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Norway: haplogroups

FamilyTreeDNA has 4,565 kits with a Y-DNA result and 3,863 kits with mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA). On the paternal line the most common are I1-DF29 — 29%, R1b-L51 — 26% and R1a-Z284 — 19%. On the maternal line the most common are H — 43%, U — 17% and J1 — 9%. YFull has 456 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is almost the same. The largest gap is R: 52% on FTDNA against 45% on YFull.

Compare with…
164
Y-DNA · kits per 100,000 men
rank 6 of 123 among countries. About 2.8 million men (UN, 2023). A kit's country is the ancestor's homeland, not where the tester lives
70.0
mtDNA · kits per 100,000 people
rank 5 of 93 among countries. About 5.5 million people (UN, 2023)

Paternal line · Y-DNA

4,565 kits · 30 branches
Main branches of the Y tree. Each branch counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches; sub-branches are indented. Age is how many years ago the branch's common ancestor lived (TMRCA).
2,354 · 51.6% 28k years
1,205 · 26.4% 6,100 years
571 · 12.5% 4,900 years
222 · 4.9% 4,700 years
182 · 4.0% 4,600 years
87 · 1.9% 4,700 years
73 · 1.6% 4,600 years
72 · 1.6% 4,700 years
559 · 12.2% 5,000 years
221 · 4.8% 4,300 years
164 · 3.6% 4,500 years
111 · 2.4% 4,200 years
1,094 · 24.0% 8,500 years
923 · 20.2% 4,800 years
874 · 19.1% 4,200 years
507 · 11.1% 3,800 years
1,814 · 39.7% 35k years
1,615 · 35.4% 20k years
1,335 · 29.2% 4,500 years
644 · 14.1% 3,900 years
544 · 11.9% 3,800 years
393 · 8.6% 3,800 years
413 · 9.0% 4,500 years
385 · 8.4% 4,300 years
187 · 4.1% 25k years
161 · 3.5% 17k years
142 · 3.1% 13k years
121 · 2.7% 14k years
73 · 1.6% 4,000 years
105 · 2.3% 30k years
other
171 · 3.7%

Among the rest: G 53, J 51, E 43, T 14, A 5, L 2, H 1, C 1.

Maternal line · mtDNA

3,863 kits · 30 branches
Main mt-tree branches grouped by letter, sub-branches indented. Each branch counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches. Age is how many years ago the branch's common foremother lived, from FTDNA data where available.
1,663 · 43.0% 11k years
609 · 15.8% 7,900 years
135 · 3.5%
100 · 2.6% 5,300 years
189 · 4.9% 8,000 years
108 · 2.8% 8,000 years
157 · 4.1% 6,700 years
130 · 3.4% 8,400 years
121 · 3.1% 8,700 years
113 · 2.9% 6,300 years
640 · 16.6% 51k years
U5a'b
449 · 11.6% 30k years
239 · 6.2% 21k years
196 · 5.1% 13k years
210 · 5.4% 25k years
113 · 2.9% 15k years
107 · 2.8%
U2'3'4'7'8'9
180 · 4.7% 50k years
437 · 11.3% 35k years
348 · 9.0% 28k years
293 · 7.6% 13k years
109 · 2.8% 6,200 years
343 · 8.9% 20k years
254 · 6.6% 15k years
161 · 4.2% 8,500 years
223 · 5.8% 29k years
166 · 4.3% 23k years
106 · 2.7% 11k years
202 · 5.2% 7,500 years
103 · 2.7% 17k years
other
252 · 6.5%

Among the rest: W 85, X 55, HV 51, Z 33, N 19, R 4, L 2, G 2, M 1.

Migration paths of the characteristic branches #

Paths of the region's main characteristic branches, as modelled by FamilyTreeDNA Discover, on one calendar clock: in each year a branch stands where its ancestral line was. Grey is a stretch of path shared by several branches; the large marker is the branch itself. Above the map you can pick the paternal line (Y-DNA) or the maternal one (mtDNA).

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The time scale is logarithmic: the closer to the present, the longer a year takes.

Norway: Y-DNA #

Distinctive branches

Branches found here far more often than worldwide: their share is more than 3× the world share. The multiplier is in brackets. Branches of at least 10 kits are included.

  • R-Z287: 316 kits · 6.9% (95% confidence interval: 6–8%) (×14.7) 3,700 years
  • R-Z284 R1a-Z284: 874 kits · 19.1% (95% confidence interval: 18–20%) (×11.8) 4,200 years
  • I-L813: 354 kits · 7.8% (95% confidence interval: 7–9%) (×13.5) 2,900 years
  • R-L448: 425 kits · 9.3% (95% confidence interval: 9–10%) (×11.6) 2,900 years
  • R-S5301: 499 kits · 10.9% (95% confidence interval: 10–12%) (×10.7) 3,200 years
  • R-CTS4179: 290 kits · 6.4% (95% confidence interval: 6–7%) (×11.0) 2,500 years
  • I-BY266: 245 kits · 5.4% (95% confidence interval: 5–6%) (×10.3) 2,000 years
  • R-Z372: 169 kits · 3.7% (95% confidence interval: 3–4%) (×7.0) 3,700 years

Most similar countries

Countries whose mix of major branches looks most like this one. The number is similarity: 100% is the same mix, lower means less in common. Computed only for countries with 100+ kits.

1–8%9–12%13–27%28–42%43–89%Norwayunder 100 kits
All 112 countries and regions by similarity
  1. Sweden 89%
  2. Denmark 76%
  3. England 67%
  4. United Kingdom 66%
  5. Scotland 63%
  6. United States 62%
  7. Netherlands 62%
  8. Germany 60%
  9. Canada 59%
  10. Belgium 55%
  11. Wales 54%
  12. France 53%
  13. Northern Ireland 53%
  14. Switzerland 52%
  15. Australia 52%
  16. Iceland 51%
  17. Ireland 49%
  18. Austria 46%
  19. United States (Native American) 45%
  20. Estonia 43%
  21. Czech Republic 43%
  22. England (Cornish) 43%
  23. Hungary 42%
  24. Poland 41%
  25. Isle of Man 40%
  26. Finland 39%
  27. Italy 38%
  28. South Africa 38%
  29. Portugal 37%
  30. Spain 37%
  31. Russia 37%
  32. Slovakia 37%
  33. Luxembourg 35%
  34. Slovenia 34%
  35. Brazil 33%
  36. New Zealand 32%
  37. Jamaica 31%
  38. Puerto Rico 31%
  39. Ukraine 31%
  40. Romania 31%
  41. Lithuania 29%
  42. Croatia 29%
  43. Latvia 29%
  44. Mexico 28%
  45. Bulgaria 27%
  46. Belarus 26%
  47. Greece 26%
  48. Serbia 25%
  49. Colombia 25%
  50. Cuba 24%
  51. Macedonia 24%
  52. Italy (Sicily) 23%
  53. Bosnia and Herzegovina 21%
  54. Mordovia 21%
  55. Argentina 20%
  56. Tatarstan 20%
  57. Chile 18%
  58. Moldova 18%
  59. Turkey 17%
  60. Albania 17%
  61. Dominican Republic 17%
  62. Montenegro 16%
  63. Israel 16%
  64. Peru 14%
  65. Lebanon 13%
  66. Chuvashia 13%
  67. India 13%
  68. Bashkortostan 12%
  69. Iran 12%
  70. Armenia 12%
  71. Uzbekistan 12%
  72. Azerbaijan 12%
  73. Kazakhstan 11%
  74. Syria 11%
  75. Georgia 11%
  76. Morocco 10%
  77. Iraq 10%
  78. Afghanistan 10%
  79. Karelia 9%
  80. Egypt 9%
  81. Palestine 9%
  82. Algeria 9%
  83. Tajikistan 9%
  84. Pakistan 9%
  85. Dagestan 8%
  86. Qatar 8%
  87. Jordan 8%
  88. Tunisia 8%
  89. United Arab Emirates 8%
  90. Sri Lanka 8%
  91. Saudi Arabia 8%
  92. Bahrain 7%
  93. Kuwait 7%
  94. Adygea 7%
  95. Libya 6%
  96. Philippines 6%
  97. Indonesia 6%
  98. Oman 5%
  99. Mongolia 5%
  100. Sudan 5%
  101. Yemen 4%
  102. Nigeria 4%
  103. China 4%
  104. Chechnya 4%
  105. Cameroon 3%
  106. Japan 3%
  107. Orstkhoy (Aosta Valley in FTDNA) 2%
  108. Somalia 2%
  109. South Korea 2%
  110. Ingushetia 1%
  111. Ghana 1%
  112. Vietnam 1%

