Is there an indoor picture of this group, or one without the strong backlight?
They could be blond, or they could range from medium brown to really blond. Hard for me to tell from the pictures. Unless they were organized by hair color, it’s hard not to notice their hair get progressively lighter going back. The ones in the front line (shielded somehow from the harsh light) have seemingly darker hair color.
I had people tell me they found it odd my mom was from Germany and had jet black hair, so do I and dark brown eyes they go I thought all Germans were blonde with blue eyes. I say what about Hitler for example as a famous German
From what I have seen most Germans even have brown or black hair and brown eyes.
I think my point stands. If they look blond in bright light, how are they not blond?
Those photos aren’t actually strongly backlit, they’re merely taken in sunlight. The folks in the front row are in shadow, which can make hair that is blond in bright light appear darker. I think if anything, the folks in the front rows are more blond than they appear. If you were to move indoors, you’d have to make adjustments for the artificial lights’ effect on color, and you’d have to work hard to match the brightness of the sun. I don’t think that’d prove anything additional about their hair color.
Its not about proximity, I guess history plays a mayor role, most welsh have brown or black hair with hazel, blue, brown or green eyes (not really a dominant eye color). Dutch people for instance dont live that far from that area and they are definitely majority blond people with blue eyes.
The majority of adult blondes seem to have got it from a bottle. Swedish children are very often blonde and the hair darkens as they age. In my Stockholm office right now I can see about twenty to thirty people, about 70-30 male-female split. Three are blonde.
Pssst! There are even black Britons! Naomi Campbell and Idris Elba spring to mind as two particularly gorgeous and talented ones. (And dammit, Naomi Campbell is married to the blond and still-lovely David Bowie, and I still like the woman!)
There’s only one answer to the OP’s question and it’s that Britain has quite a diverse genetic/geographic heritage. There’s no point looking for a British ‘type’ or ‘category’ - there isn’t one.
Also just to note, it’s not uncommon for people’s hair colour to change dramatically throughout their lifetime. As a child, I had hair so pale blond it was almost white. In my teenage years, this turned to mousy-brown. Now, in my late 40s, my hair (what’s remains of it, and hasn’t turned grey) is black.
Dont know about Swedes but majority of people in the Netherlands, Denmark and Northern germany are blonde. Sweden and Norway (and this apply to finland too)actually have quite a few people with brown and black hair coming mainly from central and northern parts of the country, blondes swedes are vast majority around skane which is the south end of the country