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More info Complete history of the Scandinavian countries from the bestselling author Vikings. Full story. Abstract The term «Scandinavia» goes back to medieval Latin. For the first time this word was mentioned by the ancient Roman scientist Pliny the Elder 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, but the Icelanders themselves (as well as the Swedes, Norwegians and Danes) do not consider Iceland a part of Scandinavia. Before you the history of these three countries is fascinating, at times cruel and instructive. The rulers, battles, battles and the very spirit of this land, the so-called «northern courage» — all this creates a unique image of the Scandinavian countries and their special path in history, in some ways close to Russia, and in some ways infinitely far. …
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