RACIAL ELEMENTS IN SWEDEN 



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den (in Lappland and West Bothnia) with 17 per cent. It is easy for the rest 

 to study the numbers given on the table. 



Even from the most ancient times our country has been exposed more or 

 less to the immigration of foreign peoples and races. If, for example, one exa» 



TABLE I 



SHOWING THE OCCURRENCE OF THE PURE NORDIC 

 TYPE IN PER CENT IN DIFFERENT PROVINCES OF 



SWEDEN. 



With pure Nordic type is here meant: 1) Long'headness. (Doli* 



chocephalic type with cephalic index lower than 75); 2) Tall 



stature (170 cm. or more) ; 3) Fair hair and 4) Light eyes. 



According to Anthropologia Suecica. 



Provinces % 



Dahland (maximum) 18.3 



Sodermanland 16.2 



Harjedalen 16.0 



Dalarna 14.7 



Varmland 13.2 



Jamtland 12.6 



Bohuslan 12.4 



Narke 12.0 



Vastmanland 11.9 



Oland 11.6 



Vastergotland 11.5 



Sverige (average) 10.7 



Gastrikland lO.o 



Ostergotland 9 8 



Medelpad 9.7 



Halsingland 9.0 



Smaland 9.0 



Uppland 8.2 



Halland 7.6 



Blekinge 7.3 



Angermanland 6.8 



Skane 6.5 



Gottland 6.1 



Lappland 5.5 



Vasterbotten (minimum) 5.1 



TABLE II 



SHOWING THE OCCURRENCE OF A SWEDISH TYPE 

 THAT SHOWS THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS AS IN 

 TABLE I, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT ALSO MESO- 

 CEPHALIC HEADS (CEPHALIC INDEX BETWEEN 75 

 AND 80) ARE INCLUDED. 



Provinces % 



Harjedalen (maximum) 41.4 



Dalsland 36.1 



Bohuslan 35.0 



Oland 34.6 



VAstergotland 33.7 



Gottland 33.7 



Sodermanland 33.5 



Jamtland 32.2 



Varmland 31.6 



Vastmanland 31.2 



Dalarna 31.1 



Smaland 29.9 



Sverige (average) 29.0 



Narke 28.3 



Stockholm 27.9 



Uppland 27.3 



SkSne 26.9 



Halland 25.6 



Gastrikland 25.4 



Ostergotland 25.1 



Halsingland 24.6 



Blekinge 24.4 



Medelpad 23.6 



Angermanland 22.6 



Vasterbotten, Lappland (minimum) .. .. 17.0 



mines the composition and origin of our Swedish nobility one often finds families 

 of German, Baltic, English or Scotch descent. Ever since the Middle Ages a 

 not inconsiderable immigration has been taking place of Danes, Norwegians, 

 Germans, Dutchmen, Englishmen and many other nations, who have settled prin» 

 cipally in the towns. But these nearly related peoples have not caused essential 

 alterations in the Swedish race^type. 



The Finns and the Lapps on the contrary, two races who are considerably 

 different to the Swedes of Nordic type have created a marked difference, for 

 they are to be found in such numbers that they have had a strong influence in 

 certain parts of the country, especially in Norrland and the middle of Sweden. 



