88 SWEDES AND FINNS IN FINLAND 



As can be seen from the information presented above, the Swedes in Finland 

 show rather decidedly the anthropological characteristics which are considered ty» 

 pical for the Nordic (or Germanic) race: tall stature, predominating Dolichocephali 

 together with light eyes and fair hair. The Finns on the contrary are shorter, 

 and the predominating number are of the brachycephalic type, but in common 

 with Swedes they have mostly light eyes and fair hair. These last named charac* 

 teristics are very interesting. They indicate decidedly that the Finnish race^groups 

 cannot be considered anthropologically to belong to the Mongol race, as one 

 earlier tried to assert. 



Meanwhile it is yet too early to definitely establish the position of the Finns 

 systematically. This chiefly depends upon the fact that at the present time we 

 have not been able to collect sufficient material in Finland. It may be especially 

 emphasized, that careful cranio«metrical examinations are yet lacking, and that 

 the material we now possess, concerns almost exclusively male individuals, and 

 within a highly limited age too. (Age for military exercise.) 



