2025: Defining Scandinavia Jul 1, 2020

Scandinavia in common usage is somewhat of a vague term; it can refer to just the Scandinavian Peninsula, but in due to cultural and political relations, this sometimes relates also to other places, like Åland, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, or even Svalbard. Because of this, even parts of Scotland were considered Scandinavian, especially the North Island from about the 8th to the 15th century, due to colonization from Scandinavians like Norwegians.

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