Subject: Re: Marine 4point? - Scandinavia<br/>
Date: Feb 23, 2003 @ 21:07<br/>
Author: anorak222 &lt;listen@wschwanke.de&gt; (&quot;anorak222 &lt;listen@...&gt;&quot; &lt;listen@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1189460222">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;Francisco &lt;xuax@n...&gt;&quot; &lt;xuax@n...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; Outside Scandinavia all the Nordic Countries (Iceland, Norway, <br/>
&gt; Sweden, Finland and Denmark) are usually refered to also as <br/>
&gt; Scandinavian countries, despite this isn&#39;t strictly geographically <br/>
&gt; correct.<br/>
&gt; Anyway, in this case, Finland is also a Scandinavian republic.<br/>
&gt; By the other hand, if you call Scandinavia just the geographic <br/>
&gt; region, then Iceland is not a Scandinavian country.<br/>
&gt; So, in either option Jan&#39;s statement seems to be incorrect. Or am I <br/>
&gt; missing something?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>IMHO:<br/>
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Scandinavia as a geographic entity (the peninsula attached to the North of mainland Europe): Finland, Norway, Sweden (parts of Russia even).<br/>
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Scandinavia as a cultural entity (the set of Nordic countries who share common traditions and cultural bonds): Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland<br/>
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Scandinavia as a linguistic entity (those countries that speak a North Germanic language): Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland<br/>
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That is how I understand it anyway<br/>
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Regards</div>