Scandinavia. Full story. Zergius Van Kuker

The term “Scandinavia” goes back to medieval Latin.

For the first time, this word was mentioned by the ancient Roman scientist Pliny

the eldest in his encyclopedic work “Natural History”.

Traditionally, Scandinavia includes three countries - Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Some authors in Scandinavia include Iceland, historically closely related to Norway and Denmark, however, the Icelanders themselves (as well as the Swedes, Norwegians and Danes) do not consider Iceland part of the Scandinavia. , at times cruel and instructive. The rulers, battles, battles and the very spirit of this earth, the so-called “northern courage”-all this creates the unique appearance of the Scandinavian countries and their special path in history, in some ways close to Russia, and somewhat infinitely distant.