Norway: mtDNA #

Distinctive branches

Branches found here far more often than worldwide: their share is more than 3× the world share. The multiplier is in brackets. Branches of at least 10 kits are included.

  • Z1a: 33 kits · 0.9% (95% confidence interval: 1–1%) (×8.6)
  • V14: 11 kits · 0.3% (95% confidence interval: 0–1%) (×12.4)
  • H1o: 14 kits · 0.4% (95% confidence interval: 0–1%) (×8.0)
  • H1m: 22 kits · 0.6% (95% confidence interval: 0–1%) (×5.0)
  • V3a: 17 kits · 0.4% (95% confidence interval: 0–1%) (×4.1)
  • H16: 21 kits · 0.5% (95% confidence interval: 0–1%) (×3.6)
  • I2a: 19 kits · 0.5% (95% confidence interval: 0–1%) (×3.1)

Most similar countries

Countries whose mix of major branches looks most like this one. The number is similarity: 100% is the same mix, lower means less in common. Computed only for countries with 100+ kits.

0–26%27–50%51–72%73–82%83–91%Norwayunder 100 kits
All 71 countries and regions by similarity
  1. England 91%
  2. Sweden 91%
  3. United Kingdom 90%
  4. Ireland 90%
  5. Scotland 89%
  6. Germany 88%
  7. United States 87%
  8. France 86%
  9. Wales 86%
  10. Denmark 85%
  11. Netherlands 85%
  12. Switzerland 84%
  13. Northern Ireland 84%
  14. Czech Republic 83%
  15. Belgium 82%
  16. Canada 82%
  17. Poland 81%
  18. Russia 80%
  19. Austria 79%
  20. Hungary 79%
  21. Slovakia 78%
  22. Estonia 77%
  23. Finland 77%
  24. Australia 76%
  25. Italy 75%
  26. Slovenia 74%
  27. Ukraine 74%
  28. Portugal 72%
  29. Croatia 72%
  30. Lithuania 69%
  31. Spain 68%
  32. Romania 68%
  33. Bulgaria 67%
  34. Serbia 67%
  35. Latvia 66%
  36. United States (Native American) 64%
  37. Bosnia and Herzegovina 63%
  38. Belarus 63%
  39. Greece 62%
  40. Moldova 54%
  41. Algeria 54%
  42. Turkey 50%
  43. Morocco 50%
  44. Chechnya 49%
  45. New Zealand 48%
  46. Syria 44%
  47. Israel 43%
  48. Armenia 43%
  49. Lebanon 43%
  50. South Africa 36%
  51. Cuba 36%
  52. Iraq 34%
  53. Egypt 34%
  54. Brazil 34%
  55. Iran 34%
  56. Saudi Arabia 31%
  57. Kuwait 26%
  58. United Arab Emirates 26%
  59. Argentina 23%
  60. Dominican Republic 21%
  61. Mexico 20%
  62. India 19%
  63. Puerto Rico 17%
  64. Canada (First Nations) 15%
  65. China 7%
  66. Jamaica 7%
  67. Chile 6%
  68. Colombia 4%
  69. Japan 3%
  70. South Korea 0%
  71. Philippines 0%
YFull

The same country on YFull #

The same country at the second company, YFull. Its samples are placed on the FTDNA tree by shared mutations, so the branches are comparable. FTDNA share on the left, YFull on the right, then the difference in percentage points. Republics and other sub-regions are taken out of the country, as at FTDNA. Starred branches are nearly empty at YFull: every test there is whole-genome and reaches the fine branches. Only YFull customers (YF number) are counted, no ancient DNA. YFull data of 2026-11-02. The tree shows only its top three levels.

