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celticnord
04-18-2014, 11:15 PM
I think they fit well in Scotland but could also easily pass in Scandinavia


Ewan McGregor

http://i.imgur.com/wATfSKj.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qlBlZdT.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/jGHE3Gg.jpg



Kevin McKidd

http://i.imgur.com/D69qRwT.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/DzXr3ly.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qxeLlKP.jpg
Tooting Carmen
04-18-2014, 11:23 PM
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celticnord
04-18-2014, 11:32 PM
Yes, why not?

How would you classify them?
Tooting Carmen
04-18-2014, 11:32 PM
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Smaug
04-18-2014, 11:49 PM
No way. Too British. Nice movie by the way. I like Mcdonald's performance.
Caismeachd
04-19-2014, 04:19 AM
They could pass but they don't really look typical.
roro4721
04-19-2014, 04:21 AM
i don't see why the first guy wouldn't, but i'm obvs not scandinavian so i'm not sure
celticnord
04-19-2014, 05:48 AM
bump
Caismeachd
04-19-2014, 05:52 AM
He would pass just fine. If Ewan MacGreger were in Sweden people would approach him and speak Swedish then only afterwards would they question if he were British I'd say.
Faklon
04-19-2014, 05:58 AM
Guess so
Caismeachd
04-19-2014, 06:02 AM
He looks very British but they all wouldn't stand out I'd say. I'd like to hear from Scandinavian members though. When I've been in Sweden Denmark and Germany people would always address me in their native languages and it was only afterwards they were surprised I wasn't from there.
Faklon
04-19-2014, 06:10 AM
He looks very British but they all wouldn't stand out I'd say. I'd like to hear from Scandinavian members though. When I've been in Sweden Denmark and Germany people would always address me in their native languages and it was only afterwards they were surprised I wasn't from there.

Well to me Johnny Lee Miller has a closer look to what I would consider Scandinavian looking,even that he has darker hair.But I'm no expert,especially for that area.

I then edited it seen that he's English.
celticnord
04-19-2014, 06:14 AM
Well to me Johnny Lee Milner has a closer look to what I would consider Scandinavian looking,even that he has darker hair.But I'm no expert,especially for that area.

I then edited seen that he's English.

I agree that McGregor and McKidd (McKidd especially) are pretty celtic looking but I still think theyd pass easily in Scandanavia because most people cant pick up in small differences between similar European populations unless it's really obvious.


edit: Mckidd in motion for those interested @ 1:01


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3F4ibdBPTE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owPupwzbClo
celticnord
04-19-2014, 06:17 AM
He looks very British but they all wouldn't stand out I'd say. I'd like to hear from Scandinavian members though. When I've been in Sweden Denmark and Germany people would always address me in their native languages and it was only afterwards they were surprised I wasn't from there.

If you can pass in Sweden then they can, and Germany isn't Scandinavian.
Caismeachd
04-19-2014, 06:21 AM
I'm aware that Germany isn't Scandinavia. I'm only saying that empirically I have been to those countries and wasn't taken for British immediately and that there is an overlap between western euros.
Graham
04-19-2014, 09:24 AM
McKidd is such a Highlander in stereotype. Mcgregor comes from Crieff, basically an extension of the Highlands in North Perthshire.

There's a bit of Norse looks in the North.
celticnord
04-20-2014, 07:55 PM
More votes needed and is there any Scandinavians who can comment? I know theres a few regulars on the forum.
Rędwald
04-20-2014, 07:58 PM
When I was in Sweden/Norway I often had people talk to me without question in their own language. So if I could pass as a Swede/Norwegian then these guys definitely could :thumb001:
Damićo de Góis
04-20-2014, 08:03 PM
Being addressed in the local language in a country doesn't mean much in my opinion. I was addressed in dutch in the Netherlands and in italian in Italy by the locals.

On topic, i would say Mcgregor more than Mckidd.. but i'm no expert on scandinavian looks.
Skyflya
03-11-2017, 09:21 AM
Considering that 1000 years ago, the Shetlands, Orkneys, the North and West coasta of Scotland and the Western Isles down to the Isle of Man were under Norwegian rule, a lot of DNA has been swapped. Add in the Normans and you have another source of Scandinavian genes. I feel as much at home in Scotland as I do in Norway, Sweden and parts of Denmark.