Northern Europe is a subregion of Europe whose boundary shifts with the classification used. The United Nations geoscheme's broad version groups Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom together with several small dependent territories, while the CIA World Factbook narrows the term to just Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and the European Union's EuroVoc classification instead places the United Kingdom and Ireland in Western Europe. Every version keeps the Nordic countries at its core, and most also add the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Denmark is listed under Northern Europe in the UN M49 geoscheme.
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Vejle, Cities Denmark is listed under Northern Europe in the UN M49 geoscheme.
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Originated in northern Europe around the 1500s.
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popular in medieval northern Europe
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Region Northern Africa, Western Asia, Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe
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Region Northern Europe
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2. Northern Europe (Wikidata)
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population 107,713,259 (2023)
Northern Europe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationUN geoscheme classification section
There are various definitions of northern Europe which always include the Nordic countries, often the British Isles and Baltic states, and sometimes Greenland.
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Northern Europe is the northern subregion of the larger geographical region of Europe.
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The subregion has a population of about 109.7 million, which makes it the least populous of the European subregions.
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Some typical geographical subregions of Europe include: Central and Eastern Europe Central Europe Eastern Europe Northern Europe Fennoscandia Baltic region Northwestern Europe Southern Europe Italy (geographical region) Southeastern Europe Iberian Peninsula Western Europe Northwestern Europe Benelux Note: There is no universally agreed definition for continental subregions.
United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics DivisionAssociated With: Helsingør, Northern Europe subregion list
Aland Islands, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Guernsey, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Sweden, United Kingdom
Associated With: Vejle, Northern Europe subregion list
Aland Islands, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Guernsey, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Sweden, United Kingdom
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What is the total area of Northern Europe?
The Wikipedia article on Northern Europe consulted for this entity states the region has several competing definitions, and gives no single total area figure.
What would resolve this A reference giving a summed area for the exact set of states and territories this atlas's own broad UN geoscheme definition names.
Northern Europe (Wikipedia)
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