Thu, 15 May, 2014 12:23:12 AM FTimes Report, May 15  File picture of A man picked up a new passport from R-kiosk postal service. Photo – Lehtikuva. A total 8,930 foreign citizens, permanently resident in Finland, were granted Finnish citizenship in 2013, according to Statistics Finland.
The number is the second highest since Finland's independence and only 157 lower than in 2012.
Ninety-five per cent of those having been granted Finnish citizenship retained their former citizenship.
Of the persons receiving Finnish citizenship, 4,688 were women and 4,242 men, according a release issued on Wednesday.
Recipients of Finnish citizenship 1966–2013. Source: Statistics Finland. Among the persons having been granted Finnish citizenship, 2,517 were aged under 15 and 205 were older than 65.
Last year, Finnish citizenship was granted to 8,003 citizens of countries outside the European Union, which is 90 per cent of all granted Finnish citizenship.
One in five of those who received citizenship were born in Finland.
In 2013, the citizenship was granted by far most often to citizens of Russia, numbering 2,103.
Largest dual nationality groups permanently resident in Finland by their second nationality in 2013. Source: Statistics Finland. Somali citizens were the second largest group of recipients of Finnish citizenship, numbering 814.
The largest dual nationality groups at the end of 2013 were citizens of Russia, 21,513, Sweden 6,357 and the United States 3,603, said the release.
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