Classify Dark Norwegian Man from Trondheim:

[Melkiirs]

Is this rather dark pigmented ethnic Norwegian man from Trondheim a better Paleo Atlantid or Strandid example?:

[Beowulf]

Looks like he could be a relative from my maternal grandpa's side lol.

[Melkiirs]

Looks like he could be a relative from my maternal grandpa's side lol.

I found him by chance when looking up someone with the same name and my first thought was that he looks somewhat Iberian.

[Ketchup]

Pretty South Euro looking

[Beowulf]

I found him by chance when looking up someone with the same name and my first thought was that he looks somewhat Iberian.

is because of the vibes he gives, that beard and quite long hair is common in that side of my family.

[Melkiirs]

Pretty South Euro looking

This is what he looked like in Greece back in 1976 as a young man:


Could he pass for Greek even?

[tropicalslavic]

If you found him just by looking up people with similar names to you, then really there could be anything at play. He could be mixed and his last name is Norwegian due to his mother being a foreigner. He could be adopted. It's not the dark hair and eyes that make me think he is not Scandinavian, but he is truly unusual looking for Scandinavia as well. Perhaps I'm wrong. Yes he could pass as Greek.

[Voskos]

Who said that all the rejected Germanics should pass in Greece? No he doesn't pass as Greek with that nose, Millkaner is right. He looks what he is, Indian.

[Gallop]

The bartender in the first photo is even blacker. Looks like something to do with India.

[Melkiirs]

If you found him just by looking up people with similar names to you, then really there could be anything at play. He could be mixed and his last name is Norwegian due to his mother being a foreigner. He could be adopted. It's not the dark hair and eyes that make me think he is not Scandinavian, but he is truly unusual looking for Scandinavia as well. Perhaps I'm wrong. Yes he could pass as Greek.

I did some further investigation into his background. On Facebook he admits to being ethnic Norwegian explicitly. He was raised at least partially on a farm in Ålen, Sør-Trøndelag.

Here is him (right) and his two brothers in 1955 before his compulsory education:


His leathery complexion seems not too unusual for some Scandinavians who tan excessively. His hair was not always dark (probably closest to Fischer #4 now) as is visible in the above photo. I'm not sure how atypical he actually is morphologically.

Here is him and his current significant other. Do you find her atypical as well?