish for Filipinos: Sabihin Mo Ito Sa Finnish - Sano se suomeksi, look at page kielikurssit.html

Read here about Finland and find more information on Finnish lessons:

http://www.infopankki.fi/en-GB/home/

Finnish lessons for immigrants in capital area you can find for instance in this address of SELMA

http://www.selma-net.fi/page.asp?_item_id=260

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