Oh really

Horetore, can you comment on the English military's fascination with Bergen? Link

They seem to have "visited" a bit frequently for a place that's just a touch farther from Brighton than, say, Calais...

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Originally Posted by HoreTore

Your "argument" is irrelevant, as the simple fact is that "Scandinavia" means "Norway, Sweden and Denmark". You're thinking of a different geographic region, called "The North"(norwegian: "Norden", sometimes "nordic countries"), which also includes Finland and Iceland. No point in "arguing" any further my friend, these are the facts.

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But the concept of Scandinavia came into existence when Finland and Iceland didn't exist and were owned by Sweden/Norway/Denmark. So those areas were under the control of the three powers.

Then if you go geographically speaking, only Norway and Sweden are on the Scandinavian peninsula. However, looking at the map, the area known as the Baltic Shield (Fennoscandinavia) looks "together" in the same way Britain does, the Iberian peninsula, Italian peninsula, etc.

Ultimately, common English usage of the term Scandinavia is the Nordic countries, for many different reasons and concepts.

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Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh

Horetore, can you comment on the English military's fascination with Bergen? Link

They seem to have "visited" a bit frequently for a place that's just a touch farther from Brighton than, say, Calais...

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Well the English government is keen on a friendly Norway due to our coastline being quite ideal to harrass England with, and Bergen is a major port on our west coast... Might be it?

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Originally Posted by Beskar

But the concept of Scandinavia came into existence when Finland and Iceland didn't exist and were owned by Sweden/Norway/Denmark.

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Wrong at the start. The "concept of Scandinavia" pre-dates our nation states by a milennium, the Romans were the ones who came up with it.

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Originally Posted by Beskar

Ultimately, common English usage of the term Scandinavia is the Nordic countries, for many different reasons and concepts.

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Then the english language is wrong, plain and simple. It isn't common usage in any of the correct languagues, ie. Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.