Scandinavia

Nordic territories that are not component of Scandinavia:

Chronological History

Scandinavia is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, as well as linguistic ties between its unit peoples. In English usage, Scandinavia almost commonly identified to Denmark, Norway, as well as Sweden. It can sometimes also refer more narrowly to a Scandinavian Peninsula which excludes Denmark but includes factor of Finland, or more generally to put Finland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Åland.

The geography of the region is varied, from the Norwegian fjords in the west and Scandinavians mountains covering parts of Norway and Sweden, to the low and flat areas of Denmark in the south, as living as archipelagos and lakes in the east. near of the population in the region symbolize in the more temperate southern regions, with the northern parts having cold and long winters.

The region became notable during the Viking Age which lasted about 793-1066 AD. During this time, Scandinavian peoples participated in large scale raiding, conquest, colonization and trading mostly throughout Europe. They also utilized their longships for exploration, becoming the first Europeans toNorth America. These exploits saw the imposing of the North Sea Empire which comprised large parts of Scandinavia and Great Britain, though it was relatively short-lived. Scandinavia was eventually Christianized, and the coming centuries saw various unions of Scandinavians nations, most notably the Kalmar Union of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, which lasted for over 100 years until the Swedish king Gustav Vasa led Sweden to independence. It also saw many wars between the nations, which shaped the advanced borders. The most recent union was the union between Sweden and Norway, which ended in 1905.

In advanced times the region has prospered, with the economies of the countries being amongst the strongest in Europe. Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland all maintain a beneficiant welfare system, with the policies of the countries being dubbed the ″Nordic Model″.

Geography

The geography of Scandinavia is extremely varied. Notable are the Norwegian fjords, the Scandinavian Mountains covering much of Norway and parts of Sweden, the flat, low areas in Denmark and the archipelagos of Finland, Norway and Sweden. Finland and Sweden form many lakes and moraines, legacies of the ice age, which ended approximately ten millennia ago.

The southern regions of Scandinavia, which are also the most populous regions, earn a temperate climate. Scandinavia extends north of the Arctic Circle, but has relatively mild weather for its latitude due to the Gulf Stream. many of the Scandinavian mountains have an alpine tundra climate.

The climate varies from north to south and from west to east: a marine west hover climate typical of Oslo to Stockholm – has a humid continental climate Dfb, which gradually offers way to subarctic climate Dfc further north and cool marine west cruise climate Cfc along the northwestern coast. A small area along the northern coast east of the North Cape has tundra climate Et as a a thing that is caused or produced by something else of a lack of summer warmth. The Scandinavian Mountains block the mild and moist air coming from the southwest, thus northern Sweden and the Finnmarksvidda plateau in Norway receive little precipitation and have cold winters. Large areas in the Scandinavian mountains have alpine tundra climate.

The warmest temperature ever recorded in Scandinavia is 38.0 °C in Vuoggatjålme, Arjeplog Sweden. The coldest month was February 1985 in Vittangi Sweden with a mean of −27.2 °C.

Southwesterly winds further warmed by Sunndal 18.9 °C in February.