Whats are the scandinavian countries?
For the most part, this is straightforward: Scandinavia encompasses Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland without question. It gets a little more complicated with Finland. Finland is easily included along with the others when the countries are referred to as “Nordic” — however, when you’re rapping with scholars on the topic, it gets a bit more difficult to untangle. I once called Finland a “Scandinavian” country in the presence of a Finn and nearly got my head bit off. “We’re not Scandinavians!” he said. To him it was as simple as that. To make a long story short, linguistically, Finland is not of the same stock as the Scandinavian countries (Finnish belonging to the Finno-Ugric language family) and, studies are indicating, they are not of the same genetic stock, either; Scandinavians tend to be taller, with more blonde /red hair in evidence, whilst Finns, though fair- skinned as well, are somewhat smaller and tend more toward brown hair and dark eyes. (Obviously you will have your fai