Iraqis in Norway


Iraqis in Norway make up approximately 33,924 people. They are mostly refugees from the Iran–Iraq War, the Saddam regime and in particular the Iraq War. Iraqis are the seventh largest immigrant group in Norway after Poles, Lithuanians,
Swedes, Syrians, Pakistanis and Somalis.

Demographics

, the Norwegian Statistisk Sentralbyrå reported that there were 28,935 Iraqis in Norway of which 21, 784 are first generation immigrants and 7 151 are born in Norway to two Iraqi parents.
Due to a large Iraqi population present in Norway, many have integrated and married Norwegians, as from 1996 to 2004, 179 marriages were contracted between a resident Iraqi man and a Norwegian woman, which makes up 19 per cent of the marriages. Iraqis are a group of refugees with a relatively short duration of residence in Norway.
According to a Statistics Norway report in 2017 ordered by immigration minister Sylvi Listhaug investigating crime among immigrants in the 2010-2013 period, it was found Iraqis, together with Somalis, Iranians and Afghans had the highest over-represented as perpetrators of crime. With 125 perpetrators out of 1000, Iraqis were over-represented when compared to the Norwegian population. Over-representation of Iraqi perpetrators remained after gender balance, age distribution, city of residence and employment was taken adjusted for at 90 out of 1000.

Notable people