Slovenes of Croatia

Slovenes of Croatia
Slovenci u Hrvatskoj

Total population
10,517[1]
Languages
Croatian, German
Religion
Roman Catholicism

Slovenes of Croatia (Croatian: Slovenci Hrvatske, Slovene: Slovenci na Hrvaškem) are one of 22 national minorities in Croatia. According to 2011 census, there were 10,517 Slovenes in Croatia, greatest proportion living in Zagreb.

Slovenes are officially recognized as an autochthonous national minority, and as such, they elect a special representative to the Croatian Parliament, shared with members of four other national minorities.^[2]

Demographics

Historical

Official name of Croatia	Year	Number of Slovenes
Sava Banovina and Littoral Banovina (later Banovina of Croatia)	1931	37,066
People's Republic of Croatia	1948	38,734
	1953	43,482
	1961	39,103
Socialist Republic of Croatia	1971	32,497
	1981	25,360
Republic of Croatia	1991	22,376
	2001	13,173
	2011	10,517
(Croatian Bureau of Statistics)[1][3]

2001 Census

County	Number of Slovenes	Total percent
City of Zagreb	3,225	0,41%
Primorje-Gorski Kotar	2,883	0,94%
Istria	2,020	0,98%
Split-Dalmatia	746	0,16%
Zagreb	601	0,19%
Varaždin	562	0,30%
Međimurje	522	0,44%
Osijek-Baranja	480	0,15%
Krapina-Zagorje	439	0,31%
Karlovac	340	0,24%
Zadar	267	0,16%
Sisak-Moslavina	181	0,12%
Dubrovnik-Neretva	163	0,13%
Šibenik-Knin	143	0,13%
Koprivnica-Križevci	131	0,11%
Bjelovar-Bilogora	120	0,09%
Brod-Posavina	93	0,05%
Vukovar-Syrmia	92	0,04%
Virovitica-Podravina	67	0,07%
Požega-Slavonia	59	0,07%
Lika-Senj	39	0,07%
Total	13,173	0,3%
(2011 Census) [4]

Culture

Slovene minority in Croatia has "Central library of Slovenes in Republic of Croatia" in Karlovac.^[5]

Associations

• Cultural and Educational Society "Slovenski dom", Zagreb
• Cultural and Educational Society "Slovenski dom Bazovica", Rijeka
• Slovene Cultural Society "Triglav", Split
• Society of Slovenes "Dr. France Prešeren", Šibenik
• Slovene Cultural Society "Lipa", Dubrovnik
• Slovene Cultural Society "Lipa", Zadar
• Slovene Cultural Society "Istra", Pula
• Slovene Cultural and Artistic Society "Snežnik", Lovran
• Society of Slovenes "Labin", Labin
• Cultural Society "Slovenski dom Karlovac", Karlovac
• Slovene Cultural Society "Stanko Vraz", Osijek
• Slovene Cultural Society "Oljka", Poreč

Notable Slovenes of Croatia

Notable Slovenes of Croatia and persons with Slovene roots.

• Stanko Vraz, Croatian and Slovene poet
• Antun Mahnić, (1850-1920) Croatian bishop
• Josip Križaj, (1887-1968) Slovene and Croatian opera singer
• Josip Broz Tito, (1892-1980) Yugoslav president
• Žarko Dolinar, (1920-2003) Croatian biologist and table tennis player
• Jože Pogačnik, Croatian historian of literature
• Ivan Snoj, Croatian handball player
• Iztok Puc, Slovenian handball player
• Dragan Holcer, Yugoslav football player
• Franjo Bučar, (1866-1946) writer and sport populazer
• Mira Furlan, actress and singer
• Vladko Maček, (1879-1964) politician
• Martina Majerle, singer
• Josip Srebrnič, (1876-1966) prelate
• Robert Vrbnjak, writer and poet

References

1. "Stanovništvo prema narodnosti, popisi 1971. - 2011." (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 December 2012.
2. "Pravo pripadnika nacionalnih manjina u Republici Hrvatskoj na zastupljenost u Hrvatskom saboru". Zakon o izborima zastupnika u Hrvatski sabor (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
3. Population of Croatia from 1931 to 2001
4. Popis stanovništva 2001. godine
5. Ministarstvo kulture RH Središnje knjižnice nacionalnih manjina

External links

• Union of Slovene Alliances in Croatia