Are Estonians Scandinavians/Nordic?

[Beethoven]

Google says that Estonians is finno-ugoric like Finnish and Hungarians.
Both Estonians and Hungarians are very tall.

Netherlands 181,20 16318199
Iceland 179,00 319355
Hungary 179,00 10106017
Austria 178,20 8174762
Germany 178,10 82424609
Croatia 178,00 4496869
Australia 178,00 19913144
Norway 178,00 4737171
Sweden 178,00 8986400
Czech Republic 178,00 10246178
Serbia 177,80 10159046
Denmark 177,60 5413392
Poland 177,00 38626349
New Zealand 177,00 3993817
Estonia 177,00 1307605
Luxembourg 177,00 486006
Sudan 177,00 40218455
Finland 176,70 5214512
United States 176,20 293027571
Belgium 176,00 10348276
Romania 176,00 22355551
Switzerland 176,00 7450867
Ukraine 175,50 47732079
United Kingdom 175,30 60270708
Greece 175,00 10647529
Ireland 175,00 3969558
Russia 175,00 143782338
Israel 175,00 7112359
Lithuania 175,00 3565205
France 174,90 60424213
Uzbekistan 174,40 26410416
Italy 174,00 58057477
Canada 173,50 32507874
Spain 173,50 40280780
Argentina 173,00 39144753
Turkey 173,00 68893918
Mali 173,00 12324029
Egypt 173,00 76117421
Senegal 173,00 10852147
Uruguay 172,90 3399237
Saudi Arabia 172,60 25795938
Portugal 172,50 10524145
Syria 172,00 18016874
Cuba 171,50 11308764
Iran 171,40 67503205
Tunisia 171,30 9974722
Morocco 171,00 32209101
Algeria 171,00 32129324
Malta 170,50 403532
Côte d'Ivoire 170,10 18373060
Cameroon 170,10 16063678
South Africa 170,00 42718530
South Korea 169,90 48598175
Brazil 169,50 184101109
Colombia 169,50 42310775
Ghana 169,50 23382848
Gambia 169,00 1735464
Paraguay 169,00 6191368
Chile 169,00 15823957
China 167,30 1298847624
Pakistan 167,00 159196336
Japan 167,00 127333002
Taiwan 167,00 22920946
Thailand 166,90 64865523
Hong Kong 166,90 7210505
Mongolia 166,40 2751314
Malaysia 166,00 23522482
Sri Lanka 166,00 20064776
Malawi 166,00 13931831
Bahrain 166,00 718306
Singapore 165,60 4353893
Iraq 165,40 25374691
Nigeria 165,00 138283240
Peru 164,00 27544305
North Korea 164,00 22697553
India 162,20 1065070607
Vietnam 162,10 82689518
Philippines 162,00 86241697
Indonesia 161,50 238452952
Cambodia 160,00 13363421
Mexico 158,00 104959594

Stats between 2006-2008

1) Youth:18-30 years
2) Entire population/adults- All ages over 18 years,18+

[Aunt Hilda]

I think you need the Option "not yet", since the term Nordic is just a political and economic term, nothing more.
I'm sure that in 10 years or so you will be there. Estonia is already an observer of the Nordic council just give It time.

[Artek]

[Aunt Hilda]

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[Äike]

I think you need the Option "not yet", since the term Nordic is just a political and economic term

The term Nordic is a cultural term, uniting people from Iceland to Estonia, who celebrate Jul/Jõul, drink glögg during Jul, have a Lutheran background, are now the least religious people in the world, Nordic work ethic etc. It's a cultural term.

[PeacefulCaribbeanDutch]

Ja and Ei

for younger generations I think they are north western european general european culture because they are influenced by internet and tv greatly, they have the scandinavian components, and baltic already, so they really just have this generalized northern european culture, the russian influence is their but fading because the younger people are really westernized

so in a way they are like Danish who are scandinavian / regular euro with a addition of baltic and a fading russian influence that has left its marks but most of that is dissapearing or gone

that being said, i think that baltics have a unique culture of their own which can be called baltic, but this poll does not include that option

[Äike]

Ja and Ei

for younger generations I think they are north western european general european culture because they are influenced by internet and tv greatly, they have the scandinavian components, and baltic already, so they really just have this generalized northern european culture, the russian influence is their but fading because the younger people are really westernized

so in a way they are like Danish scandinavian / regular euro with a slight addition of baltic and tinier russian that is fading away

Estonians watched Western tv already in Soviet times.... I can't see any difference between 1970's and 2000's Estonians. Russians themselves called Estonia "the Soviet West" and Estonians in the Soviet army were called "Germans/Westerners".

and what Baltic component are you talking about? Estonians aren't Baltic. and the only Russian "influence" that I know of, is the food.

[Aunt Hilda]

Estonians watched Western tv already in Soviet times.... I can't see any difference between 1970's and 2000's Estonians. Russians themselves called Estonia "the Soviet West" and Estonians in the Soviet army were called "Germans/Westerners".

and what Baltic component are you talking about? Estonians aren't Baltic. and the only Russian "influence" that I know of, is the food.

and the 20% of estonians who are ethnic russians

[Äike]

and the 20% of estonians who are ethnic russians

they aren't Estonians. Or turks in Germany are Germans? We are talking about recent immigrants here.

Demagogue.

[The Ripper]

Estonians watched Western tv already in Soviet times....

Time for some nostalgia:

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