Ancient population · Medieval
Viking (Medieval, Sweden)
Sweden_Viking
Viking (Medieval, Sweden) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Sweden_Viking), with 64 samples from Sweden, dated to c. 840–1060 CE.
Among ancient populations it sits closest to Viking Age Sigtuna (Medieval), Viking (Medieval, Russia) and Ladoga VA (Medieval); the nearest living populations are Swedish, German Hamburg and Danish.
Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups R1b (12), R1a (8) and I1 (6); its mtDNA haplogroups include H2a (4), K1a (4), T2b (4) and J1c (3).
- Period
- Medieval
- Date
- c. 840–1060 CE
- Country
- Sweden
- Sampled near
- Varnhem 57.65, 15.74
- Sites
- Varnhem (22)
Oland (14)
Frojel (8)
Kopparsvik (7)
Ljungbacka (2)
and 2 more - Samples
- 64
- Published in
- MargaryanWillerslevNature2020
- Catalogue
Sweden_Viking.SGvariantSweden_Viking_o1.SGoutliersSweden_Viking_o2.SGoutliers
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.
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viking Age Sigtuna (Medieval)Viking_Age_Sigtuna | 1.29 |
| 2 | Viking (Medieval, Russia)Russia_Viking | 1.47 |
| 3 | Ladoga VA (Medieval)Ladoga_VA | 1.51 |
| 4 | Skara VA (Medieval)Skara_VA | 1.55 |
| 5 | Saaremaa EVA (Medieval)Saaremaa_EVA | 1.59 |
| 6 | Early Viking (Medieval, Estonia)Estonia_EarlyViking | 1.69 |
| 7 | Zealand Saxon (Medieval, Denmark)Denmark_Zealand_Saxon_Medieval | 1.73 |
| 8 | Funen VA (Medieval)Funen_VA | 1.89 |
| 9 | Weklice Wielbark Culture Roman (Antiquity, Poland)Poland_Weklice_WielbarkCulture_Roman | 1.94 |
| 10 | Viking (Medieval, Denmark)Denmark_Viking | 1.95 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SwedishSwedish | 1.19 |
| 2 | German HamburgGerman_Hamburg | 1.38 |
| 3 | DanishDanish | 1.98 |
| 4 | NorwegianNorwegian | 2.19 |
| 5 | German EastGerman_East | 2.34 |
| 6 | CzechCzech | 2.40 |
| 7 | IcelandicIcelandic | 2.49 |
| 8 | DutchDutch | 2.73 |
| 9 | GermanGerman | 2.83 |
| 10 | German ErlangenGerman_Erlangen | 2.86 |
Haplogroups
Y-DNA
41 men with a call
- R1a1a1 R-M417 7
- I1 I-L121 6
- G2a2b2a1a1b G-Z1823
- G2a2b2a1a1b1a1a2a1a1 G-S23438
- I1a1a1a1a3 I-Y7925
- I1a1b1a1d3b I-BY35255
- I1a1b1a1e2 I-S14887
- I1a2a1 I-FTD82937
- I1a2a1a1d2b I-Y294193
- I2a1b1a2b1 I-Y3249
- I2a1b1a2b1a1a1 I-Y11229
- J2a1a1b2a1b1b2c J-TY449104
- J2b2a1a1a1a1a J-Z1297
- N1a1a1a1a N-Z1979
- N1a1a1a1a1a1a N-L550
- N1a1a1a1a1a1a6 N-Y64154
- R1a1a1b1a2a2a1 R-Y75480
- R1b1a1b R-M269
- R1b1a1b1a1a R-L151
- R1b1a1b1a1a1b1a1 R-BY33041
- R1b1a1b1a1a1c1a1 R-BY18956
- R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b R-Z330
- R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a R-Z8
- R1b1a1b1a1a2a R-FT8781
- R1b1a1b1a1a2a1b1a1a R-Z205
- R1b1a1b1a1a2b1 R-BY39291
- R1b1a1b1a1a2b1c1b R-S7402
- R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a2 R-FT158299
- R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a5c R-S5488
- T1a2b1 T-FT39851
mtDNA
55 individuals with a call
Individuals 108
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
vik_84001_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | |||||
vik_84005_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | |||||
vik_grt035_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | |||||
vik_grt036_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | |||||
vik_gtm021_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | |||||
vik_stg021_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | |||||
vik_stg026_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | |||||
vik_urm160_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | |||||
VK108_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 800-1200 CE | Ljungbacka | J2b1a | |
VK217_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 800-1200 CE | Ljungbacka | R1b1a1b1a1a R-L151 | J1b1b1 |
VK232_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | R1b1a1b R-M269 | N1a1a1 |
VK266_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 800-1100 CE | Karda | V | |
VK29_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | I1 I-L121 | T2b3b |
VK30_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | R1a1a1 R-M417 | U5b1c2b |
VK303_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | T2a1b1a1 | |
