Swedish Immigrants to Portugal

A Bordering Perspective

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12144192
AutoresDaniel Rauhut (0000-0002-9146-9984, Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland Joensuu, Finland, autor correspondente), Jean-Pierre Laine (0000-0003-0377-5170, Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland Joensuu, Finland)
Ano2020
Volume37
Fascículo2
Páginas399-414
Data de publicação2020-06-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Borderlands Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0886-5655 • E-ISSN: 2159-1229
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08865655.2020.1777888
OpenAlexW3035310619
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas41

Although direct migration flows from Sweden to Portugal have been marginal, the actual number of citizens from Sweden living in Portugal continues to increase every year. Many Swedes appear to move to Portugal via a third country. By far the largest number of Swedish citizens permanently residing in Portugal settles on the Algarve or in the Lisbon area, generally close to their compatriots. Those settling in other parts of Portugal do so among the Portuguese and at a distance from their compatriots. This paper discusses Swedes’ migration behavior in Portugal. We seek to use bordering theories to explain the migration behavior of Swedes in moving to Portugal. Overcoming borders mainly concerns the overcoming of socially constructed imaginaries of belonging to a certain place. The mental influence of the state border cannot be understated in theories of cross-border economic interaction such as migration

Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Immigration · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Portuguese · Sociology · State (computer science · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies