Why are most Danish people blond and blue-eyed?

Actually most Danes are dark blond with greyish green eyes. We are not as fair as our more northern neighbours. Why are northern people fair? read more

It is beneficial to have light skin in northern parts of the world, as this increase the ability to synthesize vitamin D from sun exposure. read more

Lots of people are blonde & blue eyed but there are many dark haired and briwn eyed too. Blond and blue are recessive genes so the fraction is diminishing. There is an increasing number of overweight and obese in Scandinavia so fewer are slim too. read more

The highest percentages of fair-haired people can be found around the Baltic Sea (e.g. Denmark, the Polish coast and the Baltic states), making it in effect an almost entirely blonde-bounded lake. Only the German part of the Baltic coastline is remarkably un-blonde. read more