Finland is not situated on the Scandinavian peninsula; neither is the
main population of Scandinavian origin.
Iceland is mainly populated by Scandinavians and [therefor] speaking a
Scandinavian language.
Jan
Outside Scandinavia all the Nordic
Countries (Iceland, Norway,
Sweden, Finland and Denmark) are usually
refered to also as
Scandinavian countries, despite this isn't strictly
geographically
correct.
Anyway, in this case, Finland is also a
Scandinavian republic.
By the other hand, if you call Scandinavia just the
geographic
region, then Iceland is not a Scandinavian country.
So, in
either option Jan's statement seems to be incorrect. Or am I
missing
something?