Nordic Brazilians

{{Short description|Nordic people in Brazil}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox ethnic group | group = Nordic Brazilians | flag = | population = '''52,000''' (Danes)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iom.int/world-migration|title=Danes in Brazil|access-date=6 July 2023|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501120652/https://www.iom.int/world-migration|url-status=dead}}</ref>

'''3,190''' (Finns)<ref name="nepo">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nepo.unicamp.br/observatorio/bancointerativo/numeros-imigracao-internacional/sincre-sismigra/ |title=Imigrantes Internacionais Registrados no Brazil |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-date=19 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819004608/https://www.nepo.unicamp.br/observatorio/bancointerativo/numeros-imigracao-internacional/sincre-sismigra/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''1,046''' (Icelanders)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iom.int/world-migration|title=Icelanders in Brazil|access-date=6 July 2023|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501120652/https://www.iom.int/world-migration|url-status=dead}}</ref> '''10,618''' (Norwegians)<ref name="nepo"/>

'''23,048''' (Swedes)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/projects/Imigrantes-Suecos-ao-Brasil/48858|title=Imigrantes Suecos ao Brasil genealogy project|website=geni_family_tree|access-date=6 July 2023|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418224237/https://www.geni.com/projects/Imigrantes-Suecos-ao-Brasil/48858|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''89,902''' (Scandinavians) in [[Brazil]] (2020) | poptime = | popplace = [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]], [[Curitiba]], [[São Paulo]], [[Ceará]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cearenses têm influência genética de povos nórdicos, revela pesquisa|url=https://g1.globo.com/ce/ceara/noticia/2020/07/27/cearenses-tem-maior-influencia-genetica-de-povos-nordicos-do-que-de-indios-e-negros-revela-pesquisa.ghtml|access-date=22 November 2020|website=G1|language=pt-br|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130003358/https://g1.globo.com/ce/ceara/noticia/2020/07/27/cearenses-tem-maior-influencia-genetica-de-povos-nordicos-do-que-de-indios-e-negros-revela-pesquisa.ghtml|url-status=live}}</ref> | langs = [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[North Germanic languages|Scandinavian languages]], [[Finnish language|Finnish]] | rels = [[Protestantism]] (especially [[Lutheranism]]), [[Catholic Church in Brazil|Catholicism]] | related = Other [[Brazilians]], [[Danes]], [[Finns]], [[Norwegians]], [[Swedes]], [[Icelanders]], [[Faroe Islanders]] | native_name = | native_name_lang = }}

'''Nordic Brazilians''' refers to [[Brazilians]] of full or partial [[Nordic countries|Nordic]] ancestry, or Nordic-born people residing in Brazil.

The Nordic settlement in [[Brazil]] began in the mid to late 19th century and was predominant when around 3,640 Nordic peoples arrived in Brazil, mainly from [[Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Retsö|first=Dag|date=12 October 2016|title=Emigration from the Nordic countries to Brazil 1880–1914|journal=Iberoamericana – Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies|language=En|volume=45|issue=1|pages=6–18|doi=10.16993/iberoamericana.2|issn=2002-4509|doi-access=free|url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-134621}}</ref> Many Nordic people came to Brazil for economic reasons and to start a new life.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fearg.com.br/site/?n_link=etnia_noruegueses |title=Nossa Feira, Nossa Terra, Nossa Gente - FEARG/FECIS 2008 |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211310/http://www.fearg.com.br/site/?n_link=etnia_noruegueses |url-status=live }}</ref>

In recent years, a few [[Norwegians]] and [[Swedes]] have migrated to the [[littoral zone]] of the State of [[Rio Grande do Norte]] (mainly [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]]) and [[Ceará]], attracted by the beaches and the tropical climate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imobiliariabrasil.com/por/noticias/rio_grande_dos_nordicos_dos_espanhois_portugueses_ate_islandeses_europeus_compram_casas_com_certificado_de_sol/97/|title=Rio Grande dos nórdicos – dos espanhóis, portugueses, até islandeses: europeus compram casas com certificado de sol|access-date=6 July 2023|archive-date=7 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307215101/http://www.imobiliariabrasil.com/por/noticias/rio_grande_dos_nordicos_dos_espanhois_portugueses_ate_islandeses_europeus_compram_casas_com_certificado_de_sol/97/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=5 May 2019|title=O Reino da Noruega e o Rio Grande do Norte|url=https://dunapress.org/2019/05/05/o-reino-da-noruega-e-o-rio-grande-do-norte/|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Duna Press Jornal e Magazine|language=pt-BR|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804170027/https://dunapress.org/2019/05/05/o-reino-da-noruega-e-o-rio-grande-do-norte/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History== [[Daniel Solander]] became the first Swedish person to ever visit Brazil when he came to the country in 1768.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brazilianembassy.se/english/BrazilSweden.asp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20060513085155/http://www.brazilianembassy.se/english/BrazilSweden.asp|url-status=dead|title=Brazilian Embassy in Stockholm|archive-date=13 May 2006}}</ref>

Mass emigration from [[Norway]] started circa 1865–1866, after the civil war was over. Several ship-owners saw the opportunity to earn good money by transporting migrants to the [[New World]]. United States, Canada and Brazil received many [[Norwegians]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://su.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1034635/FULLTEXT01|title=Emigration from the Nordic countries to Brazil 1880–1914|first=Dag|last=Retsö|date=12 October 2016|journal=Iberoamericana – Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies|volume=45|issue=1|pages=6–18|via=www.iberoamericana.se|doi=10.16993/iberoamericana.2|access-date=6 July 2023|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swedcham.com.br/magazine_article.asp?id=207|title=Publicações – Scandinavian culture in Curitiba: 365 hands – one for every day of the year|access-date=6 July 2023|archive-date=13 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213102127/http://www.swedcham.com.br/magazine_article.asp?id=207|url-status=live}}</ref> Examples of this immigration are the Karlson House (Casa Sueca) in Guarani das Missões, the Svenska Kulturhuset in the district of Linha Jansen (Farroupilha, RS), the Mission of Örebro in Venancio Aires, RS. Swedish cultural groups include the Ovenska Danser ballet of [[Ijuí]], RS and the Ballet Patrícia Johnson of Bento Gonçalves, RS.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

