Scandinavia Scandinavia Arheimar ("river home") was a capital of the Goths according to the Hervarar saga. The saga only states that it was located on the Dniepr. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arheimar"
The Carta Marina is the earliest and the most fairly correct (and most esthetic) map over the Nordic countries containing details and placenames. Its dimensions are 1.70×1.25 m (height×width) and was created by the Swede Olaus Magnus (1490–1557), temporarily on diplomatic visit in Rome for the Swedish government. However, this situation turned out to be permanent (because his brother Johannes got in a religious feud with Gustav I). ...more on Wikipedia about "Carta marina"
Drott, Drótt or Dróttin was a Scandinavian kingly and priestly title corresponding to "prince" in a wide sense. Close cognates also existed in other Germanic languages, such as Anglo-Saxon dryhtin. The Scandinavian name for Queen, drottning is derived from this title. ...more on Wikipedia about "Drott"
A Fornaldarsaga, literally a tale of times past, or Legendary saga is a Norse saga which unlike the Icelandic sagas takes place before the colonization of Iceland. There are however, some exceptions, such as Yngvars saga víðförla, which takes place in the 11th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fornaldarsaga"
Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks is a fornaldarsaga from the 13th century combining matter from several older sagas. It is a valuable saga for several different reasons beside its literary qualities. It contains traditions of wars between Goths and Huns, from the 4th century, and it is also used as a source for Swedish medieval history. Moreover, it was an important source of inspiration for Tolkien when shaping his legends of Middle-earth. However, the saga may be most appreciated for its memorable imagery, or to quote Kershaw on the invasion of the Horde: ...more on Wikipedia about "Hervarar saga"
The history of Scandinavia is the common history of the Scandinavian countries— Denmark, Norway and Sweden. ...more on Wikipedia about "History of Scandinavia"
Kontiskan (also Konti-Skan) is the name of two high-voltage direct-current transmission lines between Denmark and Sweden. The 1965-built Kontiskan 1 can transmit a up to 250 megawatts of power with an operating voltage of 250 kV, the 1988-built Kontiskan 2 can transmit 300 megawatts with a voltage of 285 kV. While Kontiskan 1 uses mercury vapor rectifiers in the static inverter plants, Kontiskan 2 uses thyristors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Konti-Skan"
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Lapland, (also Lappland, Lappi, Sápmi, Sameland, and Saamiland), is the name of the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sami people. It is located in Northern Europe and includes the northern parts of Scandinavia and the Kola peninsula in Russia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lapland"
A Lawspeaker ( Swedish: lagman, Old Swedish: laghmaþer or laghman, Norwegian: lagmann, Icelandic: lög(sögu)maðr) is a unique Scandinavian legal office. It has its basis in a common Germanic tradition, where wise men were asked to recite the law, but it was only in Scandinavia that the function evolved into an office. Two of the most famous lawspeakers are Snorri Sturluson and Þorgnýr the Lawspeaker. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lawspeaker"
Njarar or Njars is a name for the people of Närke, Sweden, that appears in the Scandinavian version of the Lay of Weyland the smith. In the early part of the lay, King Níðuðr is introduced as a king in Sweden: ...more on Wikipedia about "Njars"
Nordic Cross Flag, Nordic Cross, Scandinavian Cross is a pattern of flags usually associated with the flags of the Scandinavian countries of which it originated. All the Nordic countries have adopted such flags. The cross symbolizes Christianity and is depicted extending to the edges of the flag with the vertical part of the cross shifted to the hoist side. The first flag with this design was the Danish Dannebrog; thereafter, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and some of their subdivisions used this as inspiration for their own flags. The Norwegian flag was the first Nordic cross flag with three colours. Though the flags share this pattern, they have individual histories and symbolism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nordic Cross Flag"
North Germanic tribes are the Germanic tribes that hadn't left Scandinavia until late on the second phase of the migration period, that took place between AD 500 and 900, and those whose people are still there nowadays. However, some people of East and West Germanic tribes didn't migrate with their tribes, staying in Scandinavia, and their East and West Germanic languages evolved into dialects of North Germanic, due to contact with North Germanic tribes and/or cultural assimilation. ...more on Wikipedia about "North Germanic tribes"
Oium (from Aujom, meaning "in the waterlands" in Gothic) was according to Jordanes, a name for Scythia, where the Goths settled after leaving Gothiscandza. Archaeologically, it corresponds to the Gothic Chernyakhov culture, and geographically to Ukraine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Oium"
Oresund ( Danish: Øresund, Swedish: Öresund, also known as The Sound) is the strait that separates the Danish island Zealand from the south Swedish province Scania (Skåne). ...more on Wikipedia about "Oresund"
