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Nordic countries

The Nordic countries make up the northernmost part of western , extending into the Arctic. They include the countries , , , and , the autonomous and , and in most definitions the autonomous , as there are long-standing political, cultural and linguistic ties.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Finland and Sweden.

is a country with vast areas of unspoiled nature speckled with comfortable small towns and cities. Scraped flat by sheets of ice during several ice ages, lacks the dramatic mountains and fjords of its Nordic neighbours but makes up for it with 188,000 lakes and a similar number of islands.

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is the largest of the Nordic countries by area and population. Visitors can experience deep forests and many lakes, the heritage from the Viking Age and the 17th-century Swedish Empire, the glamour of the Nobel Prize, and the country's successful pop music scene.

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is a land of great fjords, great valleys, wide forests and gorgeous lakes. It also hosts lively cities such as and . is the westernmost, northernmost and, surprisingly, the easternmost of the Scandinavian countries – among the Nordic countries only Finland stretches slightly further east.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Denmark and Iceland.

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is the smallest of the Nordic countries in terms of landmass. Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European naval power, the Kingdom of is the oldest kingdom in the world still in existence, but has evolved into a democratic, modern, and prosperous nation.

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is a stunningly beautiful place if you enjoy strange and desolate landscapes interspersed with glaciers, volcanoes, rivers and waterfalls. It is a place for hiking, ice climbing, kayaking in glacial waters, and relaxing in geothermal hot springs, and there are many tours available for those looking for a less strenuous vacation.

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The Faroe or Faeroe Islands are an archipelago of 18 islands in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, with roughly 54,000 inhabitants. Like , the are an autonomous territory of .

