Scandinavia--Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland--is blessed with five distinct, yet related, cultures.

Learn about the stories behind the legends, about the countries, and most of all about the people.

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"We sailed our ships to any shore that offered the best hope of booty; we feared no fellow on earth..."
Saga of Arrow-Odd

What is Gjetost?
A town in Sweden.
Brown goat cheese.
The word for "hello" in
       Danish.

Roasted fish.
The word for ghost in
       Swedish.

Correct answer?
OSLO - Norway

Clustered around the head of the 68-mile-long Oslofjord, Oslo is probably the most spacious city in the world. Its 175-square-mile metropolitan area consists of over 75 percent forests and five percent water. Its fine deep harbor, Pipervika, stretches into the heart of the city and from it leave ferries to Denmark and Germany.

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Feature: Stavanger
Featured City: Oslo
Food: The Great NordicDiet
          Swedish Semla
          Norwegian Cuisine
          Canned Sardines
History: The Round Tower
Arts:   Vigeland Park, Oslo
          Georg Jensen
People: Henrik Ibsen    
News: Happiest Countries          

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DENMARK

Denmark Basics  
Copenhagen—Wonderful Copenhagen
Copenhagen's Rundetarn—The Round Tower
Georg Jensen
Hans Christian Andersen
The Village Where the Past is Present
Mysterious Elsinore
Greenland—Western Outpost of Scandinavia
Up, Up and Away--Copenhagen to Get Largest Design Hotel

FINLAND

Finland Basics
The Ageless Design of Alvar Aalto  
The Alvar Aalto's Story
 

The Blissful Finnish Sauna

Finland First in Women's Suffrage

ICELAND

Iceland Basics  
What's in an Icelandic Name?
The History of Iceland's Sagas
 
The Founding of Iceland

NORWAY

Norway Basics
Skal! Norwegian Drinking Laws
Stave Churches of Norway

The Lefse Tradition

SWEDEN

Sweden Basics  
Swedish Burials Equal for All

SCANDINAVIAN ARTS

The Man Behind "The Scream"
The Ageless Design of Alvar Aalto
The Alvar Aalto's Story

The History of Iceland's Sagas
Scandinavian Pewter
Georg Jensen
Version of Munch's "The Scream" Stolen

A TASTE OF SCANDINAVIA

A Taste of Salt  
Surstromming: One of the World's Strangest Dishes  
Salt Herring--The Fish of Destiny  

Scandinavian Cuisine--A Communion With Nature
Iceland's Hearty Fare
Scandinavian Hospitality
The Smorgasbord: Mirror of Scandinavian Cuisine

SCANDINAVIA TRIVIA

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Every year about 95 000 people die in Sweden and, according to the law, everyone must be buried. There must be room for everyone in the cemeteries, therefore the future needs of space have to be predicted. Because of this funerals must be part of the planning process.

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News from Norway
from Aftenposten
News from Denmark
from Denmark.dk
News from Sweden
from the SR International 
News from Finland
from Finnish News Agency STT
News from Iceland
from The Iceland Review
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THE VIKINGS:
THE NORTH ATLANTIC SAGA

In the early Middle Ages, driven by famine at home and the promise of wealth to be had in other lands, the Vikings set out from Scandinavia to conquer parts of England, Ireland, France, Russia, and even Turkey. Bolstered by their successes, the Vikings pushed westward, eventually crossing the North Atlantic and founding settlements in Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland in Canada.
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