{{Short description|Ethnic group in Austria}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox ethnic group |group = Bosnian Austrians<br /><small>''Bosanski Austrijanci''</small> |image = |population = '''223,000''' (2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peoplegroups.org/people_groups/pg049965/}}</ref> |popplace = {{hlist| Vienna, Graz, Salzburg, Linz, Wels, Villach, Klagenfurt }} |langs = Bosnian{{·}}Serbian{{·}}Croatian{{·}}Austrian German |rels = Sunni Islam, Orthodox Christianity, Roman Catholicism |caption = |related-c = Other South Slavic peoples }} {{Bosniaks}} {{Serbs}} '''Bosnian Austrians''' are citizens of Austria whose ancestry can be traced to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The vast majority of Bosnians emigrated to Austria during and after the Bosnian War of the 1990s, though a large number emigrated as early as the 19th century.
==Communities== The largest Bosnian communities in Austria are found in Vienna, Graz, Linz and Wels; followed by Salzburg, Villach and Klagenfurt.{{cn|date=August 2025}}
In June 2013, the city of Wels inaugurated Platz der Bosniaken — Trg Bošnjaka square, located in front of the Bosnian Austrian Cultural Center, as a gesture of recognition and appreciation for the Bosnian community in Austria. Just seven years later, in 2020, the first woman of Bosnian descent, Alma Zadić, a lawyer and politician of the Green party, was sworn in as the Minister of Justice of Austria.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Should Bosnians Be Recognized As A Minority In Austria?|url= https://metropole.at/should-bosnians-be-recognized-as-a-minority-in-austria/}}</ref>
==Demographics== According to the population census 2014 conducted by "Statistik Austria" (Austrian federal agency for statistics), the total number of people of Bosnian descent in Austria was 155,050. It comprised 1.9% of the total population. As of 2023, some 46,000 Bosnians lived in Vienna.<ref>{{cite report |title=Statistisches Jahrbuch der Stadt Wien 2019 |trans-title=Statistical Yearbook of the City of Vienna 2019 |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/statistik/pdf/jahrbuch-2019.pdf#page=67 |page=69 |date=November 2019 |publisher=Stadt Wien (City of Vienna) |access-date=29 June 2020 |archive-date=1 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701040527/https://www.wien.gv.at/statistik/pdf/jahrbuch-2019.pdf#page=67 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Croats}} ==Notable people== *Adis Jašić, footballer * Alen Orman, footballer * Alma Zadić, lawyer and politician of the Green Party who has been serving as Minister of Justice<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Alma Zadić, LL.M., Biografie|url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/WWER/PAD_02345/index.shtml|access-date=2020-11-21|website=www.parlament.gv.at|language=de}}</ref> * Amar Dedić, footballer * Amer Hrustanović, wrestler <ref>{{Cite web|title=Amer Hrustanovic – Salzburgwiki|url=https://www.sn.at/wiki/Amer_Hrustanovic|access-date=2020-11-21|website=www.sn.at|language=de}}</ref> * Anel Hadžić, footballer * Azra Aksamija, artist and architectural historian * Boris Nemšić, businessman and the former CEO of Telekom Austria * Deniz Mujić, footballer * Edin Salkić, handball player * Emir Dilaver, footballer * Enisa Kadić, Miss Austria 2013 * Haris Bukva, footballer * Irfan Škiljan, inventor of IrfanView * Ivona Dadic, track and field athlete of Bosnian Croat descent.<ref>{{Cite web|last=KOSMO-Redaktion|date=2020-07-24|title=Weltrekord! Ivona Dadić schreibt Sportgeschichte für Österreich|url=https://www.kosmo.at/weltrekord-ivona-dadic-schreibt-sportgeschichte-fuer-oesterreich/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=KOSMO|language=de-DE}}</ref> * Madita, singer * Mirela Dedić, handball player *Muharem Huskovic, footballer * Nina Kusturica, film director * Oliver Lukić, footballer * Sanel Kuljić, footballer * Smail Balić, historian * Sena Jurinac, soprano * Zlatko Junuzović, footballer
==See also== {{Portal|Austria|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} * Austria–Bosnia and Herzegovina relations * Immigration to Austria * Diaspora studies * Bosniaks * Bosnians * Die Bosniaken Kommen
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{{Immigration to Austria}} {{Bosniak diaspora}} {{Croatian diaspora}} {{Serb diaspora}} {{Portal bar|Austria|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} * Category:Ethnic groups in Austria Category:Bosniak diaspora Category:Serb diaspora Category:Croatian diaspora Austrian
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