24/08/2022
Very interesting article. Today we found out that Finland is not in Scandinavia.
Well, kind of. This article clarifies it.
If you’re speaking of a specific current geographic or political context, “Scandinavia” means the region that includes Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the Faroe Islands. If you’d like to include Finland and Iceland in that same context, use the word “Nordic.”
When speaking of a cultural region including shared history and design, the words “Scandinavian” and “Nordic” are interchangeable.
Where is Scandinavia? We decipher which countries are considered Scandinavian and why, from geography to history to culture to language. We also answer: is Finland part of Scandinavia? As well as: Is Iceland part of Scandinavia?