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| Regions with significant populations | |
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 Iceland:307,261
 United Kingdom:2,000 | |
| Languages | |
| Icelandic | |
| Religion | |
| The vast majority of Icelanders are Lutherans. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Danes, Faroese, Norwegians, Swedes, and to a lesser extent, other Germanic peoples. |
- This article is about Icelanders as an ethnic group. For information about residents or nationals of Iceland, see Demographics of Iceland.
The Icelanders are the nation or ethnic group of Iceland descended primarily from Norse from Scandinavia and Celts from the British Isles.
The isolated location of Iceland has resulted in limited immigration and limited genetic inflow in its human population over hundreds of years. The resulting genetic similarity and unusually well-documented genealogy of the Icelanders are being exploited today for genetic studies.
The language spoken is Icelandic, a North Germanic language, and the religion is overwhelmingly that of Lutheranism.
For the global genetic make-up of the Icelanders and other peoples, see also: [1] and [2]
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