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Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, comprising of the Scandinavian Peninsula, several smaller islands and archipelago. The region is bisected by the Arctic circle. The term Scandinavia usually refers to the countries of Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark. Sometimes the country of Iceland and Faroe Islands are also included.
Scandinavia, part of northern Europe, generally held to consist of the two countries of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Norway and Sweden, with the addition of Denmark.
Norway shares land borders with Sweden, Finland and Russia in the east and an extensive coastline facing the North Atlantic Ocean on the west. It is bounded by the Barents Sea in the north, the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea in the west and the Skagerrak (Skager Strait) in the south.
Sweden is bordered by 3 countries: by Finland in the east; by Norway in the north and west; by Denmark in the southwest (via a bridge-tunnel through Oresund Strait). It is bounded by the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic Sea in the east and south; and by the Skagerrak and Kattegat straits in the southwest.
In Norway, the border lies along the counties, from south to north, of Østfold, Akershus, Innlandet, Trøndelag, Nordland and Troms. In Sweden, the border lies along the counties, from south to north, of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Jämtland, Västerbotten and Norrbotten.
Description: This map shows governmental boundaries of countries, capitals, cities, towns, railroads and airports in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
Sweden and Norway or Sweden–Norway (Swedish: Svensk-norska unionen; Norwegian: Den svensk-norske union(en)), officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, and known as the United Kingdoms, was a personal union of the separate kingdoms of Sweden and Norway under a common monarch and common foreign policy that lasted from 1814 until its ...
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. 'the North') [2] are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway [a] and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland.
Scandinavian Peninsula, large promontory of northern Europe, occupied by Norway and Sweden. It is about 1,150 miles (1,850 km) long and extends southward from the Barents Sea of the Arctic Ocean between the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic Sea (east), Kattegat and Skagerrak (south), and the Norwegian
The Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe is the largest peninsula in Europe and stretches over 1,850 km (1,150 mi) from Norway's Cape Nordkinn on the Barents Sea in the north, to Sweden's Skåne County in the Baltic Sea in the south.