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den (in Lappland and West Bothnia) with 17 per cent. It is easy for the rest
to study the numbers given on the table.
Even from the most ancient times our country has been exposed more or
less to the immigration of foreign peoples and races. If, for example, one exa»
TABLE I
SHOWING THE OCCURRENCE OF THE PURE NORDIC
TYPE IN PER CENT IN DIFFERENT PROVINCES OF
SWEDEN.
With pure Nordic type is here meant: 1) Long*headness, (Doli*
chocepnalic type witn cephalic index lower than 75); 2) Tall
stature (170 cm. or more); 3) Fair hair and 4) Light eyes.
According to Anthropologia Suecica.
Provinces %
Dalsland (maximum) ................ 18.3
Södermanland ...................... 16.2
Härjedalen ........................ 16.0
Dalarna ........................... 14.7
Värmland* ......................... 13.2
Jämtland........................... 12.6
Bohuslän........................... 12.4
Närke ............................. 12.0
Västmanland ....................... 11.9
Öland ............................. 11.6
Västergötland...................... 11.5
Sverige (average) ................. 10.7
Gästrikland........................ 10.0
Östergötland ...................... 9.8
Medelpad ........................... 9.7
Hälsingland ...................... 9.0
Småland ............................ 9.0
Uppland .......................... 8.2
Halland ............................ 7.6
Blekinge ........................... 7.3
Ångermanland ....................... 6.8
Skåne ........................... 6.5
Gottland............................ 6.1
Lappland............................ 5.5
Västerbotten (minimum) ............ 5. i
TABLE II
SHOWING THE OCCURRENCE OF A SWEDISH TYPE
THAT SHOWS THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS AS IN
TABLE I, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT ALSO MESO.
CEPHALIC HEADS (CEPHALIC INDEX BETWEEN 75
AND 80) ARE INCLUDED.
Provinces %
Härjedalen (maximum) 41.4
Dalsland........................... 36.1
Bohuslän........................... 35.0
Öland ............................. 34.6
Västergötland...................... 33.7
Gottland........................... 33.7
Södermanland ...................... 33.5
Jämtland........................... 32.2
Värmland........................... 31.6
Västmanland ....................... 31.2
Dalarna ........................... 31.i
Småland ........................... 29.9
Sverige (average) ................. 29.0
Närke ............................. 28.3
Stockholm ......................... 27.9
Uppland......................... 27.3
Skåne ............................. 26.9
Halland ......................... 25.6
Gästrikland........................ 25.4
Östergötland ...................... 25.1
Hälsingland ....................... 24.6
Blekinge .......................... 24.4
Medelpad .......................... 23.6
Ångermanland ...................... 22.6
Västerbotten, Lappland (minimum) .. .. 17.0
mines the composition and origin of our Swedish nobility one often finds families
of German, Baltic, English or Scotch descent. Ever since the Middle Ages a
not inconsiderable immigration has been taking place of Danes, Norwegians,
Germans, Dutchmen, Englishmen and many other nations, who have settled prin*
cipally in the towns. But these nearly related peoples have not caused essential
alterations in the Swedish race»type.
The Finns and the Lapps on the contrary, two races who are considerably
different to the Swedes of Nordic type have created a marked difference, for
they are to be found in such numbers that they have had a strong influence in
certain parts of the country, especially in Norrland and the middle of Sweden.
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