The Tatars of Finland (Mishar:Финляндия татарлары; Finnish: Suomen tataarit Swedish: Finländska tatarer) are ethnic Volga Tatar diaspora in Finland, who espouse the Muslim faith. They number approximately 1,000 and form a well-established and homogeneous religious, cultural and linguistic minority. The Tatars are the oldest Muslim minority in Finland and in the Nordic countries, and operate the Finnish Islamic Congregation (Tatar: Finlandiya Islam Cemaati), the oldest state-recognised Muslim congregation in the Western world. Finnish Tatars (mainly Mishar Tatars) have their historical origins in Eastern Europe and their language belongs to the Turkic language family.