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    Scandinavian as an ethnic term and as a demonym Further information on this terminology: North Germanic peoples The term Scandinavian may be used with two principal meanings, in an ethnic or cultural sense and as a modern and more inclusive demonym .

  2. The Culture of Scandinavia encompasses the cultures of the Scandinavia region Northern Europe including Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and may also include the Nordic countries Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. National cultures within Scandinavia include: Culture of Sweden. Culture of Norway. Culture of Denmark. Culture of Iceland.

  3. Main contributor: Itamar Toussia Cohen. Scandinavian ethnicity - distribution by country. Scandinavians are the inhabitants of the Scandinavian Peninsula in the northwestern tip of Europe, consisting of modern Norway and Sweden, with the addition of Denmark and Iceland.

  4. [1] 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.

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  6. 2 days ago · Scandinavia, part of northern Europe, generally held to consist of the two countries of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Norway and Sweden, with the addition of Denmark. Some authorities argue for the inclusion of Finland on geologic and economic grounds and of Iceland and the Faroe Islands owing to related languages.

  7. Introduction. PART I. THE GEOGRAPHY AND PREHISTORY OF SCANDINAVIA. 1. The Scandinavian Landscape and its Resources. 2. The Stone and Bronze Ages. 3. The Iron Age. 4. Languages and ethnic groups. PART II. FROM VIKINGS TO KINGS. PART III. MATERIAL GROWTH (to c. 1350) PART IV. THE HIGH MEDIEVAL KINGDOMS. PART V. HIGH AND LATE MEDIEVAL CULTURE.