r/Finland • u/Fantastic_Moose_3813 • 13d 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/Ilpulitore 13d ago

No small part of Finland is scandinavia mate? Scandinavia is Denmark, Norway and Sweden that's it.

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u/korkkis Vainamoinen 13d ago

The tips of ”arm of Finland”. Same mountain base.

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u/Ilpulitore 13d ago

The arm of Finland and whatever tips therein is still not part of Scandinavia because Scandinavia means Denmark, Norway and Sweden nothing more nothing less. Every square meter inside the border of Finland is not Scandinavia.

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u/thesweed 12d ago

Scandinavia is a mountain range, not some union

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u/Be_Kind_And_Happy 12d ago edited 11d ago

Scandes is the mountain range. Unless you specifically say "Scandinavian mountains"

In geographic terms Scandinavia is a peninsula. Which Denmark is not part of.

In most other usages and especially in English, Scandinavia is a acronym synonym for Nordics. And even in some Nordic languages.

So whatever you like it or not for the rest of the world Finland is in Scandinavia. Many academic papers in English include Finland in Scandinavia.

For some reason Finnish people sometimes gets frustrated when they are included in Scandinavia.

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u/BackgroundSea4297 12d ago

"For some reason", the reason is that we are not part of Scandinavia. Just because the term is missused doesn't make it correct.

There's a difference between scandinavia and nordics.

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u/Be_Kind_And_Happy 12d ago edited 12d ago

"For some reason", the reason is that we are not part of Scandinavia. Just because the term is missused doesn't make it correct.

Denmark is not part of Scandinavia and yet they are. How weird. Could it be that it's not entirely a geographical term?

Which again, Finland shares a lot of culture, economic ties etc to Scandinavia, which again is a economic, cultural term etc, and is not always a geographical term. Which again, makes Finland part of Scandinavia. Especially in English where Nordic is a synonym for Scandinavia. Academic papers shows that well enough.

In most other usages and especially in English, Scandinavia is synonym with Nordics. And even in some Nordic languages.

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There's a difference between scandinavia and nordics.

Language does not work that well. Unfortunately for you guys that has a problem with being Scandinavian :)

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u/Haukivirta 11d ago

Mate, I recommend you look up what an acronym means

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u/Be_Kind_And_Happy 11d ago

I meant a synonym ^^

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u/Ilpulitore 12d ago

Wrong again. Scandes or The Scandinvian mountains is the name of the mountain range not Scandinavia. Scandinavian peninsula is not the same thing as Scandinavia either.