VK306_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | I1 I1 | H15a1 |
VK308_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | R1b1a1b1a1a1b1a1 R-BY33041 | H1c |
VK332_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 710-991 calCE | Oland | I2a1b1a2b1a1a1 I-Y11229 | T2b24 |
VK334_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 901-1162 calCE | Oland | U5a2b | |
VK335_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 800-1100 CE | Oland | R1b1a1b1a1a2b1 R-BY39291 | K1b2a3 |
VK337_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 709-995 calCE | Oland | I1 I1 | U5a1b3a |
VK34_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a R-Z8 | HV |
VK342_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 800-1100 CE | Oland | I2a1b1a2b1 I-Y3249 | H2a1 |
VK343_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 800-1100 CE | Oland | I1a2a1 I-FTD82937 | H3h |
VK344_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 800-1100 CE | Oland | R1a1a1 R-M417 | J1c2t |
VK346_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 800-1100 CE | Oland | J2b2a1a1a1a1a J-Z1297 | H2a2b |
VK348_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | |||||
VK349_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 690-977 calCE | Oland | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a2 R-FT158299 | H1e2a |
VK35_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | R1a1a1 R-Z283 | T2f1a1 |
VK352_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 800-1100 CE | Oland | I1 I-L121 | H64 |
VK353_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 901-1162 calCE | Oland | H1e1a | |
VK354_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 892-1153 calCE | Oland | R1a1a1 R-M417 | H2a1 |
VK358_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 705-991 calCE | Oland | U3a1 | |
VK39_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | G2a2b2a1a1b G-Z1823 | T2b4b |
VK396_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | R1b1a1b1a1a1c1a1 R-BY18956 | J1c2t |
VK397_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | R1a1a1 R-S6842 | J1b1a1 |
VK398_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | T1a2b1 T-FT39851 | H1b1 |
VK399_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | N1a1a1a1a1a1a N-L550 | H4a1a1a |
VK40_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | R1b1a1b1a1a2b1c1b R-S7402 | T1a1 |
VK400_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | I1a1b1a1d3b I-BY35255 | H1 |
VK401_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | R1a1a1 R-M417 | H2a2b |
VK402_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | J2a1a1 | |
VK403_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | R1b1a1b1a1a2a1b1a1a R-Z205 | K1a4a1a2b |
VK404_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | I1 I-L121 | U4a2 |
VK405_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a5c R-S5488 | K1a10 |
VK406_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | N1a1a1a1a1a1a6 N-Y64154 | K1a4a1 |
VK407_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | I1 I1 | H1c21 |
VK42_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | J2a1a1b2a1b1b2c J-TY449104 | T2b11 |
VK428_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | K1a4a1a2b | |
VK429_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | H70 | |
VK430_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | N1a1a1a1a N-Z1979 | T1a1b |
VK433_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | H5 | |
VK443_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 800-1100 CE | Oland | I1a2a1a1d2b I-Y294193 | U5b2b5 |
VK456_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | I1a1e | |
VK460_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | I3 | |
VK468_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b R-Z330 | H1a1 |
VK469_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | R1b1a1b1a1a2a R-FT8781 | H3ac |
VK473_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | I1a1b1a1e2 I-S14887 | N1a1a1a1 |
VK479_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | G2a2b2a1a1b1a1a2a1a1 G-S23438 | H1a1 |
VK48_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | R1a1a1 R-S5301 | H10e |
VK50_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | I1a1a1a1a3 I-Y7925 | H1 |
