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I just wanted to see who else here has Scandinavian blood in them. I know I do, Fassigen obviously does (Hell, he LIVES in Sweden). I want to see who else has ancestry from Scandinavia.

For those not sure what Scandinavia is, it's essentially most every country that touches the Baltic Sea, not including Eastern Europe and Russia. Many include Iceland and Greenland in Scandinavia as well

Aye. From like...1200 years ago.

I am Scandinavian in my heart. :)

My paternal materanl, dad's grandparents, great-grandparents are Swedish and Norwegian. Their families hated each other.

I doubt many people are Scandinavian on these forums.

For those not sure what Scandinavia is, it's essentially most every country that touches the Baltic Sea, not including Eastern Europe and Russia. Many include Iceland and Greenland in Scandinavia as well

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Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Some variations include Finland and Iceland.

Greenland = a self-governed Danish territory and can thusly be included under "Denmark". Same with the Faroe Islands.

Thank you.

Oh! So close. Would Fennoscandian do..?

I go to school with a bunch of Swedes, does that count?

"Scandinavian blood."

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Anyway, for another hilarious and disturbing thing about colonist obsession with "heritage," I am reminded of a news story I saw a few years back about "Swedish descendants" in the US celebrating Midsummer's Eve.

There were all these hideously fat children dancing around a may pole "singing" phonetic approximations of a holiday song.

Total bizarro world.

I just wanted to see who else here has Scandinavian blood in them. I know I do, Fassigen obviously does (Hell, he LIVES in Sweden). I want to see who else has ancestry from Scandinavia.

For those not sure what Scandinavia is, it's essentially most every country that touches the Baltic Sea, not including Eastern Europe and Russia. Many include Iceland and Greenland in Scandinavia as well

Technically only Sweden and Norway are in Scandinavia. If you include Finland, the correct term is Fennoscandia.

I'm from Finland, but I do have something like 1/2^n parts of Scandinavian blood too, like pretty much everyone in this country.

I doubt many people are Scandinavian on these forums.

Why?

I have no clue, I only know from like 300 years ago where my family was

I think the kids do though, hubby's family was from Denmark....well some of them.

I was looking at your sig though and I am worth more than you.......You are worth exactly $1,854,804

theoretically somewhere down the line i've got some norse heritage.

Why?

Because English is not primarily spoken in Scandinavian countries, and they don't have that high of a population.

I'm 1/8th Scandinavian.

My great-great grandma was from Sweden and my great-great grandpa was from Finland or Norway... I think I've been told both so I'm not sure which is right and haven't looked into it in a while.

Odd. I thought Scandinavia was just Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

In any case, I have some Norwegian ancestry on my father's side, but I wouldn't say I have Norwegian blood. I know next to nothing about Norwegian culture, language and traditions, so as far as I can tell it's silly for me to claim I'm of Norwegian heritage.

Odd. I thought Scandinavia was just Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Scandinavian is a bit deprecated in these parts. "Nordic" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_region) is the preferred term nowadays.

Nordic? I would have thought Norse.

And I do. Swedish and Norwegian.

Scandinavian is a bit deprecated in these parts. "Nordic" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_region) is the preferred term nowadays.
Really? Why is that? As it was explained to me many years ago by a Finnish friend, "Scandinavia" is sort of a subregion of "the Nordic countries."

Really? Why is that? As it was explained to me many years ago by a Finnish friend, "Scandinavia" is sort of a subregion of "the Nordic countries."

Because "Norden" (as we refer to it) is more inclusive and less equivocal than Scandinavia, which many of us use synonymously with "Norden," but there are always internal and foreign gits who refuse to let us use whatever bloody word we want, so to spare ourselves the pointless discussion "Norden" is just easier.

Technically only Sweden and Norway are in Scandinavia. If you include Finland, the correct term is Fennoscandia.

I'm from Finland, but I do have something like 1/2^n parts of Scandinavian blood too, like pretty much everyone in this country.

That's geographic. Denmark is included for historical, cultural, linguistic, etc...reasons...

