re: Christmas in Iceland is the stoff of nightmares for children

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Just don't eat the fermented shark that they offer you.

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On the initiation trip he had to hold a green poster board the whole weekend that was his green card and flash it to the "INS", which was anyone that drove a white car.

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double down even though you’re wrong, classic

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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 more narrowly to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes a part of northern Finland)

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Scandinavia, part of northern Europe, generally held to consist of the two countries of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Norway and Sweden, with the addition of Denmark.

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In short, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark are all Nordic countries with Scandinavian roots, but typically, you will only find Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish people referring to themselves as Scandinavian.

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The Scandinavian Peninsula is a mountainous region extending from the Barents Sea in the north to the Baltic Sea in the south. Geographically, this includes only Norway and Sweden—but the history of Denmark is so closely tied to the other two countries that it is considered a part of Scandinavia in almost every sense. In fact, the name Scandinavia comes from the region of Scania, which was once part of Denmark but is now the southern Swedish region of Skåne. In most cases, therefore, Scandinavia refers to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

Nordic, on the other hand, is a much more inclusive term. It comes from the French word nordique, meaning north, and comprises several northern European countries: the three Scandinavian countries of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, plus Finland and Iceland. In addition, three autonomous territories are included under the Nordic umbrella: the Faroe Islands and Greenland (both part of the Kingdom of Denmark) and Åland, a Swedish-speaking autonomous region of Finland. The term Norden can also be used in place of Nordic.

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Quite simply, Scandinavian design refers to design from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, whereas Nordic design refers to design from both Scandinavia and those other territories grouped under the Nordic label. It’s that simple!

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