Migration flows by country of origin are of growing interest in the Nordic Region due to the recent unprecedented inflows of migrants. There are also interesting differences between the Nordic countries with respect to the dominant countries of origin of migrants and the size of inflows.
During the measured period, there were a number of inflows to Denmark which exceeded an annual average of 1000 people from a single country of origin. The largest inflows to Denmark during the 2000s were from U.S., Sweden, Germany and the UK. Due to historic and political connections, Denmark, unlike Norway, Finland and Sweden, had substantial annual inflows from the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland (between 1000-3000 each). These numbers are particularly notable in the context of the small populations of these countries.