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The political cooperation between the Nordic countries has not led to a common policy or an agreement on the countries' memberships in the EU and Eurozone. Norway and Iceland are the only Nordic countries not members of the EU – both countries are instead members of EFTA. Only Finland is a member of the Eurozone.
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).
Norway comprises the western and northernmost part of Scandinavia in Northern Europe, [89] between latitudes 57° and 81° N, and longitudes 4° and 32° E. Norway is the northernmost of the Nordic countries and if Svalbard is included also the easternmost. [ 90 ]
The exact placement of the Caucasus has also varied since classical antiquity [3] and is now regarded by many as a distinct region within or partly in Europe. [4] Greenland , and partially Iceland , is geographically a part of North America but has been politically and culturally influenced by Northern European countries for more than a ...
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.
A geopolitical map of Norway, exhibiting its 19 first-order subnational divisions (fylker or "counties") with Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Each of the country's regions is uniquely coloured. Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions (landsdeler). These regions are purely geographical and cultural, and have no administrative ...
EU's G6 - France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom - countries with largest populations and thus the majority of votes in the Council of the European Union Group of Seven (G7): Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the seven major advanced economies as reported by the International ...
4 Norway. 5 Sweden. 6 References. ... The administrative divisions of the Nordic countries are similar given the countries' shared culture and history. [citation needed]