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The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. ' the North ') [2] are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic.It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway [a] and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland.
The Nordic countries is a term used collectively for five countries in Northern Europe, plus the Faroe Islands. The Nordic countries have an aggregate population of about 24 million. The Nordic Countries are also the member countries of the Nordic Council: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
People from the Nordic world beyond Norway, Denmark and Sweden may be offended at being either included in or excluded from the category of "Scandinavia". [34] Nordic countries is used unambiguously for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, including their associated territories Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Åland Islands. [35]
Nordics: in addition to the Scandinavian countries Denmark, Norway and Sweden, also Finland and Iceland are included. Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8): the Nordic and Baltic countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden; Nordic Council: Body of cooperation for Nordic countries. NWA: Northwest Asia
This is a list of urban areas in the Nordic countries by population. Urban areas in the Nordic countries are measured at national level, independently by each country's statistical office. Statistics Sweden uses the term tätort (urban settlement), Statistics Finland also uses tätort in Swedish and taajama in Finnish, Statistics Denmark uses ...
All independent Nordic countries have adopted such flags in the modern period, and while the Nordic cross is named for its use in the national flags of the Nordic nations, the term is used universally by vexillologists, in reference not only to the flags of the Nordic countries but to other flags with similar designs. [1]
Nordic countries filled out the top of the list, with Denmark, Iceland and Sweden following Finland. Tanja Koivisto, with Finland's tourism board, says it's not that Finland is free from these ...
In some countries, all or some of the Nordic countries have joint embassies. Examples includes the Nordic Embassies in Berlin (all the Nordic countries), [2] the Nordic House in Yangon (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) [3] and the Nordic Embassy in Dhaka (Denmark, Norway and Sweden). [4]