Which Nordic countries are home to the design movement to which also the art of the artist Alvar Aalto belongs to?
Scandinavian design Scandinavian design is a design movement characterized by simplicity, minimalism and functionality that emerged in the 1950s in the five Nordic countries of Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Denmark. While the term Scandinavia only refers to the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, it is often used colloquially to refer to all five of these countries.
Alec Aalto Alec Mikael Aalto (born. 24 September 1942 Helsinki) is a Finnish diplomat. In the Foreign Ministry, he started in 1979 and served as Finland's Ambassador in Austria (1991-1995), Italy (2003-2006) and Sweden in 2006-2010 until his retirement.