Scandinavia does not include Greenland.
Scandinavia -LSB- ˌskændɪˈneɪviə -RSB- is a historical and cultural region in Northern Europe characterized by a common ethnocultural North Germanic heritage and mutually intelligible North Germanic languages .. historical. Historical region. cultural. culture. Northern Europe. Northern Europe. North Germanic languages. North Germanic languages. mutually intelligible. mutual intelligibility. The term Scandinavia always includes the three kingdoms of Denmark , Norway , and Sweden .. Denmark. Denmark. Norway. Norway. Sweden. Sweden. The remote Norwegian islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen are usually not seen as a part of Scandinavia , nor is Greenland , an overseas territory of Denmark .. Norwegian. Norwegian language. Denmark. Denmark. Svalbard. Svalbard. Jan Mayen. Jan Mayen. Greenland. Greenland. However , the Faroe Islands , also a Danish overseas territory , are sometimes included , as sometimes are Iceland , Finland , and the Finnish autonomous region of the Aland Islands , because of their historical association with the Scandinavian countries and the Scandinavian peoples and languages .. Scandinavian. Scandinavian people. Danish. Danish language. Finnish. Finnish language. historical. Historical region. Faroe Islands. Faroe Islands. Iceland. Iceland. Finland. Finland. Aland Islands. Aland Islands. This looser definition almost equates to that of the Nordic countries .. Nordic countries. Nordic countries. In Nordic languages , only Denmark , Norway and Sweden are commonly included in the definition of Scandinavia .. Denmark. Denmark. Norway. Norway. Sweden. Sweden. Nordic languages. North Germanic languages. In English usage , Scandinavia sometimes refers to the geographical area , also known as the Scandinavian Peninsula .. Scandinavian. Scandinavian people. Scandinavian Peninsula. Scandinavian Peninsula. The name Scandinavia originally referred vaguely to the formerly Danish , now Swedish , region Scania .. Danish. Danish language. Swedish. Swedish language. Scania. Scania. The terms Scandinavia and Scandinavian entered usage in the late 18th century as terms for Denmark , Norway and Sweden , their Germanic majority peoples and associated language and culture , the term being introduced by the early linguistic and cultural Scandinavist movement .. Scandinavian. Scandinavian people. cultural. culture. Denmark. Denmark. Norway. Norway. Sweden. Sweden. associated language. Scandinavian languages. Scandinavist movement. Scandinavism. The majority of the population of Scandinavia are descended from several -LRB- North -RRB- Germanic tribes who originally inhabited the southern part of Scandinavia and spoke a Germanic language that evolved into Old Norse .. Germanic language. Germanic language. Old Norse. Old Norse. Icelanders and the Faroese are to a significant extent descended from the Norse , and are therefore often seen as Scandinavian .. Scandinavian. Scandinavian people. Faroese. Faroese language. Icelanders. Icelanders. Finland is mainly populated by Finns , with a minority of approximately 5 % of Swedish speakers .. Swedish. Swedish language. Finland. Finland. Finns. Finns. Swedish speakers. Swedish-speaking population of Finland. A small minority of Sami people live in the extreme north of Scandinavia .. Sami. Sami languages. Sami people. Sami people. The Danish , Norwegian and Swedish languages form a dialect continuum and are known as the Scandinavian languages -- all of which are considered mutually intelligible with one another .. Scandinavian. Scandinavian people. Danish. Danish language. Norwegian. Norwegian language. Swedish. Swedish language. dialect continuum. dialect continuum. Scandinavian languages. North Germanic languages. mutually intelligible. mutual intelligibility. Faroese and Icelandic , sometimes referred to as insular Scandinavian languages , are intelligible in continental Scandinavian languages only to a limited extent .. Scandinavian. Scandinavian people. Icelandic. Icelandic language. Faroese. Faroese language. Scandinavian languages. North Germanic languages. Finnish and Meankieli are closely related to each other and more distantly to the Sami languages , but are entirely unrelated to the Scandinavian languages .. Scandinavian. Scandinavian people. Finnish. Finnish language. Sami. Sami languages. Meankieli. Meankieli. Scandinavian languages. North Germanic languages. Sami languages. Sami languages. Apart from these , German , Yiddish and Romani are recognized minority languages in Scandinavia .. German. German language. Yiddish. Yiddish. Romani. Romani language. The southern and by far most populous regions of Scandinavia have a temperate climate .. temperate climate. temperate climate. Scandinavia extends north of the Arctic Circle , but has relatively mild weather for its latitude due to the Gulf Stream .. Arctic Circle. Arctic Circle. Gulf Stream. Gulf Stream. Much of the Scandinavian mountains have an alpine tundra climate .. Scandinavian. Scandinavian people. alpine tundra. alpine tundra. There are many lakes and moraines , legacies of the last glacial period , which ended about ten millennia ago .. moraines. moraines. last glacial period. last glacial period