Nordic and Scandinavian Physical Traits Today.So what do the rest of the Nordics look like?.How do the modern-day Scandinavians compare to their ancestors?.The First Scandinavians Where Dark-skinned and Blue-eyed.So What Do Scandinavian People Actually Look Like?.
This does not mean that all Scandinavians look like this, but it does mean that this is the common view that most people to this day hold on what it means to “look Scandinavian”, including in the Scandinavian countries. Prevalence of light hair (left) and eyes (right) in Europe. Peter Frost also supports this in his study titled European hair and eye color finding that at least 60% of Scandinavian people have a light head of hair, and at least 50% have light eyes. Stereotypical Scandinavian traits and facial features have since the early 20th century included straight, blonde hair blue eyes tall figure a straight nose thin lips and non-prominent cheekbones, according to Werner & Björks 2014 book Blond and Blue-eyed. The Nordic/Scandinavian physical stereotypes are as cliche as they are well-known-the stereotypical Scandis are expected to be a bunch of tall, blonde-haired, and blue-eyed Vikings in most people’s minds-but can those stereotypes actually be true in modern-day Scandinavia?
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