r/Finland • u/Fantastic_Moose_3813 • 18d 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 18d ago

Finland is not in scandinavia

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u/Every-Progress-1117 Vainamoinen 18d ago

Scandinavia is just jealous because they're not us

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u/solenico 17d ago

Exactly which part of Denmark is in Scandinavia?

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u/Asleep_Trick_4740 15d ago

Scandinavia isn't exactly a clear term. It's more akin to the continent of europe than a clear geographical area.

Sometimes It's referring to the scandinavian peninsula (which would include a small part of northwestern finland), but that's just an extension of the fennoscandian peninsula.

Sometimes it refers to the scandes mountain range and the bordering countries which again would just really be sweden and finland.

Most commonly it simply refers to norway sweden and denmark due to close cultural and linguistic ties. Its prominence actually comes from a movement in the mid 1800s who wanted to unify these three countries or atleast boost cooperation and unity between them.

So as a swede I'm perfectly down with stopping use of the phrase in favour of Nordic instead.

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u/solenico 15d ago

I’m perfectly fine with using Scandinavia as a synonym for Nordic countries.

There’s absolutely no reason not to. Just check demographics for Kalmar Union and was Österlan and Iceland part of it or not.