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Nordic most commonly refers to:

Nordic may also refer to:

Synonym for Scandinavian or Norse

Relating to a racial category

  • Nordic race, a race group
  • Nordic theory or Nordicism, the belief that Northern Europeans constitute a "master race", a theory which influenced Adolf Hitler.
  • Nordic League, a far right organisation in the United Kingdom from 1935 to 1939
  • Nordic aliens, 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

Places

Other uses

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