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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 Norway, Sweden and Denmark. It can sometimes also refer to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes a part of northern Finland).
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The Scandinavian Peninsula is a large peninsula reaching west from northern Europe over the north side of the Baltic Sea. Norway, Sweden and some of Finland are on this peninsula. However, Denmark is considered part of Scandinavia in the ethnic sense more often than Finland is. This is because Danish is a Scandinavian language but Finnish is not.
Dec 7, 2022 · Why Is It Called Scandinavia? Scandinavia likely stems from the two germanic words Skaðin and Awjō, meaning “Dangerous Island”. The region is first mentioned in writing ~325 BCE as Scandiae by Pytheas, and later by the Romans as Codinavia and Scatinavia, all thought to refer to the Scandinavian peninsula (Sweden and Norway).
Scandinavian Americans, in the United States. Scandinavians or North Germanic peoples, the most common name for modern North Germanic peoples. Scandinavians, any citizen of the countries of Scandinavia. Scandinavians, ethnic groups originating in Scandinavia, irrespective of ethnolinguistic affiliation.
