In a lot of the old norse/icelandic sagas there are described vikings with
black hair. It was actually quite common that the villain in the sagas had
black hair, while the hero had blond.

I have heard from german and english friends of mine that have visited
Norway, that they are surprised by the number of blond people here, but
that doesn't mean that we don't have any people with black hair and brown
hair is quite common. Red isn't all that common, but remember that blond
and red can be very similar.

In adition the lapps that live in northern Norway, Sweden and Finland often
have black hair.

Personally I would have allowed black hair on a character, but only as an
exception. You kinda lose the feel of Rjurik if every character in a party
is running around with black hair.

Smaug
A person with blond hair.
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