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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.
The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern Polar Ice Caps.From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout the Stone Age, between 8000 BC and 6000 BC, early inhabitants used stone-crafting methods to make tools and weapons for hunting, gathering and fishing as means of survival. [1]
By the time of the first historical records of Scandinavia, about the 8th century, a number of small political entities existed in Norway. The exact number is unknown, and would probably also fluctuate with time. It has been estimated that there were 9 petty realms in Western Norway during the early Viking Age. [1]
Scandinavian Economic History Review 19.2 (1971): 149-197. online; Green‐Pedersen, Svend E. "Colonial trade under the Danish Flag: A case study of the Danish slave trade to Cuba 1790–1807." Scandinavian Journal of History 5.1-4 (1980): 93-120. Hall, Neville A.T. "Maritime maroons: grand marronage from the Danish West Indies."
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Between 1821 and 1920, the U.S. witnessed a significant wave of Scandinavian immigration. Within this period, Sweden was the dominant contributor. While its population stood at 5,847,637 in 1920, Sweden accounted for a staggering 1,144,607 immigrants, making up 53.5% of the total Scandinavian immigrants to the US during this era.
Swedish countries in the America's include: Guadeloupe (1813–1814), Saint-Barthélemy (1784–1878), New Sweden (1638–1655), and Tobago (1733). The colony of New Sweden can be seen as an example of Swedish colonization. Now called Delaware, New Sweden stood to make a considerable profit due to tobacco growth. There are still people of ...
The term Nordic countries found mainstream use after the advent of Foreningen Norden. The term is derived indirectly from the local term Norden, used in the North Germanic (Scandinavian) languages, which means 'The North(ern lands)'. [16] [failed verification] Unlike the Nordic countries, the term Norden is in the singular.