Edit: As for the question, I'm half Norwegian, half Swede-Finnish...

For those not sure what Scandinavia is, it's essentially most every country that touches the Baltic Sea, not including Eastern Europe and Russia. Many include Iceland and Greenland in Scandinavia as well
Well, no, I dont have any, but if we go by your *interesting* definition, then yes, I do.:)

Well, no, I dont have any, but if we go by your *interesting* definition, then yes, I do.:)

Mwhaha...Germany and Baltic countries are Scandinavian while Norway isnt...

Mwhaha...Germany and Baltic countries are Scandinavian while Norway isnt...
I love our California public school system.:rolleyes:

I'm 1/4 Norwegian, from my dad's side that emigrated to Wisconsin in the 1800s... I went there this summer, met relatives, it was pretty cool.

I've been to scandinavia, or norden, or whatever.

3/8 Norwegian. Yep.

That's geographic. Denmark is included for historical, cultural, linguistic, etc...reasons...

That's why I used the word 'technically'. Although if Denmark is included for those reasons, Iceland should be too.

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Apparently, one of my ancestors came from Sweden to Germany in 1632

I own a sex toy. Is that close enough? :)

Oh! So close. Would Fennoscandian do..?

Hey, our ancestors lived in Sweden.

I own a sex toy. Is that close enough? :)

Depends, did it look like this? :D

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Depends, did it look like this? :D

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That sort of thing ain't my bag, baby! :D

That sort of thing ain't my bag, baby! :D

O RLY?

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O RLY?

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http://www.abestweb.com/smilies/eek3.gif

:D

Sure, a few centuries ago. IMS my family was were among the vikings who settled in Normandy, among the Normans who invaded England and among the English who invaded(or whatever) Ireland.

Because English is not primarily spoken in Scandinavian countries, and they don't have that high of a population.

I disagree.....most Scandanavians seem to speak better English than us English

*thinks of ABBA and starts singing 'Waterloo'*

For those not sure what Scandinavia is, it's essentially most every country that touches the Baltic Sea, not including Eastern Europe and Russia. Many include Iceland and Greenland in Scandinavia as well

Definition of "Scandinavia", that's something that always puzzles me.
Sure Norway and Sweden are Scandinavia. Ok, Icelanders are of Scandinavian origin (they are the descendants of the Norses who didn't accept to convert to christianism in the Middle Age). Greenland? It depends: there are people of Danish and Inuit descent - so, overall, I'd say Greenland isn't Scandinavia.
Every country on the Baltic? Including Denmark and Germany? I know that Danes are ethnically "Scandinavian" (that is, Vikings more or less, although I think that there is some influence from Saxons and Angles) and I've been told that they are part of the Scandinavian council (iirc). Finnland - about the same: they hold themselves "Scandinavians", in spite of their language (that isn't Germanic - it isn't even Hindo-european!).
Germany clearly isn't Scandinavia, although they have a large piece of the Baltic coast. Germany is ethnically based on Western Germans (the romanised Germans), Eastern Germans (the Goths) and Western Slavs (in Prussia).
Since "Scadinavia" (latin word) was meant by the Romans (Plinius) as what we now call the Scandinavian Peninsula, I'd stick to that definition as long as geography is involved, so, it would comprise only Norway, Sweden, and the Danish islands (not the continental part). Because of the Scandinavian Union (1397, Kalmar Union, Queen Margarete), I'd say that also the continental part of Denmark is historically and geopolitically "Scandinavia".

See also wikipedia on the definition of Scandinavia. There is a piece about "Fennoscandia" that maybe would be interesting.

Because English is not primarily spoken in Scandinavian countries, and they don't have that high of a population.

Right... because everyone here is a native speaker.
You do know there are at least 7 very regular German posters here? Despite the fact that English isn't their first language, and that Germany doesn't have that high of a population...

Because English is not primarily spoken in Scandinavian countries, and they don't have that high of a population.

You do know that english is taught as the second language in the schools, right?

