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Homann's map of the Scandinavian Peninsula and Fennoscandia with their surrounding territories: northern Germany, northern Poland, the Baltic region, Livonia, Belarus, and parts of Northwest Russia. Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724) was a German geographer and cartographer; map dated around 1730.

The history of Scandinavia is the history of the geographical region of Scandinavia and its peoples. The region is located in Northern Europe, and consists of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Finland and Iceland are at times, especially in English-speaking contexts, considered part of Scandinavia.

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History of Scandinavia

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The history of Scandinavia is the history of the geographical region of Scandinavia and its peoples. The region is located in Northern Europe, and consists...

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Scandinavia

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Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. Scandinavia most...

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Christianization of Scandinavia

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Christianization of Scandinavia, as well as other Nordic countries and the Baltic countries, took place between the 8th and the 12th centuries. The realms of Denmark...

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Culture of Scandinavia

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The Culture of Scandinavia encompasses the cultures of the Scandinavia region Northern Europe including Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and may also include...

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Iron Age Scandinavia

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Iron Age Scandinavia (or Nordic Iron Age) was the Iron Age, as it unfolded in Scandinavia. It was preceded by the Nordic Bronze Age. The 6th and 5th centuries...

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Vikings

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the inhabitants of the Scandinavian homelands as a whole. The Vikings had a profound impact on the early medieval history of Scandinavia, the British Isles...

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Scandinavian prehistory

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pre-history of Scandinavia begins at the end of the Pleistocene epoch, following the last glacial period's receding Fenno-Scandian ice sheet. Parts of Denmark...

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Viking Age

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period in the history of the Nordic countries. Scholars outside Scandinavia did not begin to extensively reassess the achievements of the Vikings until...

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Scandinavian Peninsula

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mainlands of Sweden, Norway and the northwestern area of Finland. The name of the peninsula is derived from the term Scandinavia, the cultural region of Denmark...

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Kalmar Union

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Calmariensis) was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by widowed Queen Margaret of Norway and Sweden. From 1397 to 1523...

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History of Sweden

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Flag of Sweden Swedish intervention in Persia Foreign relations of Sweden#History History of Scandinavia History of Sweden (1772–1809) History of the European...

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Hanseatic League

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Origins of the Junkers". Essays in German History. A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-4411-3272-7. Pulsiano, Phillip; Wolf, Kirsten (2019) [1993]. Medieval Scandinavia: An...

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History of Denmark

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History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. (U of Minnesota Press, 1979.) ISBN 0-8166-3799-7. Lauring, Palle. A History of Denmark...

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Union between Sweden and Norway

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Haakon VII. List of Swedish monarchs List of Norwegian monarchs History of Norway History of Sweden History of Denmark History of Scandinavia Norway in 1814...

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Scania

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in Sweden, as well as the fifth-largest in Scandinavia. To the north, Scania borders the former provinces of Halland and Småland, to the northeast Blekinge...

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Arson in medieval Scandinavia

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Arson in medieval Scandinavia (Old Norse hús-brenna or hús-bruni, "house-burning") was a technique sometimes employed in blood feuds and political conflicts...

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Carta marina

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creature featured in the Carta marina "Carta Marina". Olaus Magnus' Scandinavia. University of Minnesota. Retrieved 10 June 2016. Kleim, Uwe (1989). "Ein Kartenwerk...

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Nordic colonialism

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requires |journal= (help) Wedin, Maud (October 2012). "Highlights of Research in Scandinavia on Forest Finns" (PDF). American-Swedish Organization. Archived...

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North Sea Empire

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A History of the Kingdom of Denmark. Translated by Hohnen, David. Copenhagen: Høst. p. 56. OCLC 5954675. Freeman, Edward A. (1867). The History of the...

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History of Estonia

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Estonia, September 1997. 1997. Helle, Knut (2003). The Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 51. ISBN 0-521-47299-7...

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Genetic history of Europe

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origins of the Greek Neolithic: a personal view, in Ammerman and Biagi (2003 eds). Rodríguez-Varela, Ricardo et al. "The genetic history of Scandinavia from...

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Wild Scandinavia

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Wild Scandinavia is a three-part natural history television series, first broadcast on the US network PBS. The series is narrated by Swedish actress Rebecca...

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Harald Bluetooth

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Inge (2003), Helle, Knut (ed.), "The making of the Danish kingdom", The Cambridge History of Scandinavia: Volume 1: Prehistory to 1520, Cambridge University...

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Scandinavian Journal of History

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Scandinavian Journal of History is a peer-reviewed journal in English, published since 1976 under the auspices of the historical associations of Denmark, Finland...

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Legendary saga

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primarily Scandinavia in the time prior to the settlement of Iceland and the conversion of Scandinavia, but occasionally it moves temporarily to more distant...

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