VK527_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 1000-1100 CE | Skomsta | J1c3f | |
VK58_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | I4a1 | |
VK64_noUDG.SG | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | R1a1a1b1a2a2a1 R-Y75480 | I1a1 |
vik_KAL006_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking_o1.SG | |||||
vik_nuf002_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | |||||
vik_stg020_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking_o1.SG | |||||
vik_urm035_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | |||||
VK265_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 800-1100 CE | Karda | H13a1a | |
VK268_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 800-1100 CE | Karda | R1b1a1b R-M269 | K1c1 |
VK309_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | R1a1a1b1a1a1c1 R-L1029 | K1b1c |
VK31_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | R1 R1 | I4a |
VK333_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 772-1014 calCE | Oland | R1b1a1b1a1a2e1 R-Z29039 | H2a2a1 |
VK336_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 707-990 calCE | Oland | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a4b3a R-FGC3236 | K2a3a |
VK345_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 800-1100 CE | Oland | R1b1a1b1a1a2c1 R-Y10997 | H4a1 |
VK350_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 677-955 calCE | Oland | H3n | |
VK355_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 706-987 calCE | Oland | L L-L595 | U5b1b1a |
VK357_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 899-1168 calCE | Oland | I I | J2b1a |
VK395_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | N1a1a1a1a1a2 N-Y5005 | X2c1 |
VK424_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1200 CE | Varnhem | R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b1b R-Z159 | K2b1a1 |
VK431_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | R1b1a1b1a1a2a R-Y89302 | H2a1 |
VK432_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | J1b1a1 | |
VK434_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | U5b2a2 | |
VK438_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | R1a1a1b1a1a R-CTS11962 | H1 |
VK439_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | U4a2a | |
VK442_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 706-987 calCE | Oland | U2e1f1 | |
VK444_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 706-987 calCE | Oland | R1b1a1b1a1a1c2b2a R-FT9791 | K1a |
VK452_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | E1b1b1b2b R-CTS4027 | T2b |
VK453_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | R1a1a1 R-PF6155 | H8c |
VK454_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | HV9 | |
VK455_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | U5a2c1 | |
VK457_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | I5a | |
VK458_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | I1a1a3 | |
VK459_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | W3a1 | |
VK461_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | N1a1a1a1a1a2 N-Y5005 | H7b |
VK463_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | R1a1a1 R-M417 | H1b5 |
VK471_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | R1a1a R-M198 | H1m |
VK474_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | E1b1b1b2a1a4 E-L791 | J1d |
VK475_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | R1a1a1b1a2b R-YP1024 | H1a |
VK477_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | H1b1 | |
VK478_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | H1m | |
VK51_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | N1a1a1a1a N-CTS6967 | U5b1e1 |
VK53_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Kopparsvik | I2a1a2b I-L621 | HV9b |
VK533_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking_o2.SG | M | 800-1100 CE | Oland | N1a1a1a1a1a1a N-L550 | H13a1a1e |
VK56_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | H6a1a | |
VK57_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | R1b1a1b1a1a R-L151 | J1c6 |
VK60_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | M | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | R1a1a1 R-Z283 | H13a1a1b |
VK63_noUDG.SG outlier | Sweden_Viking.SG | F | 900-1050 CE | Frojel | H56 |