this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2024
68 points (87.8% liked)
Europe
8484 readers
3 users here now
News/Interesting Stories/Beautiful Pictures from Europe ๐ช๐บ
(Current banner: Thunder mountain, Germany, ๐ฉ๐ช ) Feel free to post submissions for banner pictures
Rules
(This list is obviously incomplete, but it will get expanded when necessary)
- Be nice to each other (e.g. No direct insults against each other);
- No racism, antisemitism, dehumanisation of minorities or glorification of National Socialism allowed;
- No posts linking to mis-information funded by foreign states or billionaires.
Also check out !yurop@lemm.ee
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I would probably pick Denmark as a favourite based solely on their legal right to hit ice-crossing Swedes with sticks. And Swedes suck balls (source: am Finnish).
However, to be somewhat pedantic, Scandinavia either refers to Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, or just Norway and Sweden (the actual Scandinavian peninsula). Finland, Iceland, and the Baltic countries are not part of Scandinavia.
Whether Danmark or even Finland is included is matter of definition, but the Baltics are usually not included.
By definition, if Finland is included, we're talking about Fennoscandia and, if you add in Iceland, it's the Nordic countries.
Denmark is usually included in Scandinavia, but technically it isn't part of the Scandinavian peninsula.
However, I know that outside Europe the distinctions aren't all that important.
AfaIk, Fennoscandia would include the whole peninsula including the currently russian parts.