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Post by pavel2 on Jan 26, 2006 23:20:25 GMT -5
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Post by nordicyouth on Jan 27, 2006 1:36:25 GMT -5
They love saunas and snow, and don't seem to like Russia or the rest of Europe, or immigrants for that matter. They're blonder than Swedes and seem related to the Estonians, and have linguistic ties with the Hungarians - Finns who vacationed in Istanbul and never came back.
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Post by personx on Jan 27, 2006 2:23:13 GMT -5
Some of them are very "off white." The guy in picture #2 looks almost African. #6 and #7 look Asian.
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Post by murphee on Jan 27, 2006 2:27:29 GMT -5
Finnish bakers   Finland has some cute Spitz dogs: Finnish Lapphund  |
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Post by wendland on Jan 27, 2006 2:28:14 GMT -5
They are considered to be statistically the blondest in Europe. Why "off white"? Because of thicker lips or squintier eyes? C'mon, that's very common among white people, as a fat butts, dark hair, and other characteristics.
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Post by personx on Jan 27, 2006 2:34:36 GMT -5
Take another look at #2 and #6. That's what I call "off white."
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Post by Glenlivet on Jan 27, 2006 4:31:11 GMT -5
Finns are predominantly East-Baltid.
#2 is East-Baltid and most probably of the Savolax type.
Finns are more greyish blonde and not necessarily blonder than Southwest Scandinavians. They often have very pale complexions but rarely pale and florid like many Scotsmen, Englishmen, Dutchmen and Norwegians.
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Post by Josh on Jan 27, 2006 7:11:23 GMT -5
They love saunas and snow, and don't seem to like Russia or the rest of Europe, or immigrants for that matter. They're blonder than Swedes and seem related to the Estonians, and have linguistic ties with the Hungarians - Finns who vacationed in Istanbul and never came back. Linguistically, they are far closer to Estonian than Hungarian. I understand that Estonian and Finnish are very similar. |
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Post by zemelmete on Jan 27, 2006 9:14:49 GMT -5
Linguistically, they are far closer to Estonian than Hungarian. I understand that Estonian and Finnish are very similar. Yes, finns can understand estonian language quite good. But anthropologically and genetically finns are closer to swedes than to estonians. I had read somewhere that finns share with swedes about 75% the same genes while with estonians share some 50-70% and with latvians - 25-50%. |
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Post by Atreyu on Jan 27, 2006 9:24:05 GMT -5
They are nordic.In every group of people you will find ambiguous ones who cares.
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Post by Planet Asia on Jan 27, 2006 9:42:13 GMT -5
They are white people, not half Mongoloid as someone here once and still is trying to insinuate.
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Post by Ilmatar on Jan 27, 2006 10:00:37 GMT -5
Well, maybe 1/10 Mongoloid due to the Uralic admixture....  Culturally speaking we are not half as strange as some people - mainly Swedes - seem to think. For instance, Finnish towns could be anywhere in Northern Europe. Helsinki especially has a lot in common with Northern German towns, and not solely because of a post war construction boom. murphee: The pasties in the picture are delicious. Variations of them are found all over the Eastern Finland. The crust is made of rye, and the filling is either rice cooked in milk or mashed potatoes. I've seen old Carelian ladies making pasties thinnest crust in few seconds. |
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Post by Glenlivet on Jan 27, 2006 10:24:38 GMT -5
Well, I guess a minority in western and southern (Nyland) in Finland who are Swedish descent. It really depends on who have been studied. The aboriginal Nordid element in Finland did not come from a western, but an eastern stream (with the Battle-Axe people). These are of an East-Nordid (Aistin of Lundman) variety and live in the south-west and in western Estonia. Åland got the same element. I will travel to Finland in an hour from now. Yes, finns can understand estonian language quite good. But anthropologically and genetically finns are closer to swedes than to estonians. I had read somewhere that finns share with swedes about 75% the same genes while with estonians share some 50-70% and with latvians - 25-50%. |
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Post by zemelmete on Jan 27, 2006 10:32:52 GMT -5
Well, I guess a minority in western and southern (Nyland) in Finland who are Swedish descent. It really depends on who have been studied. The aboriginal Nordid element in Finland did not come from a western, but an eastern stream (with the Battle-Axe people). These are of an East-Nordid (Aistin of Lundman) variety and live in the south-west and in western Estonia. Åland got the same element. I don't know who was studied (it wasn't told). Aren't battle-Axe people supposed to be indoeuropean ancestors? As I remember they came from south not from east. Western Estonia (especially islands) was settled by swedes long time |
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Post by Glenlivet on Jan 27, 2006 10:47:28 GMT -5
Battle-Axe people came in three streams to Scandinavia. They came to eastern Sweden also from the southeast, you could probably say south from an Estonian point of view. I know of Runö. These Nordids are also Aistin and similar to the people of Åland. I have observed that these Nordids have massive skulls and large hands and feet. They may exist irrespective of more recent creations - e.g nations. You may have also heard of the Swedes in Estonia who emigrated to Zmievka, also known as "gammalsvenskby"in southern Ukraine along the river Dnepr. Aren't battle-Axe people supposed to be indoeuropean ancestors? As I remember they came from south not from east. Western Estonia (especially islands) was settled by swedes long time |
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looks russian imho
