Geographically, there are 3 Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Sweden, and Norway). Culturally, there are 6 Scandinavian countries Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland and The Faroe Islands.
As is often the case, it depends. Geographically, Finland could be considered Scandinavian and at one time was a part of the Swedish Kingdom. However, Finnish is not a Scandinavian language and Finns are ethnically distinct from Scandinavians.
It is believed that the name used by Pliny may be of West Germanic origin, originally denoting Scania. The name Scandinavia would then mean "dangerous island", which is considered to refer to the treacherous sandbanks surrounding Scania.
Distance from Norway to Sweden is 563 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 350 miles. The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Norway and Sweden is 563 km= 350 miles.
In the current scenario, while the term 'Scandinavia' is commonly used for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the term "Nordic countries" is vaguely used for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, including their associated territories of Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Åland Islands.
The supposed physical traits of the Nordics included light eyes, light skin, tall stature, and dolichocephalic skull; their psychological traits were deemed to be truthfulness, equitability, a competitive spirit, naivete, reservedness, and individualism.
Another major reason why Norway is so wealthy is Petroleum. It has also received significant sums of wealth from petroleum exports after 1970s. It also has one of the largest reserves of seafood, hydro-power, lumber, minerals, natural gas, and freshwater. Norwegians enjoy the unparalleled levels of economic wealth.
Norway: 35.6 °C and –51.4 °C / 96.1 °F and –60.5 °F. Finland: 37.2 °C and –51.5 °C / 99.0 °F and –60.7 °F. Sweden: 38.0 °C and –52.6 °C / 100.4 °F and –62.7 °F.
With the outbreak of hostilities in 1939, Norway again declared itself neutral. On April 9, 1940, German troops invaded the country and quickly occupied Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, and Narvik. After three weeks the war was abandoned in southern Norway.
Norway is not a member state of the European Union (EU). Norway had considered joining both the EEC and the European Union, but opted to decline following referendums in 1972 and 1994.
They were allowed to keep their constitution. Denmark was forced to surrender Norway because Frederik VI of Denmark had backed Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars. As a small compenation, Frederik VI was granted the tiny German duchy of Lauenburg by the European super powers.
On the pretext that Norway needed protection from British and French interference, Germany invaded Norway for several reasons: strategically, to secure ice-free harbors from which its naval forces could seek to control the North Atlantic; to pre-empt a British and French invasion with the same purpose; and.
Sweden maintained its policy of neutrality during World War II. Iron ore was sold to Germany throughout the war. And for the Allies, Sweden shared military intelligence and helped to train soldier refugees from Denmark and Norway, to be used in the liberation of their home countries.
After the end of the war, Haakon and the Norwegian royal family returned to Norway aboard the cruiser HMS Norfolk, arriving with the First Cruiser Squadron to cheering crowds in Oslo on 7 June 1945, exactly five years after they had been evacuated from Tromsø.
