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Subject: SV: [Leica] Re: Scandinavian Leica
From: Håkan Dennersten <hd@hd.pp.se>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 07:28:14 +0100

> Four? There are three Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Norway and 
> Sweden. Throw in Finland and Iceland and you have the Nordic 
> countries. 
> So which is the fourth non-Scandinavian flag? Finnish?
> 


Yes Finnish. 

The word Scandinavia was originated from the scandivan "half island"
(penninsula ?) Norway and Sweden. 

Nowadays Denmark is considered to be in the Scandinavian countries and
"sometimes" Finland according to the Swedish Encyclopedia. The don't
explain why, but they say that the word is "inexact". 


/HD



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