Scandinavians are darker than Finns, Balts, and British Islanders. Is it because Scandinavians have

[Septentrion]

Scandinavians are darker than Finns, Balts, and British Islanders. Is it because Scandinavians have more Central European admixture than the others?

Scandinavians, Finns and Balts are not different as a whole in skin color. Get that out of your system, OK. It was said by anthropologists of old, that Finns and Balts are not vascular as their Scandinavian neighbors.

[Septentrion]

Scandinavians are darker than Finns, Balts, and British Islanders. Is it because Scandinavians have more Central European admixture than the others?

Finland as a whole is the blondest country on earth. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia are slightly less blond - haired as whole. This is because within Finland the difference between regions in blondness, is smaller compared to the other countries stated above. However there are two regions in Northern Europe which have scored higher than the Finland total. Those are the blondest places in the world the inland parts of the South Norwegian Agder region and Central Estonia.

[Finnish Swede]

Scandinavians, Finns and Balts are not different as a whole in skin color. Get that out of your system, OK. It was said by anthropologists of old, that Finns and Balts are not vascular as their Scandinavian neighbors.

Now once I agree with you Septentrion. Again I have been enough in both countries (SWE and FI) to say that based one some 100 photos of ethnic Scandinavians and Finns .... just showing arms (for example) ... I would not have clue who is who. Yes, there are tiny numbers of darker persons in both countries like Alicia Vikander or Jari Litmanen but those are really small minorities. All have gypsies and Samies as well.

Now perhaps Swedes might shows up some more tanned than Finns (photos, holidays etc.), but I just think that here more people will use money for that than in Finland. But those in Finland who do the same (some celebrities etc.) will look pretty same.

Hair color opposite indicates someway how person will tan.

That is situation today. Will immigration change that in the future? Firstly in Sweden? Time will tell. So far Swedes have not mixed with immigrants any larger scale. More like it is that immigrants will make (together) more babies than ethnic Swedes (per heads).

[Septentrion]

Now once I agree with you Septentrion. Again I have been enough in both countries (SWE and FI) to say that based one some 100 photos of ethnic Scandinavians and Finns .... just showing arms (for example) ... I would not have clue who is who. Yes, there are tiny numbers of darker persons in both countries like Alicia Vikander or Jari Litmanen but those are really small minorities. All have gypsies and Samies as well.

Now perhaps Swedes might shows up some more tanned than Finns (photos, holidays etc.), but I just think that here more people will use money for that than in Finland. But those in Finland who do the same (some celebrities etc.) will look pretty same.

Hair color opposite indicates someway how person will tan.

That is situation today. Will immigration change that in the future? Firstly in Sweden? Time will tell. So far Swedes have not mixed with immigrants any larger scale. More like it is that immigrants will make (together) more babies than ethnic Swedes (per heads).

It is good to agree once in a while. It’s even better, when we respect each other’s opinions. Regardless of how different it may sound.

[Proto-Shaman]

it's because of historical Tyrk kings, many of whom where middle eastern Iranid.

[Septentrion]

Now once I agree with you Septentrion. Again I have been enough in both countries (SWE and FI) to say that based one some 100 photos of ethnic Scandinavians and Finns .... just showing arms (for example) ... I would not have clue who is who. Yes, there are tiny numbers of darker persons in both countries like Alicia Vikander or Jari Litmanen but those are really small minorities. All have gypsies and Samies as well.

Now perhaps Swedes might shows up some more tanned than Finns (photos, holidays etc.), but I just think that here more people will use money for that than in Finland. But those in Finland who do the same (some celebrities etc.) will look pretty same.

Hair color opposite indicates someway how person will tan.

That is situation today. Will immigration change that in the future? Firstly in Sweden? Time will tell. So far Swedes have not mixed with immigrants any larger scale. More like it is that immigrants will make (together) more babies than ethnic Swedes (per heads).

Good! Now you can join NATO and come to its capital (Brussels!).

[Septentrion]

Scandinavians are darker than Finns, Balts, and British Islanders. Is it because Scandinavians have more Central European admixture than the others?

Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England have the lightest skin pigmentation. This is due to an adaptation of the terrible gloomy weather. It is also due to this gloomy weather (less sunshine days per annum), that hair colour in general tends to be darker or redder than what is average in this latitude of Northern Europe. Skin not only became paler, but also lost its ability to tan or darken rather express it in Freckling and burning. Thus one can deduce that the palest ("whitest") Europeans are not the blondest. However, when these fair Europeans are brought a sunny climate, their hair lightens.