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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.
160,885 km 2 (62,118 sq mi) Sweden is a country in Northern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It borders Norway to the west (which is one of Sweden’s non- EU neighbours); Finland to the northeast; and the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia to the south and east. At 450,295 km 2 (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe ...
Norrland when Finland was an integrated part of Sweden. Norrland ( Swedish: [ˈnɔ̌rːland] ⓘ, "Northland", originally Norrlanden or "the Northlands") is the northernmost, largest and least populated of the three traditional lands of Sweden, consisting of nine provinces. Although Norrland does not serve any administrative purposes, it ...
Lapland, also known by its Swedish name Lappland ( Northern Sami: Sápmi, Finnish: Lappi, Latin: Lapponia ), is a province in northernmost Sweden. It borders Jämtland, Ångermanland, Västerbotten, Norrbotten, Norway and Finland. Nearly a quarter of Sweden's land area is in Lappland. Lapland originally extended eastward.
Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. Scandinavia most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also refer to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes a part of northern Finland ).
The Scandinavian Peninsula[ 1] is located in Northern Europe, and roughly comprises the mainlands of Sweden, Norway and the northwestern area of Finland . The name of the peninsula is derived from the term Scandinavia, the cultural region of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. That cultural name is in turn derived from the name of Scania, the region at ...
Sweden, [f] formally the Kingdom of Sweden, [g] [h] is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), [ 4 ] Sweden is the largest Nordic country and the fifth-largest country in Europe.
Ras ben Sakka ( the northernmost point of mainland Africa) 37°31′N. 37°21′N. Iraq. North of Sanat. 37°23′N. Syria. Tigris south of Cizre. 37°19′N.