Somalis in Norway are citizens and residents of Norway who are of Somali descent. They are the biggest African migration group in Norway.
According to Statistics Norway , as of [update] , there were 28, immigrants from Somalia living in Norway and 14, people who were born in Norway to two Somali-born parents. According to the Oslo Municipality, as of , a total of 8, Somalia-born immigrants reside in Oslo.
Of those individuals, many arrived during the period 2, persons. In , Somali women had the highest nativity rate in Norway with 4. The first Somalis in Norway were sailors and arrived in the country during the s. After a failed coup in Somalia in the first refugees came to Norway which were followed by more during the s.
During this period most Somalis who came to Norway belonged to the Issaq -clan. After the Somali Civil War broke out in the number of asylum seekers increased. During the s and up to about , most asylum seekers said they belonged to the Hawiye clan which resides in the southern part of Somalia.
Sociologist Katrine Fangen conducted interviews with 50 Somalis living in Norway. According to her interviews, both men and women were positive towards gender equality in terms of both men and women working outside the home. There was a significant difference for sexuality, where boys had much greater sexual freedom than girls and they could engage in behaviour that would be strongly sanctioned in a female.