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The Oresund Region (Øresundsregionen in Danish or Öresundsregionen in Swedish) is a transnational region in southern Scandinavia located by the shores of the Oresund strait. The eastern part is constituted by Skåne County in Sweden and the western part is located on the Danish island of Zealand, connected by the Oresund Bridge. ...more on Wikipedia about "Oresund Region"
A post church is a church building which predates the stave churches and differ in that the corner posts do not reside on a sill but instead have posts dug into the earth. Posts are the vertical, roof-bearing timbers that were placed in the excavated post holes ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Post church"
The rune poems list the letters of a runic alphabet with a short verse characterizing each one. Three different rune poems have been preserved, an Icelandic, a Norwegian and an Anglo-Saxon one. The Icelandic and Norwegian poems both give the order of the sixteen runes of the Younger Futhark, ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚬ ᚱ ᚴ ᚼ ᚾ ᛁ ᛅ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛘ ᛚ ᛦ, with slightly differing letter names, while the Anglo-Saxon poem has ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚩ ᚱ ᚳ ᚷ ᚹ ᚻ ᚾ ᛁ ᛄ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛝ ᛟ ᛞ ᚪ ᚫ ᚣ ᛡ ᛠ, i.e. 29 runes, with an order clearly related to the scandinavian ones, but with some runes having variant shapes to the Younger Futhark, some taken from the Older Futhark, and some that have no Scandinavian counterpart at all. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rune poem"
The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes, formerly used to write Germanic languages, mainly in Scandinavia and the British Isles. In all their varieties they may be considered an ancient writing system of Northern Europe. The Scandinavian version is known as Futhark (derived from its first six letters: 'F', 'U' 'Th', 'A', 'R', and 'K'), and the Anglo-Saxon version as Futhorc (also so named after its first letters). ...more on Wikipedia about "Runic alphabet"
The origins of the Rus (Rus' , Русь) are controversial. Whereas most Western historians hold to the Normanist theory, many Slavic scholars take strong exception to it and work to discover alternative origins. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rus' (people)"
The Sami Parliament (Sámediggi in Sami, Sametinget in Swedish and Norwegian, Saamelaiskäräjät in Finnish) is the name given to the representative bodies for peoples of Sami heritage in Finland, Sweden and Norway. There is no single, unified Sami Parliament. Rather, each of the aforementioned three countries has set up their own separate legislatures for Sami people, even though the three Sami Parliaments often work together on cross-border issues. The Finnish Sami Parliament was set up in 1973, the Norwegian Sami Parliament (which has 43 members) in the 1989 and the Swedish Sami Parliament in 1992. In all three countries, they act as an institution of cultural autonomy for the indigenous Sami people. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sami Parliament"
The Sami people (also Sámi, Saami, Lapps and Laplanders) are an indigenous people of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia, covering a total area in the Nordic countries corresponding to the size of Sweden. The Sami are one of the largest groups of indigenous peoples in Europe. Their languages are the Sami languages, which are classified as Finno-Ugric. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sami people"
Scandinavia is the cultural and historic region in Northern Europe consisting of the Scandinavian and Jutland peninsulas and the islands in between. Today, this region encompasses three sovereign states: ...more on Wikipedia about "Scandinavia"
The Scandinavian coastal conifer forests is made up mostly of Norway Spruce (Picea abies) and, to a somewhat lesser extent, Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris). Common Juniper (Juniperus communis) is also common. There is a rich understory of mosses and ferns. However, the most unique feature is the diversity of lichens, some of whom is endemic for this forest, or have their only location in Europe here (they are often found on the west coast of North-America). Approximately 15 of the most rare or typical species of lichens have been named Trøndelagselementet (named after the Trøndelag region). Pseudocyphella crocata, Pannaria ahlneri and Erioderma padicellatum are three of the most well known species of lichens. ...more on Wikipedia about "Scandinavian coastal conifer forests"
Scandinavian hardcore often refers to a style of hardcore punk that originated in the 1980's that is somewhat associated with D-beat. This is however far from the only style of hardcore that is played in the Nordic countries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Scandinavian hardcore"
The Scandinavian Mountains, in Swedish Skanderna, Fjällen ('The Mountains') or Kölen and in Norwegian Kjølen, with the two latter meaning the Keel, are a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula. The western sides of the mountains drop precipitously into the North Sea and Norwegian Sea, forming the famous fjords of Norway, while to the northeast they gradually curve towards Finland. To the north they form the borders between Norway, Sweden and Finland, but are scarcely more than hills in the vicinity of the North Cape. ...more on Wikipedia about "Scandinavian Mountains"
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