Re: I have been waiting my divorcce papers from America since March,2000 and I have not received these yet ... I am not an American ..

From: Lassi Hippeläinen (lahippel_at_ieee.orgies.invalid)
Date: 03/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 19:50:28 GMT

Henrick Hellström wrote:
>
> Sigvaldi Eggertsson wrote:
>
> > Scandinavia is Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The Nordic countries are
> > Scandinavia + Iceland and Finland (and the Faroes, Åland and
> > Greenland)
>
> Denmark was not really a Scandinavian country (i.e. it is not located on
> the Scandivian penisula) until it was made one by the Scandinavian
> Movement in the late 19th century.

As a geological concept, "Scandinavia" refers only to the peninsula
(Sweden + Norway). As a historical and political concept "Scandinavian
countries" covers also the surrounding areas, Finland, Denmark, Iceland,
and some smaller islands. The two meanings have caused some confusion,
and the term "Nordic countries" (in the latter meaning) has been coined
as a solution. But IMHO Greenland isn't one of the Nordic countries,
even though it is formally part of Denmark...

-- Lassi

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