Tourism activities have also been improving in recent years. The western coast of the Scandinavian peninsula is relatively warm due to the influence of the Gulf Stream hot water stream in winter. The interior is very cold; lakes and streams freeze.
The flags of Scandinavian countries are similar, and many people are curious about it. Why are the flags of the Scandinavian countries similar?
The whole story begins with a book published in the s. This picture is the first known drawing of any Scandinavian flag. A second Danish flag dated is available. It is seen that the Nordic Cross theme dates to these days as the Christianity spreading in Scandinavia is being influenced by the flags.
Up to this date, crosses in the form of Greek Cross will become Nordic Cross in the following periods. In , under the Danish rule, a monarchical administration was established under the name of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Greenland Kalmar Union. The flag is in the form of a Nordic Cross. Today, the Viking grandchild, who shares this historical heritage, carries flags of the same form, with different colors of Scandinavian countries. You can see these flags and their meanings below;.
The Scandinavian Peninsula has an area of , square kilometers. The number of people living on the peninsula is around The borders of the Scandinavian Peninsula are indented and filled with fjords. On the peninsula, there are mountains not exceeding 2, m. There are also many lakes in the large part of the area.
There are many rivers, like the network of the island. Scandinavia, isolated with Isthmus, which separates Bothnian Bay from the Baltic Sea, and spreads over an area of 1, km, covers an area of , square kilometers, four of which are beyond the Rise of the Arctic Circle. The width reaches km between Bergen and Stockholm, but it does not exceed 50 km on the German border. The length of the coast to the sea is 35, km. This feature of the peninsula has enabled the Scandinavian peoples to master the maritime area.
According to archaeological finds, In Scandinavia, which is between the 4th and 8th centuries, population density is low. Approximately 17 million people have settled in cities and coasts. These experienced mariners from the grandchildren of the Vikings now have developed fishing fleets and are engaged in trade. The Scandinavians have also benefited from the unfavorable nature of the hemisphere and have been able to skillfully use natural sources of income: from the sea, from forests timber, paper clay , from soils fodder plants, potatoes, rye, livestock , from rivers hydroelectricity.
You can find useful information about the Nordic Region and each of its countries here. Facts about Denmark Denmark, the most southerly of the Nordic countries, is a small, densely populated country, made up of a large of islands skirted by lovely beaches. Facts about Denmark. Facts about Finland Lakes and forests characterise the expansive Finnish landscape. Facts about Finland. Facts about Iceland Iceland, the volcanic island in the north Atlantic is famous for its hot springs and dramatic scenery.
Facts about Iceland. Facts about Norway For many, Norway is synonymous with oil and mountains. Depending on your point of view regarding Denmark, Scandinavia's most southern point is either at Smygehuk in Trelleborg in southern Sweden, or on the Danish island Falster in the Baltic Sea. Finland is less frequently counted as part of Scandinavia than Denmark, even though, as stated above, geographically there is a lot of reason to count at least the country's north as part of it.
The Finnish history is closely intertwined with that of Sweden in particular, since the country was under Swedish rule for centuries. Iceland also has close linguistic and historic ties with Scandiavia and is therefore sometimes also seen as part of a Scandinavian or Nordic cultural community of values, even though the island on Europe's outmost margin is situated almost 1, kilometers away from the Norwegian coast.
As stated above the Scandinavian Peninsula's northeastern border is not clearly defined. Sometimes a larger area named Fenno-Scandinavia , or Fennoscandia is regarded. Denmark, Sweden, and Norway are not only geographically close to each other and have a rich common history. Also their languages are quite similar and usually Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians can easily communicate with each other with everyone still speaking their mother tongue.
Icelandic and Faroese also belong to the North Germanic, or Nordic languages. Even though they are still quite similar, communication with continental Scandinavians is significantly more difficult.
That's why Icelandic and Faroese are also referred to as the Insular Nordic languages. Geographically and historically Finland has close ties with the rest of Scandinavia. The Finnish language, however, sets the country clearly apart. Where the Nordic languages, as English, Dutch, or German, are part of the family of Germanic and Indo-European languages, Finnish is an Uralic language, and thus distantly related to Estonian and Hungarian.
About , Finnish native speakers live in Sweden and Finnish has the status of an official minority language there. As such, most Finnish schoolchildren learn Swedish as a second language, and are also fluent in English by the time they become adults. With a population of less than half a million people, Iceland is the smallest of the main Nordic nations by quite some way. Yet despite this, the country somehow manages to punch way above its weight. Tourism is a massive draw to the island, in particular to the world-famous Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, the incredible landscapes, and to a lesser extent the westfjords region.
Which is your favourite Scandinavian country? If you love Scandinavia, why not share that love on Pinterest? It's one of our favourite places to plan a trip. We've got just the pin for you. Just hit that Pinterest button!
He now works as a professional writer on all things Scandinavia. I love to visit the Scandinavian country as l can see that is a lovely country during my next holiday ,please kindly send me the list of area and tourism zone to visit. It is Soo amazing, how cheerful and loving Scandinavian countries are United. An evident demonstration of love and unity, definitely a good place to visit or even live.
Soo much to learn from these countries! I love to visit these countries and was recently in Copenhagen and hope to visit Oslo soon. Have been in Tromso and Stockholme in the last 3 years and Gottenborg. Northwestern part of Finland is geographically on the Scandinavian peninsula, Denmark is not.
Finnish language is, however, completely different from the Scandinavian languages, though Finland is officially bilingual and has a Swedish speaking minority. This group contains Estonian and some minority groups speaking related Baltic languages The Finno-Ugric group has similarities with Hungarian and all belong to the Ural-Altaic family of languages which includes the Turkic group of languages and these can be traced to Mongolian territory. One province in Finland is Swedish speaking.
Finland has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish. Finnish is the mother tongue of about 90 percent of Finns. Swedish is the mother tongue for about 5 percent of the Finns. Swedish is mostly spoken on the west and south coasts of Finland.
0コメント