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The Russian-born French anthropologist Joseph Deniker initially proposed "nordique" (meaning 'northern') as an "ethnic group" (a term that he coined).He defined nordique by a set of physical characteristics: the concurrence of somewhat wavy hair, light eyes, reddish skin, tall stature and a dolichocephalic skull. [14]
The Nordic Bronze Age is closely genetically related to the Beaker and Unetice cultures of Continental Europe, and even the Sintashta and Andronovo cultures of the Eurasian Steppe, with whom it also shares numerous cultural characteristics. [44] Stone slab from The King's Grave in southern Sweden, Nordic Bronze Age, 1400 BC
Nordic Council in session at the Parliament of Norway in 2007. Nordic cooperation is based on the Helsinki Treaty. [80] Politically, Nordic countries do not form a separate entity, but they cooperate in the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers. The council was established after World War II and its first concrete result was the ...
People from the Nordic world beyond Norway, Denmark and Sweden may be offended at being either included in or excluded from the category of "Scandinavia". [33] Nordic countries is used unambiguously for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, including their associated territories Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Åland Islands. [34]
Frozen II (2019), features the forest tribe known as the Northuldra, which is based on the Sámi people, and the theme song Vuelie, written by Norwegian joiker Frode Fjellheim and performed by Norwegian female choral group Cantus, is based on Sámi music. There is a North Sámi dubbing of the film.
A Balto-Finnic-speaking tribe known as the Livs settled among the northern coast of modern day Latvia. The Germanic settlers derived their name for the natives from the term Liv.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. Group of peoples in northern Europe For the Visigothic rulers, see Balt dynasty. For the ethnic German inhabitants of the Baltics, see Baltic Germans. "Baltic tribes" redirects here. For the 2018 documentary film, see Baltic Tribes (film). This article is about the Baltic-speaking ...
Nordic people may refer to: People who are inhabiting the Nordic countries; North Germanic peoples or Scandinavians, a group of related ethnic groups originating in the Nordic countries; Nordic race, a historical race concept largely covering populations of Northern Europe