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  2. Nordic countries - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Scandinavia - Wikipedia

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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).

  4. History of Scandinavia - Wikipedia

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    The history of Scandinavia is the history of the geographical region of Scandinavia and its peoples. The region is located in Northern Europe, and consists of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Finland and Iceland are at times, especially in English-speaking contexts, considered part of Scandinavia.

  5. Finland - Wikipedia

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    1611–1632) created the office of governor-general for Finland as part of his restructuring of the administration of the Swedish realm. [49] In the 16th century, a bishop and Lutheran Reformer Mikael Agricola published the first written works in Finnish; [50] and Finland's current capital city, Helsinki, was founded by King Gustav Vasa in 1555 ...

  6. Fennoscandia - Wikipedia

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    The similar term Fenno-Scandinavia is sometimes used for Fennoscandia. Both terms are sometimes used in English to refer to a cultural or political grouping of Finland with Sweden, Norway and Denmark (the latter country is closely connected culturally and politically, but is not part of the Fennoscandian Peninsula), which is a subset of the ...

  7. Paarlahti - Wikipedia

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    Paarlahti has been fancifully called the longest inland fjord of Scandinavia (though Finland is not part of Scandinavia, rather it is a Nordic Country), although it does not really resemble the large fjords of Norway. With its long and narrow shape, its depth and its steep shores it is seen as a fjord by non-geologists.

  8. Subdivisions of the Nordic countries - Wikipedia

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    2 Finland. 3 Iceland. 4 Norway. 5 Sweden. 6 References. Toggle the table of contents. Subdivisions of the Nordic countries. 3 languages. Català ...

  9. Continental Europe - Wikipedia

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    The Scandinavian Peninsula is sometimes also excluded even though it is a part of "mainland Europe", as the de facto connections to the rest of the continent were historically across the Baltic Sea or North Sea (rather than via the lengthy land route that involves travelling to the north of the peninsula where it meets Finland, and then south ...