Portuguese in Denmark

Portuguese in Denmark (Danish: portugisisk i Danmark) are citizens and residents of Denmark and its dependencies who are of Portuguese descent.

Portuguese in Denmark (also known as Portuguese Danes/ Danish-Portuguese Community or, in Portuguese, known as Portugueses na Dinamarca / Comunidade portuguesa na Dinamarca / Luso-dinamarqueses) are the citizens or residents of Denmark whose ethnic origins lie in Portugal.

Portuguese Danes are Portuguese-born citizens with a Danish citizenship or Danish-born citizens of Portuguese ancestry or citizenship.

There are approximately 4,476 Portuguese people living in Denmark as of 2021. They represent 0.08% of the country's population.

The Portuguese community in the country has experienced considerable growth, especially after Brexit. Portuguese emigrants are in fact leaving the United Kingdom for Nordic countries: most of them are highly qualified and aged between 20 and 40, looking for better quality of life and economic stability. Portuguese emigration towards Denmark didn't slow down even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

There are also Portuguese living in territories of the Danish Realm other than metropolitan Denmark: in 2023 there were 8 Portuguese-born residents in Faroe Islands and 10 in Greenland.

In recent years many Portuguese international footballers have moved to Denmark to play for Danish clubs. In 2023 these included: Carlos Ferreira (in the Faroe Islands, Skála ÍF), André Monteiro (Vejle), Anderson Rosso de Sena (Brabrand), Pedro Ferreira (AaB) and Diogo Gonçalves (Copenhagen).

The Portuguese community in Denmark retains strong ties with its homeland and, between 2000 and 2021, it has sent approximately 92.84 million euros (€) to Portugal in remittances. In the same timeframe, Danes in Portugal (numbering around 1,600 individuals) have sent approximately 11.13 million euros (€) to Denmark.