Scandinavia By Caelan Innes Facts about Scandinavia Scandinavia

Scandinavia By Caelan Innes

Facts about Scandinavia • Scandinavia is a historical and cultural region. The name Scandinavia originally referred to the formerly Danish, now Swedish, region Scania. • The term Scandinavia always includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. • The remote Norwegian islands of Scalbard and Jan Mayan are usually not part of Scandinavia nor is Greenland an overseas territory of Denmark. • The Faroe Islands, also a Danish overseas territory, are sometimes included as are Iceland, Finland the Finnish region of the Åland Islands. • The geography of Scandinavia is extremely varied. There are the Norwegian fjords, the Scandinavian Mountains and the flat and low areas in Denmark. Sweden has many lakes and moraines, formed at the time of the ice age. • The climate varies from north to south and from west to east.

More Facts about Scandinavia Area: 928, 057 sq. km. Population: 21 million Countries: Sweden, Norway, Denmark. In Nordic languages, only Denmark, Norway, and Sweden are commonly included in Scandinavia. • The majority of the population of Scandinavia are descended from several Germanic races who originally inhabited the southern part of Scandinavia and spoke a Germanic language that evolved into old Norse. • The most populated part of Scandinavia is to the South and has a temperate climate. • • • The geography of Scandinavia is extremely varied. Notable are the Norwegian fjords, the Scandinavian Mountains, the flat, low areas in Denmark, and the archipelagos of Sweden and Norway. Sweden has many lakes and moraines, left from the ice age. • A small minority of Sami people live in the extreme north of Scandinavia.

DENMARK • Capital city – Copenhagen • Denmark is officially the kingdom of Denmark. • Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Europe and a sovereign state. • Denmark is the furthest south of the Scandinavian countries, to the south of Norway and the south west of Sweden, which is connected by a bridge. • Denmark has a south border with Germany. • Denmark is ranked as ``the happiest place in the world``, based on health, welfare, and education.

NORWAY • Capital city – Oslo • Officially the kingdom of Norway. • Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land. • Norway has a total area of 385, 252 sq km [148, 747 sq miles] population of 5, 258, 317[as of January 2017]. • The county has the fourth – highest per capita income in the world on the world bank and IMF lists. • Currency: Norwegian krone [NOK].

SWEDEN • Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union. • Germanic people have inhabited Sweden since prehistoric times, emerging into history as Swedes and constituting the sea people known as Norsemen. • Sweden is part of the geographical area of Fennoscandia. • Capital city: Stockholm. • Sweden emerged as an independent and unified country during the middle ages. • The Swedish Viking age lasted roughly from the 8 th century to the 11 th century. It is believed that Swedish Vikings and Gutar mainly travelled east and south, going to Finland, the Baltic countries, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, the Black Sea and even as far as Baghdad.

Famous People From Scandinavia • Abba is a band from Sweden who won the Eurovision Song Contest. • Stefan Edberg is a tennis player from Sweden who won Wimbeldon. • Zlatan Ibhrahimovic is a football player from Sweden who is currently signed for Manchester United. • Ingrid Bergman was an actress from Sweden. • Alexander Skarsgård is an actor from Sweden. • Michael Laudrup and Brian Laudrup are retired footballers from Denmark. • Anna Bård is an actress/ model from Denmark. • Henrik Larsson is a retired footballer from Sweden who played for Celtic and Barcelona • Ingvar Ambjørnsen is an author from Norway. • Olav Aukrust is a poet from Norway.

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