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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ScandinaviaScandinavia - Wikipedia

    In the ethnic or cultural sense the term "Scandinavian" traditionally refers to speakers of Scandinavian languages, who are mainly descendants of the peoples historically known as Norsemen, but also to some extent of immigrants and others who have been assimilated into that culture and language.

  3. The history of Scandinavia is the history of the geographical region of Scandinavia and its peoples. The region is located in Northern Europe , and consists of Denmark , Norway and Sweden . Finland and Iceland are at times, especially in English-speaking contexts, considered part of Scandinavia.

  4. While Scandinavia is defined as Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the term Scandinavian in an ethnic, cultural and linguistic sense is often used synonymously with North Germanic and also refers to the peoples and languages of the Faroe Islands and Iceland; furthermore a minority in Finland are ethnically Scandinavian and speak Swedish natively.

  5. Dec 7, 2022 · Scandinavia in the modern sense usually refers to the Scandinavian countries of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. The larger northern European region made up of the Scandinavian countries as well as Finland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, and Greenland is called the Nordics.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ScandinavismScandinavism - Wikipedia

    History. According to historian Sverre Bagge, prior to the formation of state-like kingdoms in Scandinavia, [6] Scandinavia was culturally and linguistically homogeneous. Even in the thirteenth century the term ‘Danish tongue’ was used for the language throughout the area.

  7. Nordic and Scandinavian Americans are Americans of Scandinavian and/or Nordic ancestry, including Danish Americans (estimate: 1,453,897), Faroese Americans, Finnish Americans (estimate: 653,222 [3] ), Greenlandic Americans, Icelandic Americans (estimate: 49,442 [4] ), Norwegian Americans (estimate: 4,602,337), and Swedish Americans (estimate: 4,...

  8. May 21, 2024 · In general, Scandinavia denotes Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. The term Norden refers to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. These form a group of countries having affinities with each other and are distinct from the rest of continental Europe.

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