Nordic Israel

Nordic Israelism or Norse Israelism is the belief that Scandinavian peoples, or the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Faroe Islands (part of Denmark), Iceland and Norway) descend from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. Although there is evidence of such a belief from literature during the Early Modern Period, Nordic Israelism as a movement and ideology only emerged in the latter half of the 19t. GIFHistoryA 15th-century Latin chronicle, "Chronicon Holsatiae vetus", found in 's Accessiones historicae (1698), states the were of the, while the were the Jews. Later the antiquarian. Many of the tenets or beliefs core to Nordic Israelism cross over with ; however there are notable differences in the identifications of the. Proponents of Nordic Israelism follow 's. [PDF]