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Icelanders
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Icelanders (Íslendingar)
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| Total population |
350,000 (est.)
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| Regions with significant populations |
Image:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland: 307,261
Canada: 75,000
United States: 50,000
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark: 15,000
United Kingdom: 2,000
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| Languages |
Icelandic
| Religions
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The vast majority of Icelanders are Lutherans.
| Related ethnic groups
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Danes, Faroese, Norwegians, Swedes, and to a lesser extent, other Germanic peoples.
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- This article is about Icelanders as an ethnic group. For information about residents or nationals of Iceland, see Demographics of Iceland.
The
Icelanders are the
nation or
ethnic group of
Iceland descended primarily from
Norse from
Scandinavia and
Celts from the
British Isles.
The isolated location of Iceland has resulted in limited immigration and limited genetic inflow in its human population over hundreds of years. The resulting genetic similarity and unusually well-documented genealogy of the Icelanders are being exploited today for genetic studies.
The language spoken is Icelandic, a North Germanic language, and the religion is overwhelmingly that of Lutheranism.
For the global genetic make-up of the Icelanders and other peoples, see also: [1] and [2]
See also
cy:Islandwyr
ko:아이슬란드인
hr:Islanđani
lv:Islandieši
ja:アイスランド人
pl:Islandczycy
fi:Islantilaiset
ru:Исландцы