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https://www.thoughtco.com/countries-of-scandinavia-1434588
This is on the internet, so it must be true.Yeah for some reason the English-speaking world in particular often gets this wrong. Scandinavians are those who speak Germanic languages that descend from Norse. Finns, although Nordic, speak a Finno-Ugric language. Confusingly, the peninsula on which all these peoples live is called Fennoscandia. There is a gulf that splits Scandinavia and Finland but not much longer because of a very rapid rate of post-glacial land uplift. Another thing that adds to the confusion is that Finland is bilingual (Finnish, Swedish) because the Swedes were kind enough to look after us for half a millenium before losing the province to Russia in a war in the early 19th century.
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I once heard a joke that, as the original Finno-Ugric-speaking tribes were schlepping West out of the steppes, they came to a sign saying "Go North." And everybody who could read, did. Fella that told me was Hungarian, as it happens.
In actual Scandinavian news, I have friends in Norway who work as senior nurses in the biggest hospital in their region. They've been told to make contingency plans assuming 40% sick leave among their staff.
Which is only really news that somebody is planning hard. And taking things very seriously.
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Yeah for some reason the English-speaking world in particular often gets this wrong. Scandinavians are those who speak Germanic languages that descend from Norse. Finns, although Nordic, speak a Finno-Ugric language. Confusingly, the peninsula on which all these peoples live is called Fennoscandia. There is a gulf that splits Scandinavia and Finland but not much longer because of a very rapid rate of post-glacial land uplift. Another thing that adds to the confusion is that Finland is bilingual (Finnish, Swedish) because the Swedes were kind enough to look after us for half a millenium before losing the province to Russia in a war in the early 19th century.
So is Iceland in Scandinavia or not?
I am now getting conufesd.
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What happens to the gulf due to the post -glacial land uplift ?
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https://www.thoughtco.com/countries-of-scandinavia-1434588
This is on the internet, so it must be true.