Nordic

Nordic may refer to:

• The Nordic countries, the northwestern European countries of Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), as well as Iceland and Finland; or a native of one of the Nordic countries
• Scandinavian, a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common heritage and language
• A native of Northern Europe
• Nordic or North Germanic languages

Synonym for Scandinavian or Norse

• Nordic Bronze Age, the name given by Oscar Montelius to a period and a Bronze Age culture in Scandinavian pre-history, c. 1700-500 BC, with sites that reached as far east as Estonia
• Nordic folklore
• Nordic mythology

Relating to a racial category

• Nordic race, "a physical type characterized by tall stature, long head, light skin and hair, and light-colored eyes"
• Nordic theory or Nordicism, the belief that Northern Europeans constitute a "master race"
• Nordic League (a British far right organization), a far right organisation in the United Kingdom from 1935 to 1939 that sought to serve as a co-ordinating body for the various extremist movements whilst also seeking to promote Nazism
• Nordic aliens, also referred to as Nordics, a group of supposed humanoid extraterrestrial beings whose appearance resembles the Nordic physical type

Sports

• Nordic combined, a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping
• Nordic skiing, a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing
• Nordic walking, a physical activity and a sport consisting of walking with poles similar to ski poles
• Nordic Figure Skating Championships, an annual invitational elite figure skating competition, open only to skaters from Nordic countries
• Quebec Nordiques, an ice hockey team.

Religion

• Nordic Catholic Church, a church body in Norway of High Church Lutheran origin, under the auspices of the Polish National Catholic Church

Ships

• Nordic (tug), a German emergency tow vessel

In Popular Culture

• Nordic race, a race from the fictional Elder Scrolls game series, developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The Nords are a Viking-esque race who live in the land of Skyrim. Bethesda based the Nords heavily on Scandinavian people and culture.

See also

• Norse (disambiguation)
• North, a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography