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Quote Originally Posted by Innocentius View Post
Well, Finns are finno-ugrians (just like Hungarians, Karelians, Estonians etc.) while Swedes, Danes and Norwegians are germanics (just like Germans). Scandinavia is a geographic entity consisting of the peninsula formed by Sweden and Norway, and really has nothing to do with ethnicity.
Exactly. Which again, is why don't really understand why Finland has always been lumped in with the rest of the Scandinavian nations. For convenience's sake, probably, but that's only a guess on my part.


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Are you sure they didn't call it a Nordic country? Finland is a Nordic country (1 of 5) but not part of Scandinavia (3 nations).
Yep, I'm sure. My geography textbooks actually labeled Finland as a Scandinavian country, even though it's not part of the peninsula proper.




Quote Originally Posted by Sigurd Fafnesbane View Post
I also heard that the police officer that had questioned this madman the day before he killed 10 people and let him go and let him keep his weapons are under psycriatic help. Too much for the poor guy.
Gah. Yeah, I can't imagine how he feels right now. Talk about guilt....