FOUND! Humorous illustrated book about Scandinavians, possibly 80s to 90s?

[pronker]

Chapters delineated the various Scandinavians in funny color illustrations, a section on each Danish, Norwegian, Swedish or Icelandic group, accompanied by appropriate paragraphs of descriptions in the fashion of a bestiary. The group I remember best are the Icelandic peoples because special attention revealed pride in their last name customs, Althingi, and generally posing as "super-Scandinavians." It may have been coffee-table-sized? Anyway, it was hilarious; I completely blank on the title. Thanks for any help!

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*taps ends of fingers together* Excellent!

[pronker]

Yes, I've definitely read this, thanks for your googlefu. I checked it out in the archive, where I've an account. Thanks! Ole and Lena jokes, ha! And the Polish, Italian and such joke books, some funny, sort of hit and miss. Anyway, this can be marked found because now I'm thinking that I blended this book with a lavishly illustrated book of caricatures that left one glued in memory: A blond mustachioed Viking type hefting a beer stein while singing at full throttle.

Re: *taps ends of fingers together* Excellent!

[full_metal_ox]

You can find a breakdown of various Scandinavian cultures by country, from a British expat’s Outsider Perspective, in this more recent (2014) book:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Almost_Nearly_Perfect_People