Norrland
Jämtland County
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Scandinavian Peninsula

The Scandinavian Peninsula is located in Northern Europe, and roughly comprises the mainlands of , and the northwestern area of . It is the largest of the peninsulas of , with a greater area than the Balkan, and Italian peninsulas.
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  • Type: Peninsula
  • Description: peninsula in Northern Europe
  • Also known as: “Scandinavia”

Scandinavian Peninsula

Latitude
63° north
Longitude
14° east
Open location code
9FMP2222+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4871575221
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peninsula
Wiki­data ID
Q73169
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Scandinavian Peninsula” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Skandinawiese Skiereiland”
  • Albanian: “Gadishulli Skandinav”
  • Albanian: “Siujdhesa Skandinave”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σκανδία”
  • Arabic: “شبه الجزيرة الإسكندنافية”
  • Arabic: “شبه الجزيرة الاسكندنافية”
  • Armenian: “Սկանդինավյան թերակղզի”
  • Asturian: “Península Escandinava”
  • Azerbaijani: “Skandinaviya yarımadası”
  • Bashkir: “Скандинавия ярымутрауы”
  • Basque: “Eskandinabiar penintsula”
  • Basque: “Eskandinaviako penintsula”
  • Basque: “Eskandinaviar penintsula”
  • Belarusian: “Скандынаўская паўвыспа”
  • Belarusian: “Скандынаўскі паўвостраў”
  • Bosnian: “Skandinavsko poluostrvo”
  • Bulgarian: “Скандинавски полуостров”
  • Bulgarian: “Скандинавския полуостров”
  • Burmese: “စကင်ဒီနေးဗီးယားကျွန်းဆွယ်”
  • Catalan: “Peninsula d’Escandinàvia”
  • Catalan: “Península Escandinava”
  • Cebuano: “Scandinavian Peninsula”
  • Chinese: “Skandinavia Poàn-tó”
  • Chinese: “斯堪地半島”
  • Chinese: “斯堪地拉维亚半岛”
  • Chinese: “斯堪地納維亞半島”
  • Chinese: “斯堪地那維亞半島”
  • Chinese: “斯堪的納維亞半島”
  • Chinese: “斯堪的纳维亚半岛”
  • Chinese: “斯堪的那维亚半岛”
  • Chuvash: “Скандинави çурутравĕ”
  • Croatian: “Skandinavija”
  • Croatian: “Skandinavski poluotok”
  • Czech: “Skandinávský poloostrov”
  • Danish: “Den skandinaviske halvø”
  • Danish: “Skandinaviske halvø”
  • Dutch: “Scandinavië”
  • Dutch: “Scandinavisch Schiereiland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شبه جزيرة اسكندنافيا”
  • Esperanto: “Skandinavia duoninsulo”
  • Estonian: “Skandinaavia poolsaar”
  • Finnish: “Skandinavian niemimaa”
  • French: “Peninsule Scandinave”
  • French: “péninsule Scandinave”
  • French: “Péninsule Scandinave”
  • Galician: “Península Escandinava”
  • Georgian: “სკანდინავიის ნახევარკუნძული”
  • German: “Skandinavische Halbinsel”
  • Greek: “Σκανδιναβική Χερσόνησος”
  • Hebrew: “חצי האי סקנדינביה”
  • Hindi: “स्केंडिनेविया प्रायद्वीप”
  • Hindi: “स्कैंडिनेविया प्रायद्वीप”
  • Hungarian: “Skandináv-félsziget”
  • Icelandic: “Skandinavíuskagi”
  • Icelandic: “Skandinavíuskaginn”
  • Indonesian: “Semenanjung Skandinavia”
  • Italian: “Penisola scandinava”
  • Japanese: “スカンジナヴィア半島”
  • Japanese: “スカンジナビア半島”
  • Japanese: “スカンディナヴィア半島”
  • Japanese: “スカンディナビア半島”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಕ್ಯಾಂಡಿನೇವಿಯ ಜಂಬೂದ್ವೀಪ”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಕ್ಯಾಂಡಿನೇವಿಯ ದ್ವೀಪಕಲ್ಪ”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಕ್ಯಾಂಡಿನೇವಿಯ ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ದ್ವೀಪ”
  • Kazakh: “Скандинавия түбегі”
  • Kirghiz: “Скандинавия жарым аралы”
  • Korean: “스칸디나비아 반도”
  • Korean: “스칸디나비아반도”
  • Latin: “Paeninsula Scandinavica”
  • Latin: “Scandia”
  • Latin: “Scandinavia”
  • Latin: “Scatinavia”
  • Latvian: “Skandināvijas pussala”
  • Lithuanian: “Skandinavijos pusiasalis”
  • Low German: “Skandinavies schiereilaand”
  • Low German: “Skandinavisk skyreiland”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Skandinawiska połkupa”
  • Luxembourgish: “Skandinavesch Hallefinsel”
  • Macedonian: “Скандинавски Полуостров”
  • Malay: “Semenanjung Scandinavia”
  • Malay: “Semenanjung Skandinavia”
  • Malayalam: “സ്കാൻഡിനേവിയൻ ഉപദ്വീപ്‌”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Skandinavia Poàn-tó”
  • Mingrelian: “სკანდინავიაშ ჩქონი”
  • Mongolian: “Скандинавын хойг”
  • Nepali: “स्क्यान्डिनेभियाली प्रायद्वीप”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den skandinaviske halvøy”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skandinaviske halvøy”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den skandinaviske halvøy”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den skandinaviske halvøya”
  • Norwegian: “Den skandinaviske halvøy”
  • Ossetian: “Скандинавийы æрдæгсакъадах”
  • Persian: “شبه جزیره اسکاندیناوی”
  • Persian: “شبه‌جزیره اسکاندیناوی”
  • Polish: “Półwysep Skandynawski”
  • Pontic: “Σκανδιναβικόν Χερσόνησος”
  • Portuguese: “Península da Escandinávia”
  • Portuguese: “Península Escandinava”
  • Romanian: “Peninsula Scandinavă”
  • Romanian: “Peninsulă Scandinavă”
  • Russian: “Скандинавский полуостров”
  • Scots: “Scandinavian Peninsula”
  • Serbian: “Скандинавско полуострво”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Skandinavski poluotok”
  • Slovak: “Škandinávsky polostrov”
  • Slovenian: “Skandinavski polotok”
  • Spanish: “Escandinava”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula escandinava”
  • Spanish: “Península escandinava”
  • Swahili: “Rasi ya Skandinavia”
  • Swedish: “Skandinaviska halvön”
  • Tagalog: “Peninsula ng Scandinavia”
  • Tagalog: “Tangway ng Escandinava”
  • Tagalog: “Tangway ng Eskandinaba”
  • Tagalog: “Tangway ng Scandinavia”
  • Tatar: “Скандинавия ярымутравы”
  • Thai: “คาบสมุทรสแกนดิเนเวีย”
  • Turkish: “İskandinav Yarımadası”
  • Turkmen: “Skandinaw ýarymadasy”
  • Ukrainian: “Скандинавський півострів”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Skandinawiska połkupa”
  • Uzbek: “Skandinaviya yarim oroli”
  • Veps: “Skandinavijan pol’sar‘”
  • Veps: “Skandinavijan pol’sar’”
  • Vietnamese: “bán đảo Scandinavia”
  • Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Scandinavia”
  • Vlaams: “Scandinoavisch Schiereiland”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rawis han Iskandinabya”
  • Welsh: “Y Penrhyn Sgandinafaidd”
  • Western Frisian: “Skandinavysk Skiereilân”
  • Wu Chinese: “斯堪的纳维亚半岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “斯堪的納維亞半島”

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Localities in the Area

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