Y-DNA

4,565
FTDNA
kits
456
YFull
samples
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
R R-M207
51.6% · 45.0%−6.6
R1b-L51 R-L51
26.4% · 21.7%−4.7
P312 R-P312
12.5% · 11.6%−0.9
U106 R-U106
12.2% · 9.4%−2.8
R1a-M198 R-M198
24.0% · 22.8%−1.2
Z282 R-Z282
20.2% · 21.3%+1.1
I I-L758
39.7% · 39.5%−0.3
I1 I-M253
35.4% · 35.5%+0.1
DF29 I-DF29
29.2% · 35.5%+6.3
I2 I-P215
4.1% · 3.9%−0.1
I2b I-M223
3.5% · 3.7%+0.2
N1a-M178 N-M178
2.7% · 3.5%+0.9
1.6% · 2.2%+0.6
Q Q-M242
2.3% · 2.9%+0.6

mtDNA

3,863
FTDNA
kits
163
YFull
samples
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
43.0% · 36.8%−6.2
15.8% · 14.7%−1
3.5% · 3.1%−0.4
2.6% · 2.5%−0.1
4.9% · 2.5%−2.4
2.8% · 1.2%−1.6
4.1% · 2.5%−1.6
3.4% · 3.7%+0.3
3.1% · 0.6%−2.5
2.9% · 0.6%−2.3
16.6% · 18.4%+1.8
U5a'b
11.6% · 13.5%+1.9
6.2% · 5.5%−0.7
5.4% · 8.0%+2.5
U2'3'4'7'8'9
4.7% · 4.9%+0.2
11.3% · 12.9%+1.6
9.0% · 9.2%+0.2
7.6% · 8.0%+0.4
8.9% · 8.0%−0.9
6.6% · 4.9%−1.7
4.2% · 1.2%−2.9
5.8% · 8.0%+2.2
4.3% · 5.5%+1.2
2.7% · 1.2%−1.5
5.2% · 4.9%−0.3
2.7% · 3.1%+0.4

The same country on the project maps

In the FTDNA geographic projects a member puts the place of their paternal or maternal ancestor on the map. Here those points are set against the public tree: solid bar the tree, hatched bar the points on the maps, copy of 2026-10-20. A person in several projects counts once. Branches as in the tree above: each counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches.

Y-DNA FTDNA 4,565 · Projects 2,415

FTDNAProjects
FTDNA · Projects · Δ
R R-M207
51.6% · 50.5%−1.1
R1b-L51 R-L51
26.4% · 20.6%−5.8
P312 R-P312
12.5% · 10.1%−2.4
U106 R-U106
12.2% · 9.5%−2.7
R1a-M198 R-M198
24.0% · 24.6%+0.7
Z282 R-Z282
20.2% · 18.0%−2.2
Z284 R-Z284
19.1% · 17.3%−1.8
S4458 R-S4458
11.1% · 10.3%−0.8
I I-L758
39.7% · 39.0%−0.7
I1 I-M253
35.4% · 31.7%−3.7
DF29 I-DF29
29.2% · 25.9%−3.4
L22 I-L22
14.1% · 12.6%−1.5
Z2338 I-Z2338
11.9% · 10.7%−1.2
Z58 I-Z58
9.0% · 8.5%−0.5

