Denmark, The Faroe Islands, Norway and Sweden are all direct Viking decendants.
Icelandic is the same language the vikings spoke (the difference can be likened to medievil english and modern english, lot more formal).
Iceland and the Faroe Islands are the most direct decendants simply because we are so isolated, there\'s been a lot of racial mixing in denmark, norway and sweden.
And did I mention that the only source for info on nordic mytholigy and whatnot Snorra Edda is Icelandic.
I thought it was more Finland than Sweden.
Didn\'t Tolkien take some of the stories directly out of the Kalevala?
Finland isn\'t completly Nordic, their roots are the same Hungary\'s people, some Bask place or something can\'t quite remember.
Tolkien took a lot out of the Snorra Edda\'s, Gandalf was mentioned in the Edda\'s for instance and Gimli is a name here in Iceland.
He took stuff out of the Kalevala and a few other books.