Finns love foreigners 4 times more in 20 years

According to a research done by the department of Official Statistics in Finland, the number of families with at least one of the two spouses of foreign nationalities have had a steady growth from 1990-2009 period. The study's figures are 9,958 in 1990 and 37,193 in 2009.

This research released in 2010, shows that during 1995 and 2009 the number of families composed by a Finnish man and a foreign women have multiplied by three. The 2009 figure shows that there are more than 19,000 families with a non-finnish wife. With regards to finnish women, during the same period the study shows an increase of more than 200% in relationships with.

Families of foreign citizens in 1995 and 2009

According the the results, Finnish men are mostly interested in Swedish, Russian and Thai women while Finnish women are mostly interested in Swedish, British and German men. See the entire chart:

Foreign-born spouses of Finnish-born men by country of birth in 2009

Foreign-born spouses of Finnish-born women by country of birth in 2009

Source: Population and Cause of Death Statistics, Statistics Finland

The full publication by Statistics Finland can be found Finland Families 2009 (PDF).