Nordic countries

Latitude of center
59.04° or 59° 2′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
7.38° or 7° 22′ 48″ east
Population
27,800,000
Wiki­data ID
Q52062
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Nordic countries” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Vendet Nordike”
  • Arabic: “الدول الشمالية (أوروبا)”
  • Arabic: “بلدان الشمال”
  • Arabic: “دول الشمال”
  • Aragonese: “países nordicos”
  • Aragonese: “Países nordicos”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Եվրոպայի երկրներ”
  • Arpitan: “payis nordicos”
  • Arpitan: “Payis nordicos”
  • Asturian: “Países nórdicos”
  • Azerbaijani: “Skandinav ölkələri”
  • Basque: “Eskandinaviako herrialdeak”
  • Basque: “Eskandinaviar herrialdeak”
  • Basque: “Europako iparraldeko herrialdeak”
  • Belarusian: “Краіны Паўночнай Еўропы”
  • Belarusian: “паўночнаэўрапейскія краіны”
  • Belarusian: “скандынаўскія краіны”
  • Bengali: “নর্ডিক দেশ”
  • Bengali: “নর্ডীয় রাষ্ট্রসমূহ”
  • Bhojpuri: “नार्डिक देस”
  • Bhojpuri: “नॉर्डिक इलाका”
  • Bhojpuri: “नॉर्डिक क्षेत्र”
  • Bhojpuri: “नॉर्डिक देश”
  • Bhojpuri: “नॉर्डिक्स”
  • Bosnian: “Nordijska regija”
  • Bulgarian: “Скандинавски страни”
  • Catalan: “països nòrdics”
  • Catalan: “Països nòrdics”
  • Central Kurdish: “وڵاتانی باکوور”
  • Chinese: “Pak-au kok-ka”
  • Chinese: “北欧五国”
  • Chinese: “北歐五國”
  • Croatian: “Nordijska regija”
  • Czech: “Severské státy”
  • Danish: “de nordiske lande”
  • Danish: “Norden”
  • Dutch: “Noordse landen”
  • Esperanto: “Nordia regiono”
  • Esperanto: “Nordiaj landoj”
  • Esperanto: “Nordio”
  • Estonian: “Põhjamaad”
  • Faroese: “Norðurlond”
  • Finnish: “Pohjoismaat”
  • Finnish: “Pohjola”
  • French: “pays nordiques”
  • French: “Pays nordiques”
  • Galician: “países nórdicos”
  • Galician: “Países nórdicos”
  • German: “Nordische Länder”
  • Greek: “Βόρειες Χώρες”
  • Greek: “Νορδικές χώρες”
  • Hebrew: “המדינות הנורדיות”
  • Hindi: “नॉर्डिक देश”
  • Hungarian: “északi országok”
  • Icelandic: “Norðurlöndin”
  • Ido: “Nordia”
  • Inari Sami: “Tave-enâmeh”
  • Indonesian: “Negara-negara Nordik”
  • Indonesian: “Nordik”
  • Interlingua: “Paises nordic”
  • Irish: “Na Stáit Nordacha”
  • Italian: “Paesi nordici”
  • Japanese: “北ヨーロッパ”
  • Japanese: “北欧”
  • Japanese: “北欧料理”
  • Javanese: “Nagara-nagara Nordik”
  • Javanese: “Negara Nordik”
  • Kalaallisut: “Nunat Avannarliit”
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: “Botnosko them”
  • Korean: “노르딕 국가”
  • Kurdish: “welatên skandînavî”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļvalstis”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės šalys”
  • Lule Sami: “Nuorttarijkka”
  • Luxembourgish: “Nordesch Länner”
  • Macedonian: “Нордиски земји”
  • Malagasy: “Firenena nôrdika”
  • Malay: “Negara-negara Nordic”
  • Malay: “Negara-negara Nordik”
  • Malayalam: “നോർഡിക് രാജ്യങ്ങൾ”
  • Maltese: “Pajjiżi Nordiċi”
  • Manx: “Çheeraghyn Nordagh”
  • Mazanderani: “نوردیک کشورون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak-kok”
  • Northern Sami: “Davveriikkat”
  • Northern Sami: “Davviriikkat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “de nordiske landene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Norden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Norden”
  • Norwegian: “Norden”
  • Persian: “سرزمین‌های شمالی”
  • Persian: “کشورهای نوردیک”
  • Polish: “Kraje nordyckie”
  • Portuguese: “Nórdicos”
  • Portuguese: “Os Nórdicos”
  • Portuguese: “países escandinavos e nórdicos”
  • Portuguese: “Países nórdicos”
  • Portuguese: “região nórdica”
  • Romanian: “țările nordice”
  • Russian: “нордские страны”
  • Russian: “страны Северной Европы”
  • Russian: “Страны Северной Европы”
  • Sardinian: “Paisos nòrdicos”
  • Scots: “Nordic kintras”
  • Serbian: “Нордијске земље”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nordijska regija”
  • Sindhi: “نورڊڪ ملڪ”
  • Skolt Sami: “Tâʹvvjânnam”
  • Slovak: “Severské štáty”
  • Slovak: “Severský štát”
  • Slovenian: “nordijska regija”
  • Slovenian: “nordijske države”
  • Slovenian: “Nordijske države”
  • Slovenian: “nordijsko območje”
  • Southern Sami: “Noerhtelaanten”
  • Spanish: “países nórdicos”
  • Spanish: “Países nórdicos”
  • Spanish: “región nórdica”
  • Swedish: “de nordiska länderna”
  • Swedish: “Norden”
  • Tagalog: “Mga bansang Nordic”
  • Tagalog: “Mga bansang Nordiko”
  • Tamil: “நோர்டிக் நாடுகள்”
  • Tamil: “நோர்டிக்கு நாடுகள்”
  • Telugu: “నార్డిక్ దేశాలు”
  • Thai: “กลุ่มนอร์ดิก”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Pohjoismaat”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Pohjola”
  • Turkish: “İskandinav ülkeleri”
  • Turkish: “Nordik ülkeler”
  • Ukrainian: “Нордичні країни”
  • Ukrainian: “Скандинавські країни”
  • Urdu: “شمالی ممالک”
  • Vietnamese: “Các nước Bắc Âu”
  • Võro: “Põh’amaaq”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mga Nasod Nordiko”
  • Welsh: “Gwledydd Nordig”
  • Welsh: “Y Gwledydd Nordig”
  • Wu Chinese: “北欧五国”
  • Yue Chinese: “北歐五國”
  • “Põh’amaaq”
  • “नॉर्डिक देश”

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