Scandinavia

With a landscape largely shaped by glaciers over the last ice age, the Scandinavian Peninsula is as picturesque in the winter as it is cold.
Image courtesy of Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe. Strictly speaking the term refers to the Scandinavian Peninsula, but it is often used to mean the three nations of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

The Scandinavian Peninsula consists of Norway, Sweden, and northern Finland. The peninsula is approximately 1,850 kilometers (1,150 miles) from the southernmost to the southernmost point, and between approximately 370–805 km (230-500 miles) from east to west.

Norway, Sweden, and Denmark share a common history, including political, linguistic, and cultural ties.