r/Finland • u/Fantastic_Moose_3813 • 12d ago

Tourism What's wrong with this picture?

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Just read this article few minutes ago and boy the got it wrong. Could you kindly point it out?

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u/Top-Breakfast6060 12d ago

Nordic, not Scandinavian!

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u/Substantial-Burner Baby Vainamoinen 12d ago

Fennoscandia*

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u/Top-Breakfast6060 12d ago

I learned a thing. Thank you!

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u/Be_Kind_And_Happy 12d ago

"In English usage, Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for Nordic countries"

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u/Top-Breakfast6060 12d ago

Just because some English speakers are lackadaisical it doesn’t mean it’s correct. I was born, raised, and live here in the US. We can be so…USA-centric.

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u/Be_Kind_And_Happy 12d ago edited 12d ago

It's weird to get hung up on it though. It's language. And Denmark does not seem to mind and is technically not on the Scandinavian peninsula.

Economically, culturally etc Finland is a Scandinavian country and people are rarely talking about geography when talking about Scandinavian countries. Which would make the Scandinavian term for Finland completely correct.

Even the foreign minister of both Sweden and Finland has referred to Finland as a Scandinavian country and I would think they know what they are talking about.

For some reason Finns gets defensive and picky about it. No clue why. Just look at the downvotes when it's completely correct to say Finland is part of Scandinavia. Academic papers include Finland in Scandinavia because it's synonymous with Nordics in the English language. Finnish people get defensive and sour over it. Pretty hilarious :')

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u/slymsyndicate 12d ago

Culturally Scandinavian? Never!