In April 2010, the City of Nova Roma, RS celebrated the 120th anniversary of the Swedish immigration to the city. Earlier, in 1991, the city of Ijui, RS celebrated the immigration of the Scandinavians to their city (mainly Swedes) with the opening of a Swedish Cultural Center in the city.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

There was also significant immigration of Swedish and Danish citizens to [[São João da Boa Vista]], in the state of [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]].<ref>Splettstoser Jaime Jr. – ''Alemães, suecos, dinamarqueses e austríacos em São João da Boa Vista''. Graph Company Editora, São João da Boa Vista, 2003.</ref>

In the 1920s, Danish immigrants in rural parts of [[Aiuruoca]] laid the foundation for the modern Brazilian [[cheese]] production.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://revistagloborural.globo.com/GloboRural/0,6993,EEC1708312-1641-1,00.html|title=Globo Rural | A palavra do campo|access-date=6 July 2023|archive-date=31 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531170422/http://revistagloborural.globo.com/GloboRural/0,6993,EEC1708312-1641-1,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Religion and culture== The Scandinavian Church in [[Brazil]] is a part of ''The Swedish Church Abroad'' (SKUT) – which belongs to the [[Church of Sweden]]. They offer services for Scandinavians or persons with Scandinavian related interests. They have [[National church|church]]es in [[Rio de Janeiro]] and [[São Paulo]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scandinavianchurch.com.br/ |title=Scandinavian Church in São Paulo, Brazil |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-date=5 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705061022/http://www.scandinavianchurch.com.br/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Also, over time, many of the Scandinavians have converted to [[Catholicism]], or more recently, other forms of [[Protestantism]].

==Notable Nordic Brazilians== [[File:Penedo - RJ (3460397484).jpg|thumb|right|[[Itatiaia]] had Finnish colonization.]] * [[Robert Scheidt]], professional sailor * [[Monique Olsen]], fashion model * [[Marcos Sampaio Olsen|Marcos S. Olsen]], admiral of the Brazilian Navy

===Danish=== {{Hatnote|See also categories: [[:Category:Brazilian people of Danish descent|descent]], [[:Category:Danish emigrants to Brazil|emigrants]], [[:Category:Danish expatriates in Brazil|expatriates]]}} * [[Peter Wilhelm Lund]], palaeontologist and zoologist * [[Rinaldo de Lamare]], pediatric physician * [[Torben Grael]], professional sailor * [[Lars Grael]], politician and former professional sailor * [[Erik Bagger]], goldsmith

===Finnish=== {{Hatnote|See also categories: {{#ifexist:Category:Brazilian people of Finnish descent|[[:Category:Brazilian people of Finnish descent|descent]],}} {{#ifexist:Category:Finnish emigrants to Brazil|[[:Category:Finnish emigrants to Brazil|emigrants]],}} [[:Category:Finnish expatriates in Brazil|expatriates]]}}

===Norwegian=== {{Hatnote|See also categories: [[:Category:Brazilian people of Norwegian descent|descent]], [[:Category:Norwegian emigrants to Brazil|emigrants]], [[:Category:Norwegian expatriates in Brazil|expatriates]]}} * [[Erling Lorentzen]], industrialist * [[Princess Ragnhild of Norway]] * [[Jonathan Haagensen]], actor * [[Phellipe Haagensen]], actor * [[Lucas Pinheiro Braathen]], professional alpine skier * [[Marcos José Olsen|Marcos Olsen]], former sports shooter

===Swedish=== {{Hatnote|See also categories: [[:Category:Brazilian people of Swedish descent|descent]], [[:Category:Swedish emigrants to Brazil|emigrants]], [[:Category:Swedish expatriates in Brazil|expatriates]]}} * [[Bob Burnquist]], professional skateboarder * Augusto Bruno Nielson and Eugênio Nielson, founders of the "Nielson Bus" bodies in Brazil ([[Busscar]]) * {{ill|Erik Jansson (missionary)|pt|Erik Jansson|lt=Erik Jansson}}, religious leader * [[Amyr Klink]], explorer and sailor * [[Lars Sigurd Björkström]], professional sailor * [[Lourenço Filho|Manuel Bergström Lourenço Filho]], educator * [[Peter Dolving]], musician and songwriter

==See also== * [[Brazil–Denmark relations]] * [[Brazil–Finland relations]] * [[Brazil–Norway relations]] * [[Brazil–Sweden relations]] * [[Immigration to Brazil]] * [[Danish immigration to Brazil]] * [[Danish diaspora]] * [[Finnish diaspora]] * [[Icelandic diaspora]] * [[Norwegian diaspora]] * [[Swedish diaspora]] * [[White Brazilians]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Ancestry and ethnicity in Brazil}} {{Brazil topics}} {{Danish diaspora}} {{Finnish diaspora}} {{Icelandic diaspora}} {{Norwegian diaspora}} {{Swedish diaspora}}

[[Category:Brazilian people of Scandinavian descent|*]] [[Category:European diaspora in Brazil]] [[Category:Brazilian people of Swedish descent|*]] [[Category:Brazilian people of Norwegian descent|*]] [[Category:Brazilian people of Danish descent|*]] [[Category:Finnish diaspora]] [[Category:Brazil–Finland relations]] [[Category:Nordic diaspora|Brazilians]]