This is a list of known reports and tales about the Scandinavian Bigfoot and related sightings from other parts of the European continent. This list is constantly updated as new information surface.
The status rankings on every sighting is constructed like this:
Confirmed - which means that this sighting has been confirmed to be true and describes an actual Snowman.
Nearly Confirmed - which means that this sighting might probably be true.
Uncertain - which means that it is unclear whether this sighting is real or fake.
Folklore - which means that this sighting is mostly legend and is hard to verify.
Misidentification - which means that this sighting is just a misidentification of known animals.
Hoax - which means that this sighting is probably a hoax.
Hypothesis - which means that this creature is hypothetically in existence, but lacks evidence to confirm it.
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Reports of Snowmen have come from all Scandinavian countries.
Reports from Sweden[]
Name | Status | Date | Location | Notes | Picture |
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Barin | Folklore | (unknown) | Älvdalen, Dalarna | ||
Bergsrået | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Bjärretrollstenen | Uncertain | Around the 1500's (?) | Evertsberg, Dalarna | ||
Bjärven | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Bortbyting | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Böbökalln | Folklore | (unknown) | Älvdalen (River Valley County), Dalarna | ||
Creature at the Road | Uncertain | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Fanskapet | Nearly Confirmed | 2011 | Forests outside of Katrineholm | ||
Giant in the Piste Sighting | Uncertain | (unknown) | Dalarna | ||
The Giant Ott | Folklore | (unknown) | |||
Giant Stone in Skattungbyn | Uncertain | (unknown, in a time when Trolls did still exist) | Skattungbyn, Orsa (Dalarna) | ||
Gruvrået | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Huldra | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Hälsingland Bigfoot Sighting #1 | Nearly Confirmed | Summer 1985 | Hälsingland | ||
Hälsingland Bigfoot Sighting #2 | Nearly Confirmed | (unknown) | Hälsingland | ||
Hälsingland Bigfoot Sighting #3 | Nearly Confirmed | A few months before sighting #2. | Hälsingland | ||
Hälsingland Bigfoot Sighting #4 | Nearly Confirmed | A few weeks after sighting #2. | Hälsingland | ||
Hälsingland Bigfoot Sighting #5 | Nearly Confirmed | (unknown) | South of Bollnäs, Hälsingland | ||
Jata and Kata | Folklore | 1635 | Storsjön (the Great Lake), Östersund (Jämtland) | ||
Jätte (Giant) | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Jättegumman (The Giant Lady) | Folklore | Somewhere between 1800-1900 | Nordmaling | ||
Killed by Trolls | Uncertain | Around 1500 | Annebergs gruva (the Anneberg Mine) | ||
Qvasimodos of Ångermanland | Nearly Confirmed | 2009-2012 | Ångermanland | ||
Skogsrå | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
The Snow Walker Video | Hoax | 1992 (?) | (unknown) | ||
Running Troll | Uncertain | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Stalo | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Troll Footprint #1 | Uncertain | 2011 | Skåne | ||
Troll Footprint #2 | Uncertain | 24 September 2012 | Outside of Örebro | ||
Troll | Folklore | 1500 | (unknown) | ||
Troll Stones | Uncertain | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Trolltagen (Troll Abductions) | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Wildmen | Folklore | (unknown) | Lappland | ||
Yety Sighting | Uncertain | (unknown) | (unknown) |
Reports from Norway[]
Name | Status | Date | Location | Notes | Picture |
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Æge | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Boygen | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Dunker | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Geirod | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Jätte (Giant) | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Grýla | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Hrungne | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Troll | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Troll Footprint #3 | Near Confirmed | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Unknown Norway Reports | Uncertain | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
The Creature of Spitsbergen | Uncertain | (unknown) | Spitsbergen, Svalbard |
Reports from Denmark[]
Name | Status | Date | Location | Notes | Picture |
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Grendel | Modern scriptural misidentification of living tyrannosaurid | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Grendel's mother | Modern scriptural misidentification of living tyrannosaurid | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Homo Gardarensis | Uncertain | 1926 (discovered) | Gardar, Greenland | ||
Wildmen | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) |
Reports from Finland[]
Name | Status | Date | Location | Notes | Picture |
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Unknown Finland Reports | Uncertain | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Wildmen | Folklore | (unknown) | (unknown) | ||
Troll sighting from Vörå | Folklore | (unknown) | Vörå |
Reports from Iceland[]
Name | Status | Date | Location | Notes | Picture |
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Unknown Iceland Reports | Uncertain | (unknown) | (unknown) |
Reports from nearby European countries[]
If the Scandinavian Bigfoot exist, then it is possible that it might be a migrating or emigrating species which moves between several nearby countries.
Russia []
Name | Status | Date | Location | Notes | Picture |
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Kola Peninsula Sightings | Uncertain | (unknown) | Kola Peninsula, Russia |
Close to the Finnish and Norwegian borders. |
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Siberian Snowman | Nearly Confirmed | 2011 | Siberia, Russia | This discovery might confirm that Snowmen exist and therefore prove the probable existence of the Scandinavian Snowman. |