Northern Europeans
Baltic Sea neighbors
Northern Europeans are people from the northern regions of Europe—typically Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland), the Baltic states, and often the British Isles, Netherlands, and northern Germany.
The term appears in discussions of ancestry, genetics, and cultural traits: Northern Europeans tend to have higher rates of lactose tolerance.
Context determines the exact boundaries.
- ScandinaviaNordic countries collectively
- FinlandScandinavian country, capital Helsinki
- IcelandNordic island republic
- DenmarkScandinavian constitutional monarchy
- NordicOf northern Europe
Norway · Sweden · polar night · Viking heritage · demographics · runestones · folk tales · ethnicities · Nordic mythology · Danes · aurora · hygge · rye · midsummer festivals · Norwegians · skyr · Old Norse · birch
Northern EuropeansMediterraneans
People from southern Europe
Greeks · Portuguese · Spaniards · Sicilians · Andalusians
Northern EuropeansAustralians
Citizens of the smallest continent
South Americans · Southeast Asians · Polynesians · New Zealanders · South Africans
Northern EuropeansLatins
Romance-descended peoples
Mediterraneans · Brazilians · Latin Americans · Italians · West Africans
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