mtDNA FTDNA 3,863 · Projects 2,010

FTDNAProjects
FTDNA · Projects · Δ
43.0% · 42.3%−0.8
15.8% · 14.2%−1.5
16.6% · 17.3%+0.7
U5a'b
11.6% · 10.5%−1.1
6.2% · 4.9%−1.3
5.1% · 4.1%−0.9
5.4% · 5.6%+0.1
11.3% · 11.4%+0.1
9.0% · 7.6%−1.4
7.6% · 6.4%−1.2
8.9% · 9.7%+0.8
6.6% · 7.0%+0.4
5.8% · 5.5%−0.3
5.2% · 4.9%−0.4
2,538
Y-DNA · People on the map
2,415 of them have a branch of the tree; relatives with one ancestor at one place count as one, 2,476 such votes
79%
Y-DNA · SNP-confirmed
that many have the branch confirmed by an SNP test, the rest predicted from STRs
2,010
mtDNA · People on the map
2,010 of them have a branch of the tree; relatives with one ancestor at one place count as one, 1,975 such votes
91%
agreement with YFull · Y
how closely the Y tree branches match between FTDNA and YFull, each branch counted without its sub-branches. 100% is identical, below 80% is visibly different.
R-M207 −6.6
gap to YFull · Y
the Y branch whose share differs most between the two companies: FTDNA 51.6%, YFull 45.0%
32% / 24%
reached the finest branch: YFull / FTDNA
share of YFull samples and FTDNA kits that reached the finest branch of the FTDNA tree. On average a YFull sample sits 38.8 branchings from the root, an FTDNA kit 34.3
24%
Y-DNA · on leaves
share of kits that reached the finest branch of the tree. The rest stopped at a broad branch: their test was not detailed enough.
36%
Big Y
rough share of kits with a Big Y test, a full read of the Y chromosome. It is estimated from the branches where the region's kits sit, so it is an estimate, not a count.
37%
mtDNA · on leaves
share of kits that reached the finest branch of the tree. The rest stopped at a broad branch: their test was not detailed enough.
0.85
mt to Y
mtDNA kits per one Y-DNA kit. Below 0.3 means the country tests almost only the paternal line.

New this month #

FTDNA: how much the kit count grew between the tree copies of 2026-10-09 and 2026-11-12. A kit that moved to a new sub-branch after refinement is not counted as new. YFull: samples YFull itself marks as new, in the copy of 2026-11-02; YFull drops the mark after a few weeks.

+17
Y-DNA, FTDNA
new kits, 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-12
+13
mtDNA, FTDNA
new kits, 2026-10-12 → 2026-11-11
+2
Y-DNA, YFull
new samples as of 2026-11-02

Y-DNA: branches that grew

mtDNA: branches that grew

New Y-DNA samples in YFull

YFull

Regions on YFull #

Regions that cannot be picked at FTDNA but are reported by YFull customers. Regions with 20 or more samples are shown; modern YFull customers only. YFull regions →

Regions on YFull
Country / region Y mt Leading
Hedmark NO-04 79 22 R-Z284 R1a-Z284 33%, I-Z59 I1-Z59 20%, I-Z2338 I1-Z2338 20%
Akershus NO-02 47 9 I-DF29 I1-DF29 34%, R-Z282 R1a-Z282 19%, R-L51 R1b-L51 17%
More og Romsdal NO-15 44 15 G-L497 G2a-L497 16%, R-L21 R1b-L21 11%, R-Z282 R1a-Z282 9%
Hordaland NO-12 34 17 R-L51 R1b-L51 53%, R-Z284 R1a-Z284 18%, I-Z59 I1-Z59 9%
Sogn og Fjordane NO-14 28 10 R-L51 R1b-L51 29%, R-Z284 R1a-Z284 18%, G-L497 G2a-L497 18%
Oppland NO-05 26 5 R-Z284 R1a-Z284 35%, I-Z59 I1-Z59 27%, R-U106 R1b-U106 12%
Sor-Trondelag NO-16 25 12 R-Z284 R1a-Z284 32%, R-L48 R1b-L48 20%, I-Z59 I1-Z59 12%
Buskerud NO-06 21 4 I-CTS6868 I1-CTS6868 33%, R-Z284 R1a-Z284 19%, E-V13 E-V13 19%
YFull

Peoples and languages on YFull #

Native language reported by YFull customers from this country. People from regions with a page of their own (republics, autonomies) are shown there. These are the testers' own answers, not a census.

