Why does Scandinavia lack "swarthy types" unlike Britain?

[Richard Alvarez]

Although the British Isles belong to one of the lightest regions in Europe, they still have a decent amount of darker, sometimes even swarthy outliers where nobody would bat an eyelid.
Examples in the celeb world are Rowan Atkinson, Sean Connery, John Rhys-Davies, Catherine Zeta Jones etc.

What is the reason why you can't find a lot of these types in Denmark, Norway and Sweden?

[Russki]

Dumb question but still will indulge.

[MandM]

They have, its not uncommon, not uncommen is maby not the best word, but they scandinavians have swartier people to

[MandM]

These two are ones for instance i personly know

[sean]

Why does Scandinavia lack "swarthy types" unlike Britain? Although the British Isles belong to one of the lightest regions in Europe, they still have a decent amount of darker, sometimes even swarthy outliers where nobody would bat an eyelid.

Not true. Swarthy types are a rarity in Britain and it's a little harsh to call them "swarthy".



The English and the Scandinavians are almost genetically indistinguishable, and it shows in phenotype.

[MandM]

[Tooting Carmen]

Because Scandinavia has been hitherto much more isolated than Britain from the rest of (particularly Mediterranean) Europe. Also, Paleolithic Brits were mostly dark-haired (but often with light eyes and pinky skin).

[Jana]

It doesn't lack them, they are just in much lower frequency than in Britain. Not a single European country lacks native swarthy types.

[Oliver109]

Not true. Swarthy types are a rarity in Britain and it's a little harsh to call them "swarthy".



The English and the Scandinavians are almost genetically indistinguishable, and it shows in phenotype.

I don't think swarthy Brits are that uncommon, especially swarthy English and Welsh, i was in Sussex recently and noticed the amount of people with quite a orangey complexion despite quite clearly British facial features, you have Nigel Havers Kate and Pippa Middleton, Colleen Rooney, Bear Grylls Richard Dawkins It seems that at least 10-20% have a non pale complexion and is probably linked to French and Belgian influences.

[MobyD]

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