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    Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. Scandinavia most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also refer to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes a part of northern Finland).

  2. Dec 7, 2022 · The Etymology and Meaning of Scandinavia. The word Scandinavia likely stems from the two germanic words Skaðin and Awjō (pronounced “skah-tin” and “av-jo”). Skaðin means “danger” or “injury”, and Awjō means “island” or “land next to water”. This would suggest that the word Scandinavia means something along the lines ...

  3. Mar 28, 2008 · For as far back as we can see, the languages of Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden) have been either of Indo-European or Finno-Ugrian origin. At what point these types of speech first established themselves in the region is not wholly clear. Human activity can be demonstrated in Scandinavia as early as 10,000 BC, but it is unlikely ...

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  5. Majority languages of independent states in the area are: Danish in Denmark, Finnish in Finland, Ice landic in Iceland, Norwegian in Norway, and Swedish in Sweden. The language of the Aland Islands is Swedish; the main language in the Faroes is Faroese, and, in Greenland, Inuit.

  6. Minneapolis Swedish Club meeting, 1942 The Scandinavian immigrants not only built new lives in the United States; they also built a new culture. As immigrants from Scandinavia flooded into sparsely populated areas of the U.S., they helped create a particularly Scandinavian way of life, melding the varied religious, culinary, literary, and linguistic traditions that they brought with them with ...

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