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Originally Posted by Manji

[b]Different genetic components in the Norwegian population....

http://vetinari.sitesled.com/norway.pdf

There has been a steady input of Sami infuence in the Norwegian society on all levels, this for more than 1000 years. It has gone both ways.

There has traditional also been migration in the northern areas from Kvenland, Bjarmland, Karelen, Suomi, Russia and Sweden. Then comes spread danish and german inputs.

The southwestern part of Norway may have a little different chemistry, with less of the northeastern influence, but clearly more of the continental and british.

Then there are pockets of stronger influence of the northern migration in the south, Finnskogen, Oppland, Ringerike, and from newer history also Vestfold, and in the north, pockets of immigrants from southern Norway, that also has keept their dialect intact after 150-200 years.