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The y-DNA thingy. Well, at best it means the Vikings humped a lot of Finnish women.Studies of genetic diversity provide some indication of the origin and expansion of the Viking population. Haplogroup I-M253 (defined by specific genetic markers on the Y-chromosome) mutation occurs with the greatest frequency among Scandinavian males: 35 percent in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, and peaking at 40 percent within western Finland.
The r1a1a y-DNA is found in highest frequency in Poland. Doesn't mean these people are originally from Poland.
Vikings are a Germanic group and Finns are a Finno-Ugric. I can't understand why you are unable to comprehend this.
Well, the Scandinavians have a viking history and therefore they are proud of it and proclaim it.One of the reasons for that is that every country needs a "national story" to make people proud. Sweden lost its empire 200 years ago, Norway and Denmark was occupied by Germans in few days at WWII, Norway had huge problems with Quisling and collaboration. They sure could use some glorious Viking past.
Finland did not need those, at first we were under Czar rule when Vikings became relevant at the end of 19th century, Then after independence we got Winter War, so we did not need any other hero myths. This Viking era is really something that needs further studies, our archeologist should study more, now they all are silent. Recent discoveries are made by hobbyists, not official archeologists.
Finland has a history of being ruled by Norsemen (and slavs) and therefore they are quiet.
Most of Russia's North-West Federal District up to the Urals were populated by Finno-Ugric tribes.
When the Slavs started moving into the region, the Finno-Ugric tribes presented little resistance and most quietly assimilated into Slavic culture from "Finnish culture."
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