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alice rudo
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USA
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Posted - 15/09/2003 :  05:43:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
On a passport of a relative I've seen "he/she has fair hair, blue eyes and is of average height" - my question is what would be considered an "average height" in Norway for a man and a woman around the mid century of the nineteenth?

jwiborg
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Norway
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Posted - 15/09/2003 :  15:30:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
In 1885, the average height for a norwegian man serving time in the army was 169 cm (5'6").
In 2003, that height has increased to 179.9 cm (5'11").

Jan
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