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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).
Outside of the Nordic region the term Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for the Nordic countries. First recorded use of the name by Pliny the Elder about a "large, fertile island in the North" (possibly referring to Scania). [17] Fennoscandia refers to the area that includes the Scandinavian Peninsula, Finland, Kola Peninsula and Karelia.
The Scandinavian Peninsula [1] is located in Northern Europe, and roughly comprises the mainlands of Sweden, Norway and the northwestern area of Finland. The name of the peninsula is derived from the term Scandinavia , the cultural region of Denmark , Norway and Sweden .
During the Weichselian glaciation, almost all of Scandinavia was buried beneath a thick permanent sheet of ice and the Stone Age was delayed in this region.Some valleys close to the watershed were indeed ice-free around 30 000 years B.P. Coastal areas were ice-free several times between 75 000 and 30 000 years B.P. and the final expansion towards the late Weichselian maximum took place after ...
Scandinavia: Sweden, Norway, Denmark [citation needed] Fennoscandia : Finland , Sweden , Norway and Karelia ; a geological region defined by the Fennoscandian shield [ citation needed ] Alpine countries
An 1856 meeting of Scandinavian students in Uppsala, Sweden, with a parade marching next to Svandammen. Scandinavism (Danish: skandinavisme; Norwegian: skandinavisme; Swedish: skandinavism), also called Scandinavianism [1] or pan-Scandinavianism, [2] is an ideology that supports various degrees of cooperation among the Scandinavian countries. [3]
Most recently, a hair coloring technique called the ‘Scandinavian Hairline’ is making a comeback and I think it’s going to be the highlight of Wait, What Is the Scandinavian Hairline and Why ...
Scandinavia: A Political History of Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1513 to 1900 (2014) online; Bagge, Sverre. Cross and Scepter: The Rise of the Scandinavian Kingdoms From the Vikings to the Reformation (Princeton University Press; 2014) 325 pages; Barton, H. Arnold. Scandinavia in the Revolutionary Era 1760–1815, University of Minnesota ...