Subject: Re: Marine 4point? - Scandinavia<br/>
Date: Feb 23, 2003 @ 20:02<br/>
Author: Francisco &lt;xuax@netvisao.pt&gt; (&quot;Francisco &lt;xuax@...&gt;&quot; &lt;xuax@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-612287407">&quot;Jan S. Krogh&quot; &lt;jan.krogh@t...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Finland is not situated on the Scandinavian peninsula; neither is <br/>
 </span></blockquote>the main<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; population of Scandinavian origin.<br/>
<br/>
&gt; Scandinavia + Finland = the Nordic countries (<br/>
&gt; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lysator.liu.se/nordic/">http://www.lysator.liu.se/nordic/</a> )<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>OK, this is what I am aware of. The Scandinavian countries are those <br/>
situated in the Scandinavian peninsula: Norway and Sweden. The <br/>
others, related by language, culture, history, economics, etc, <br/>
(members of the Nordic Council) join the Scandinavian countries in <br/>
the broad denomination of Nordic countries<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Iceland is mainly populated by Scandinavians and [therefor] <br/>
 </span></blockquote>speaking a<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Scandinavian language.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Well, by this rationale Brazil is a Lusitanian (Portuguese) country <br/>
and New Zealand is a British country, just to mention two examples.<br/>
Is the case Scandinavia-Iceland different?<br/>
<br/>
Francisco</div>