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More correctly they are Scandinavian. The Vikings kind of spread their genes around Europe. At one point they were managed to either raid or work as mercenaries in every country of Europe and even got into Arabia and N. Africa. BTW, some Danes and Norwegians would be insulted to be referred to as Swedish.
Besides that, they fought like mad between each other and over the years borders were in very different places.
I am not Swedish, I am Dane!
I was born there, never mind that I was born on a small Island way closer to Sweden than Denmark
My mom and her relatives back several hundred years were from pretty much the same island, although there is a Van or a Dam out there (the Netherlands)
On the other hand, my dads family all came from Sweden (Meyer-Meyers-Mejer-Mejers who knows if there was a fix when they came to the USA but if you are from eastern WA I say Hi Cuz)
But I am still Danish not Swedish....lol