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A map of Scandinavia. The red area shows the most common usage: the three monarchies; Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The orange area shows an extended usage: including Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

Scandinavia is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties. It commonly consists of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, of which the former two lie on the Scandinavian peninsula. Extended usage incudes Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

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The fact that Danish business leaders are warning of damage to the nation's brand, it is, however, strangely welcome. Seeming much more unfriendly and closed than other countries is the only path open to desperate politicians facing exploding costs and seemingly insurmountable integration issues. And darker measures may still lie ahead.
- Kasper Fogh, "Refugee crisis: Why Scandinavian countries are trying to look bad" (8 February 2016), CNN

Gothic history, as it appears in every modern account, is a story of migration. Traditionally, it begins in Scandinavia, moves to the southern shores of the Baltic around the mouth of the Vistula river, and then onwards to the Black Sea. Depending upon what study one reads, one can find it stated that written sources, archaeology, and linguistic evidence all demonstrate that just such a migration took place, if not out of Scandinavia then at least out of Poland. In fact, there is just a single source for this extended story of Gothic migration, the Getica of Jordanes... It is only the text of Jordanes that leads scholars to privilege the Wielbark connection... The Gotones mentioned in Tacitus, Germania 44.1 and located somewhere in what is now modern Poland would not be regarded as Goths if Jordanes’ migration stories did not exist.
- Michael Kulikowski, Rome’s Gothic Wars (2006) pp. 43, 67, 212

Firstly, I must say, that I personally believe that Russia is not by any means without faults. But the amount of anti-Russian propaganda in our media today is a throwback to the Cold War era. We must ask the question: Is this leading to more arms, a bigger NATO? Possibly to challenge large powers in the Middle East and Asia, as we see the US approaching the South China seas, and NATO Naval games taking place in the Black Sea. Missile compounds are being erected in Romania, Poland and other ex-Soviet countries, while military games are set up in Scandinavia close to the Russian border to practice for a cold climate war scenario.
- Mairead Maguire, "Why the Catholic Church Should Abolish the Anti-Christian "Just War" Theory, Following Pope Francis' visit to Ireland, a reflection on abuse, violence, war, and peacemaking", Common Dreams (6 September 2018)

One of the things that's just clearly evident is that we here in the U.S. are very special in having a developed country that sill has some amazingly dark skies especially in the western half of the United States. To find skies as dark as what we have out here, in say Europe for instance, you'd have to travel to far northern Scandinavia or you'd have to travel down to northern Africa, so we are very lucky here to have a wonderful transportation network as well as dark skies, so take that opportunity to go out and find those parks in the dark places of our country.
- Interview With Tyler Nordgren, Sky and Telescope Magazine (19 March 2012)

I agree with what goes on in Canada and in Scandinavia: guaranteeing healthcare to all people as a human right. I believe that the United States should not be the only major country on Earth not to provide paid family and medical leave. I believe that every worker in this country deserves a living wage and that we expand the trade union movement... what we should be doing is creating an economy that works for all of us, not 1%.
*Bernie Sanders, "Bernie Sanders on Democratic Socialism: We Want to Create an Economy That Works for All of Us", DemocracyNow (13 September 2019)

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