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Scandinavia is a region in the north of Europe, globally north of the Baltic Sea. There are several definitions for Scandinavia, usually including the countries listed below. With almost 1.2 million square kilometers it is the largest region in Europe in terms of area, but only 14 million inhabitants live in the whole of Scandinavia, which corresponds to only 2.5% of the population.
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| Denmark The smallest, flattest and most continental of the Scandinavian countries. |
| Finland Hundreds of thousands of islands and lakes to discover in this bridge to the east. |
| Iceland The most isolated country in Europe. Spectacular landscapes with volcanoes, glaciers, geysers and waterfalls in the north of the Atlantic Ocean and on the edge of the Arctic Circle. |
| Norway Famous for its deep fjords, trolls and wooden churches. |
| Sweden Scandinavia's largest country with an enormous forest area. |
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- Faroe Islands — archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean between Iceland and Norway
- Greenland — sometimes associated with Scandinavia, due to its relationship with Denmark
- Spitsbergen
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Scandinavia is a concept that refers to an area in the north of Europe is designated. The term Scandinavia is defined in two different ways:
- The Scandinavian countries consist of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. These have languages and cultures known as "Scandinavian".
- Historically and culturally, the Nordic countries can also be counted as Scandinavia. In addition to the above countries, this also concerns Finland and Iceland, and the overseas territories land, Faroe Islands and Greenland. In Danish, Norwegian and Swedish this is referred to as "North" and in Finnish as "Pohjoismaat".
Both definitions are widely used. On Wikivoyage we use the second definition.
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The Scandinavian languages are a separate group within the Germanic languages. Finnish is out of that. Danish is spoken in Denmark. Swedish is spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland. In the latter country, the language enjoys an official status alongside Finnish. In Skane, a region in southern Sweden that used to belong to Denmark, they speak Skånska, a Swedish dialect with many Danish influences. In Norway there are two official languages: Bokmål and Nynorsk. Bokm Bokl has the upper hand in Oslo. On the Faroe Islands people speak Faroese, it is an official language in addition to Danish. Icelandic is spoken in Iceland. In the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland a number of Sami (Lappish) languages are spoken by minorities. English is well understood throughout Scandinavia, with German as a close second.
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