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RACIAL ELEMENTS IN SWEDEN 



ANTHROPOLOGICAL MAP OF SWEDEN 



SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PURE NORDIC TYPE IN 

 DIFFERENT PROVINCES (SE TABLE I). 



The light parts in the map comprise the provinces, in which more than 10 

 per cent of the population show a pure type of this kind. The rest have 

 a more mixed population. The examinations that are the basis of this map 

 and the tables I and II, are made on close upon 45,000 Swedish Conscripts. 

 According to Anthropologia Suecica. 



KW.T KART AVO. STHLM iSH 



per cent of the inhabitants are 

 of pure Northern blood. These 

 provinces are Sodermanland, 

 Narke, West Gothaland (Vas* 

 tergotland), Dalsland, Warm* 

 land, Westmanland, Dakar* 

 lia (Dalarna), Harjedalen and 

 Jamtland. Dalsland shows the 

 maximum with 18.3 per cent. 

 The two provinces in the 

 north (Lappland and Vaster^ 

 botten) marked with double 

 lines, show the minimum with 

 something over 5 per cent. 

 The inhabitants of those parts 

 are therefore seen to be of 

 very mixed blood. In the 

 horizontally lined parts con» 

 sisting of Gothland (Gott= 

 land), Scania(Skane),Halland, 

 Blekinge, and Angermanland 

 there is also to be found a 

 population of very mixed des« 

 cent. In a lesser degree this 

 can also be said about the 

 vertically lined provinces. Ta= 

 ken on the whole one can 

 say that the parts which lie 

 near to the boundary of Nor* 

 way show a purer Swedish 

 race than do the northern 

 and southern parts of the 

 country if one excepts Soder* 

 manland and Oland. 



Table II shows the per* 

 centage in which another si* 

 milar Swedish type of tall 

 stature and fair complexion 

 occurs, but in which the Me* 

 socephali are also included. 

 The average for this type in 

 the whole country is 29 per 

 cent. The maximum occurs 

 in Harjedalen with 41.4 per 

 cent and the minimum in the 

 most northerly parts of Swe* 



