Assorted Finns

[Loki]

Taken from images of the Finnish Karate Federation (http://www.karateliitto.fi/liitto/media/kuvapankki/). Courtesy of Anthroforum (http://www.anthroforum.com/showthread.php?t=3844).

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16163/file/EkiLuukka.jpg

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16164/file/JarnoHeino.jpg

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16166/file/NinaSipari.jpg

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16167/file/PasiHirvonen.jpg

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16286/file/JaniVirtanen.JPG

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16287/file/MarkoVaulakorpi.JPG

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16288/file/TeemuHamalainen.JPG

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16290/file/HenriNuortila.JPG

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16301/file/NikoHautalahti.JPG

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16314/file/HennaKarvinen.JPG

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16329/file/MerilynRikkinen.JPG

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16335/file/MikkoPoyry.JPG

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16325/file/JukkaKirves.JPG

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16310/file/OskariRajala.JPG

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16300/file/Ann-MarieNummila.JPG

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16299/file/JukkaKoivunen.JPG

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16341/file/SaaraRajasalmi.JPG

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16307/file/MarjutTossavainen.JPG

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16302/file/JukkaSauranen.JPG

[Heimmacht]

Some look like they stem from a very different root, they differ alot from each-other.

[Eldritch]

I don't know much about classification, but I know for sure #9 is in no way a Finn. He looks like his parents may be immigrants from Russia, or somewhere from east/south Europe.

Btw the above poster is right: Finns are, as a people, very ethnically heterogenous. There really isn't even such a thing as a "typical Finn", it's just a bunch of different tribes who happen to live in the same country.

EDIT:

I found the guy on the FKF's website, and his surname is the very plain Finnish Hautalahti. Hmmm .... perhaps he really is a Finn after all, or his father is.

[Loki]

Btw the above poster is right: Finns are, as a people, very ethnically heterogenous. There really isn't even such a thing as a "typical Finn", it's just a bunch of different tribes who happen to live in the same country.

I was under the impression that Finns were rather homogeneous compared to other European countries. But you are probably right ... besides various Finnic tribes, you have Swedish influence on the west coast, and Saami in the north.

[Absinthe]

I can't see any photos in this thread so I followed the link.

I would definetely mistake him for a Greek (even the country's colors match :D)

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16163/file/EkiLuukka.jpg

OMG....scary!! :D

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16286/file/JaniVirtanen.JPG

He looks north-pontid to me:

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16288/file/TeemuHamalainen.JPG

Looks Balkanian:

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16301/file/NikoHautalahti.JPG

Identical twin of my finnish friend Jenni! (see my FB friends) :) Uncanny resemblance!! :eek:

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16307/file/MarjutTossavainen.JPG

Jenni:

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1909/n6568734642715172552oo9.jpg

Looks Swedish :D

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16302/file/JukkaSauranen.JPG

Very finnish and absolutely beautiful face! :thumbs

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16303/file/Sade-MariaPirttinen.JPG

Do people agree with me in that this could be called a 'typical Finn'? :)

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16167/file/PasiHirvonen.jpgh

[Loki]

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1909/n6568734642715172552oo9.jpg

Looks Swedish :D


Doesn't look Swedish to me. :confused:



http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16302/file/JukkaSauranen.JPG

Very finnish and absolutely beautiful face! :thumbs


Beautiful face yes, but I wouldn't say his facial structure is typically Finnish. I've seen Russians from the St. Petersburg area who look like that.



http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16303/file/Sade-MariaPirttinen.JPG

Do people agree with me in that this could be called a 'typical Finn'? :)


Hmm ... not sure.

[Eldritch]

Do people agree with me in that this could be called a 'typical Finn'? :)

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16167/file/PasiHirvonen.jpgh

Well, in the sense that he embodies one of 2-3 typically "Finnish" protypes, yes.

[Absinthe]

You got it all mixed up, brodir Loke :D



Identical twin of my finnish friend Jenni! (below) :) Uncanny resemblance!! :eek:

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16307/file/MarjutTossavainen.JPG

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My friend Jenni (below)

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1909/n6568734642715172552oo9.jpg

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Looks Swedish :D (below)

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16302/file/JukkaSauranen.JPG

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Very finnish and absolutely beautiful face! :thumbs (below)

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16303/file/Sade-MariaPirttinen.JPG

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Do people agree with me in that this could be called a 'typical Finn'? :) (below)

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16167/file/PasiHirvonen.jpg

:p

[Loki]

You got it all mixed up, brodir Loke :D

:p

Haha my bad, sorry. I looked at the descriptions beneath the pics. :shy:

In this case, you are spot-on and I would agree. :thumbs up

[Rudy]

I do not know what a typical Finn looks like, but I will put my one cent in.

I think #3 looks more like Norwegians I have seen.

I think #12, or #17 looks like some of my Finn relatives.

I have seen hair color vary from solid brown, to brown-red, to blond with a touch of red. All have light eyes, at least hazel.

[Absinthe]

This one looks swedish too:

http://www.karateliitto.fi/mp/db/file_library/x/IMG/16166/file/NinaSipari.jpg

In fact, she reminds me of Nina Persson of The Cardigans ;)

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f364/nathanb78/random2/musikexpress-nov98-2.gif