Right... because everyone here is a native speaker.
You do know there are at least 7 very regular German posters here? Despite the fact that English isn't their first language, and that Germany doesn't have that high of a population...

well...Germany: 82 000 000
Scandinavia (including Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland): < 25 000 000

:)

well...Germany: 82 000 000
Scandinavia (including Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland): < 25 000 000

:)

Wow, that's 2 million more than last time I counted... Ok, I was wrong I guess. ;)

well...Germany: 82 000 000
Scandinavia (including Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland): < 25 000 000

:)

So it would seem there are more scandinavians on this board per capita than there are Germans? :p

O RLY?

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:D :fluffle:

Im Danish or from denmark if u like

So it would seem there are more scandinavians on this board per capita than there are Germans? :p



Wouldn't surprise me much. Germans seem on the whole more self-centered in their culture and language than Scandinavians.

Wouldn't surprise me much. Germans seem on the whole more self-centered in their culture and language than Scandinavians.

Naah. We are just sad bunch of nerds who have no life outside The Internets.

Wouldn't surprise me much. Germans seem on the whole more self-centered in their culture and language than Scandinavians.

I simply thought it was because they were too busy constantly watching old dubbed reruns of Knight Rider and Baywatch featuring David Hasselhoff :) :p

(Oh, and Das A-Team (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/Ateam.jpg)!) :D

Naah. We are just sad bunch of nerds who have no life outside The Internets.

Especially in wintertime, when daylight lasts for like 14 seconds...

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Yay! Fluffles!

Especially in wintertime, when daylight lasts for like 14 seconds...



Yay! Fluffles!

14 seconds!!!

Oh, you live in Kalmar. Haven't seen daylight for weeks...

If I do, it's been lost in layers of English and Scotishness. Unless you want to consider the Angles, Frisians and Saxons Scandinavians, but that might be a stretch, seeing as the Danes are being argued over.

What do Scandinavian borders matter with Scandinavian ancestry?

I am actually Italian, but I am sure I have Dane blood through Sicily Norman ancestors from my father's part. (In fact he is blonde and blue eyed, despite being from Sicily).

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14 seconds!!!

Oh, you live in Kalmar. Haven't seen daylight for weeks...

Perhaps a slight exaggeration. ;) Our days are short (and usually cloudy) but it's still not as bad as it is even further north.

colonist

*giggles*

Not as such, but there's probably some viking genes in there somewhere. :p

I just wanted to see who else here has Scandinavian blood in them. I know I do, Fassigen obviously does (Hell, he LIVES in Sweden). I want to see who else has ancestry from Scandinavia.

For those not sure what Scandinavia is, it's essentially most every country that touches the Baltic Sea, not including Eastern Europe and Russia. Many include Iceland and Greenland in Scandinavia as well



I´m from Denmark, jeg er fra Danmark - in Danish

Sure, a few centuries ago. IMS my family was were among the vikings who settled in Normandy, among the Normans who invaded England and among the English who invaded(or whatever) Ireland.

Aye...ditto...

I live in Sweden (I moved here three years ago), but I have no Scandinavian blood as far as I know. My wife is pure Swedish, though.

What do Scandinavian borders matter with Scandinavian ancestry?

I am actually Italian, but I am sure I have Dane blood through Sicily Norman ancestors from my father's part. (In fact he is blonde and blue eyed, despite being from Sicily).

M. Cornelius Augustus Imperator Sacri Romani Imperii Ultimae Romae
Fides Sapientia Honos

You know, on this forum some troll used to post some made-up maps to show that "northern people are blonde, southern people are black" and that sort of idiocy... so it's good that someone reminds them that racial gradients are a huge load of bullshit.

Marco I, Granduca di Risottia per volontà del popolo
Signore delle Marche di Pizzocchero, Erbazzone, Panissia, Mandronia, Valpolicellia e dei Territori Circarisottiani
Conte di Polentia Orientale e Occidentale
Difensore della Biscia, Protettore della Nebbia
etc. etc.:D