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The major type with distribution particularly in Scandinavia is here termed the Scandid or Scando-Nordid subrace." Some forensic scientists, pathologists and anthropologists up to the 1990s continued to use the tripartite division of Caucasoids: Nordic, Alpine and Mediterranean, based on their cranial anthropometry .
Some films were made just for the Swedish American diaspora community such as The Film About Sweden and The Old Land of Dreams. [ 6 ] The first recognition by Sweden of the 19th century emigration to the United States occurred in 1923 with a visit by Nathan Söderblom and the 1926 visit by the crown prince , who would later rule as Gustaf VI ...
Norwegian genetic ancestry also exists in many locations where Norwegians immigrated. In particular, several northern states in the United States (Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana) show Scandinavian (which includes Norwegian) ancestry proportions among European descent (white) persons of 10 to 20%. [44]
In 472 societies, the distribution of inherited land follows no clear rules or information is missing, while in 436 societies inheritance rules for real property do not exist or data is missing; this is partly because there are many societies where there is little or no land to inherit, such as in hunter-gatherer or pastoral societies.
Evjen, John O. Scandinavian Immigrants in New York 1630–1674 (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1972) Flom, George T. A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States: From the Earliest Beginning Down to the Year 1848 (Iowa City, 1909) Hoobler, Dorothy, and Thomas Hoobler. The Scandinavian American Family Album (Oxford University Press ...
During the Weichselian glaciation, almost all of Scandinavia was buried beneath a thick permanent sheet of ice and the Stone Age was delayed in this region.Some valleys close to the watershed were indeed ice-free around 30 000 years B.P. Coastal areas were ice-free several times between 75 000 and 30 000 years B.P. and the final expansion towards the late Weichselian maximum took place after ...
New Zealand people of Scandinavian descent (5 C, 2 P) R. Russian people of Scandinavian descent (2 C) S. People of Sámi descent (2 C) Sicilian people of Norman ...
There are still people of Swedish descent remaining in former colonies of Sweden. Swedish colonialism however is not limited to overseas colonies and territories, Sweden has practiced internal colonialism, since its origins. The most affected groups of Swedish colonialism in Europe are the Sámi and the Finns.