Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A subset of "caucasians" that was defined as "short, short-headed, broad-faced, with heavy, massive under-jaw, chin not prominent, flat, rather broad, short nose with low bridge; stiff, light (ash-blond) hair; light (grey or whitish blue) eyes, standing out; light skin with a grey undertone" and was likely coined by the Swedish anthropologist Nordenstreng. This term was part of a theory of racial hierarchy that gained popularity in the early part of the 20th century and formed an underpinning of various "Nordic" racist movments. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.