Ancient population · Medieval

Viking (Medieval, Norway)

Name: Viking (Medieval, Norway) (Norway_Viking)
Creator: Genoplot

Norway_Viking

Viking (Medieval, Norway) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Norway_Viking), with 26 samples from Norway, dated to c. 750–1150 CE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to North VA (Medieval), South VA (Medieval) and Viking (Medieval, Iceland); the nearest living populations are Norwegian, Swedish and Danish.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups R1a (5), I1a (4) and R1b (3); its mtDNA haplogroups include H6a (3), J1b (2), U5a (2) and U5b (2).

Period: Medieval
Date: c. 750–1150 CE
Country: Norway
Sampled near: Ringsaker nor 64.11, 12.46
Sites: Ringsaker nor (2)
Rønvik nedre (2)
Skien nor (2)
Arnestad lille
Arnestad store
and 18 more
Samples: 26
Published in: MargaryanWillerslevNature2020
Catalogue: Norway_Viking.SG variant
Norway_Viking_o1.SG outliers
Norway_Viking_o2.SG outliers

Nearest populations

Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.

Ancient
#	Population	Distance
1	North VA (Medieval)`North_VA`	0.57
2	South VA (Medieval)`South_VA`	0.68
3	Viking (Medieval, Iceland)`Iceland_Viking`	1.19
4	Viking (Medieval, England)`England_Viking`	1.21
5	Early Viking (Medieval, Denmark)`Denmark_EarlyViking`	1.26
6	Pre Christian (Iceland)`Iceland_Pre_Christian`	1.27
7	Saxon (Early Medieval, England)`England_EarlyMedieval_Saxon`	1.35
8	Netherlands (Middle Bronze Age)`Netherlands_MBA`	1.39
9	Saxon (Medieval, England)`England_Saxon`	1.42
10	Viking Age Pre Christian (Medieval)`Viking_Age_Pre_Christian`	1.43

Modern
#	Population	Distance
1	Norwegian`Norwegian`	1.23
2	Swedish`Swedish`	1.47
3	Danish`Danish`	1.64
4	Icelandic`Icelandic`	1.71
5	Dutch`Dutch`	2.45
6	Scottish`Scottish`	2.48
7	Orcadian`Orcadian`	2.52
8	Irish`Irish`	2.53
9	Shetlandic`Shetlandic`	2.57
10	German Hamburg`German_Hamburg`	2.75

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

15 men with a call

R1a1a1 R-M417 4
I1 I-L121 2
I1a1b1a4a2 I-L813
I1a1b1a4a2a I-FT8660
I1a2a1 I-S9939
I1a2a1a1d1a1a I-Y3000
N1a1a1a1a1a1a4 N-BY158994
R1a1a1b1a3a2b2 R-CTS8746
R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a R-Z345
R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a3b R-FGC49409
R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a4d1 R-BY135243

mtDNA

26 individuals with a call

Individuals 28

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average. Sex, date, site and haplogroups are from the Allen Ancient DNA Resource; Y-DNA calls are mostly automatic, from the shown terminal SNP.

Sample	Catalogue entry	Sex	Date	Site	Y-DNA	mtDNA
`VK386_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	800-1100 CE	Lesja nor	R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a3b R-FGC49409	J1b1a1
`VK387_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	F	900-1100 CE	Jevnaker nor		U5a1a1
`VK388_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	700-1600 CE	Ytterstad	I1 I-L121	J1c5
`VK389_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	900-1000 CE	Skien nor	R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a R-Z345	T2b
`VK392_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	F	700-1000 CE	Skien nor		H1g1
`VK393_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	F	900-1000 CE	Ringsaker nor		U8a1a
`VK394_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	900-1000 CE	Arnestad store	R1a1a1 R-M417	H13a1a1a
`VK414_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	900-1100 CE	Skjåk nor	R1a1a1 R-M417	H6a1a
`VK415_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	F	700-1100 CE	Lunner nor		H6a1a
`VK417_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	F	600-1100 CE	Sandeødegården on Nedre Hov		H7b
`VK419_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	500-1000 CE	Rønvik Øvre	N1a1a1a1a1a1a4 N-BY158994	U5b1b1g1
`VK420_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	700-1100 CE	Hamar nor	I1 I-L121	I4a
`VK422_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	900-1000 CE	Arnestad lille	R1a1a1 R-Z283	J1b1a1a
`VK448_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	F	700-1100 CE	Ringsaker nor		H5a2
`VK514_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	500-1000 CE	Vikran Nordre	R1a1a1 R-M417	K2b1a1
`VK515_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	900-1000 CE	Rønvik nedre	I1a2a1 I-S9939	H52
`VK516_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	900-1000 CE	Østråt	R1a1a1b1a3a2b2 R-CTS8746	H6a1a
`VK520_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	F	900-1000 CE	Tussøy,		U5b2a1a2
`VK524_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	900-1000 CE	Tommeidet	I1a2a1a1d1a1a I-Y3000	HV0a1
`VK525_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	F	800-900 CE	Hov		U5a1a2a
`VK526_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	F	800-900 CE	Sørherøy		J2b1a3
`VK528_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	700-900 CE	Trygstad i Bø	R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a4d1 R-BY135243	K1a4a1b
`VK529_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	700-900 CE	Leines	I1a1b1a4a2 I-L813	H7
`VK530_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	F	900-1000 CE	Rønvik nedre		H1as
`VK547_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	M	700-1100 CE	Stokke	I1a1b1a4a2a I-FT8660	V
`VK548_noUDG.SG`	`Norway_Viking.SG`	F	800-900 CE	Nord-Trøndelag		A12a
`VK518_noUDG.SG` outlier	`Norway_Viking_o1.SG`	F	800-900 CE	Nordland,		U5b1b1a
`VK519_noUDG.SG` outlier	`Norway_Viking_o2.SG`	M	500-1000 CE	Steigen Mellem	I1a1b1a2 I-Y109160	HV0a1