Gabryel Karolin
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I've always considered Finland a part of Scandinavia, but I guess it's up to the Finns to decide.
Finland is in Scandinavia. Discuss.
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Fifty
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well IIRC their language is completely different. Finno-ugric rather than Indo-European.
Some Finnish stuff was included in my Scandinavian lit class (The Kalevala! Awesome!) so I guess that makes it Scandinavian!
Some Finnish stuff was included in my Scandinavian lit class (The Kalevala! Awesome!) so I guess that makes it Scandinavian!
Fugitive Sisyphus
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Context, context, context.
Finland is in Scandinavia if we are talking about culture or geography. Finland is not in Scandinavia if we are talking about Vikings.
Finland is in Scandinavia if we are talking about culture or geography. Finland is not in Scandinavia if we are talking about Vikings.
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I got told that Scandinavia was the countries that have the Scandinavian mountains in them...
Urederra
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the finnish language isn't indo-european. that alone makes finland not being part of scandinavia
I don't follow your logic. The finnish language is not the only european language that is not indo-european.
ArneHD
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All of those nations together would be the Nordic countries.
On a off-topic note: Estonia is trying to get into the Nordic country catagory together with Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark.
Verbose
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They would prolly be welcome too.
Tycho Brahe
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When people talk about the greatness of Finland they usually associate that with finnish poets. But you talk about Hockey and football and whatnot. Graah!
Who me?
Hockey and fotball? I talk about telephones, computer-programes and brightly coloured textiles.
The only finnish author i know is Tove Jansson
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Brightly coloured textiles?
Ye mean Marimekko?
Ye mean Marimekko?
Ingvina Freyr
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Finland is in Scandinavia. End of discussion.
In response to the geograpic conclusions:
The name Scandinavia is believed to originate from a name for the sandbanks in the strait between Zealand and Scania. The mountain range is named "Skanderna" much more than a 1000 years later.
Only in a linguistic discussion is there IMO reason enough to make a difference between Finnish and Scandinavian. (Or perhaps if you study history before the iron age)
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What's the difference between Nordic countries and the Scandinavian countries? I've always considered Norden, Nordic, as Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland as the share history, culture, language and geography to a large extent, while Scandinavia only would include Sweden, Norway and Denmark since Scania and Skanderna have a connection in these countries. Scandinavia would therefor be a geographical term, that often is misused...
I don't see a point in making the terms Scandinavian and Nordic synonymious. Hence - the Finns are not Scandinavian but Nordic.
I don't see a point in making the terms Scandinavian and Nordic synonymious. Hence - the Finns are not Scandinavian but Nordic.
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Exactly what I think. Scandinavia is a geographic and a cultural term, Nordic only geographical.
Exactly what I think. Scandinavia is a geographic and a cultural term, Nordic only geographical.
Fifty
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Are the Faroe Islands also considered Scandinavian?
warpus
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Not really. Is it up to the French to decide if they're a part of Europe or not?
Finland is geographically a part of Scandinavia.. culturally? That's what you can argue about.
Swedishguy
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Finland and Sweden has got such such a strong impact on each other that I would say... Yes.
Gabryel Karolin
Gammelgädda
Well, I think those are a bit different. Europe is a purely geographical term in most cases whereas Scandinavia is not. I mean Denmark and Iceland is regularly included in Scandinavia even though Denmark is part of Europe proper and Iceland is an Island far away from everything. If it was a geographical term only, it would make sense to include only Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Being half-Finn I've been to Finland many times, and I can honestly say I see very few cultural differences from say Sweden or Norway. The only thing, IMO, that is different is the language. Is that enough not to include them in cultural Scandinavia? I think not. But I think it is up to the Finns to decide.
Ecofarm
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Is it true about the "Land of the Skankies" and the stale peanut smell? If so, then are the French Scandanavian? I've encountered a skank from Oklahoma. It's all starting to make sense...
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