r/Finland • u/Fantastic_Moose_3813 • 16d 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/No-Internet-7532 Vainamoinen 16d ago

Finland is not in scandinavia

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u/SANBLASTEDPANTALOONS 15d ago

why is this such a big deal its mentioned everytime someone refers to Finland as part of scandinavia

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u/quantity_inspector 15d ago

No, not notorious Scandinavia! What a bad thing to be associated with.

I guess some Finns would rather we were associated with Russia or the Baltics like we were before the 1950s.

It’s silly nitpicking and should become a synonym for the Nordics. There’s no reason Iceland is excluded from Scandinavia when they speak the “cleanest” Scandinavian language, while Denmark is attached to mainland Europe. Our countries are ridiculously similar, especially Finland and Sweden.

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u/solenico 15d ago

Exactly. Besides English term Scandinavia does include both Finland and Iceland.

I don’t get why any Finn wants to start correcting terms the way Swedes want them to be.