YFull

Recent kin across borders #

Shared young paternal branches: YFull customers from this country and from the partner country have a common paternal-line ancestor no older than 500 years. The comparison accounts for how linked a country is abroad overall: shown are partners with more shared branches than its general openness would give. It reflects recent migration and shared ancestry, not ethnicity.

Recent kin across borders
Country shared branches expected × chance?
Sweden 14 0.36 38.7 unlikely by chance p < 0.001
YFull

Paternal and maternal lines together #

Members of this people with both lines known on YFull. For each “Y branch × mt branch” combination, how many times it occurred and how many would be expected if the two lines had nothing to do with each other. Y and mt pairs → n=145

Most frequent combinations

Y × mt: line combinations · Most frequent combinations
Y mt pairs expected by chance × chance?
I1-CTS6868 H1b 4 0.5 8.29 unlikely by chance p < 0.001

Ancient relatives of male lines #

Which cultures of the Copper Age and Early Bronze Age (4000–2000 BCE) the local male lines lead to most closely. The share is how many kits lead to a culture; the range is in brackets.

Norway Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware: 85.0% Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware ≈ 2,000–2,500 BCE 85% 15%
Norway Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware · I1: 27.8% I1 Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware: I1 → I1 27.8% Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware · R1b: 27.1% R1b Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware: R1b → R1b 23.9% Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware: R1b → R1b 3.2% Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware · R1a: 23.9% R1a Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware: R1a → R1a 13.0% Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware: R1a → R1a 8.0% Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware: R1a → R1a 3.0% Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware · I2b: 3.0% Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware: I2b → I2b 2.6% Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware: I2b → I2b 0.3% Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware · N: 2.6% Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware: N → N 2.6% Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware · I2: 0.2% Neolithic Scandinavian and Corded Ware: I2 → I2 0.2% I1 35% R1b 27% R1a 24% I2b 4% Q 2% … 2%
Left: the major branches through which the lines lead to a culture; right: all major branches. Grey: the part of a branch without ancient relatives of this era.
How it is counted
  • Branches of the era. We take the ancient samples whose date falls inside the era, and compare the lines as they stood 1,500 years before the era ends.
  • A culture’s profile is the share of its lines on those branches. The number of samples does not change a weight: a culture of seven men weighs as much as one of a hundred and twenty.
  • A shallow test. An ancient man typed above the cut is spread over the branches under his node, by how many men each holds now. Today’s kits are treated the same way.
  • Who is admitted. A culture takes part when its sharply typed men cover 25% of the population on their own: branch by branch we add the smaller of the two shares, the culture’s and the population’s. One dug within 550 km needs only 0.5%.
  • The shares. We pick the weights of the cultures so that their mixture comes as close as it can to today’s set of branches.
  • Look-alike cultures. When cultures share almost all their branches, the data cannot say whose kin the men are. So we do not split the share between them: they get one bar.
  • The range. We recount everything on random subsets of the samples. In brackets are the bounds the share keeps in nine runs out of ten. A share that can fall below 5%, or below half of itself, is not shown at all.

What it does not mean. This is kinship of male lines, not the origin of a people. The female lines say nothing here. Who takes a test is a matter of chance, so the shares compare between countries, not with a census.

Other eras: Early Middle Ages — Iron Age Scandinavian 50%.

Ancient samples

From excavations on this territory: 69 samples by Y-DNA and 85 samples by mtDNA. The oldest: 7,414 BCE, Mesolithic Hunter-Gatherer.

Iron Age Scandinavian 27 · Bronze Age Scandinavian 19 · Early Norse 15 · Viking Age Norwegian 3 · Neolithic Scandinavian 2

All ancient samples →

Data on this page: FamilyTreeDNA Y tree, 12 November 2026: 4,565 kits; FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA tree, 11 November 2026: 3,863 kits; YFull Y tree, 2 November 2026: 456 samples; YFull mtDNA tree, 2 November 2026: 163 samples.

How to cite: ftdnastat, "Norway: Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups", https://ftdnastat.github.io/en/c/norway/, data of 2026-11-14, build 20261114-18dba71.

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