The Nordic Countries are the group of five sovereign states in northern Europe, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, together with their associated territories of Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Aland Islands, united by geographic proximity, historical ties and a shared political tradition of extensive social welfare systems. Broader than Scandinavia, which excludes Finland and Iceland on strict linguistic and geographic grounds, the Nordic grouping reflects the political and cultural cooperation formalized through bodies such as the Nordic Council.
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Which Nordic country has the oldest parliament?
Iceland's Althingi was established in 930.
Iceland. Its Althingi, established in 930, is described by the CIA World Factbook as the world's oldest functioning legislative assembly. Iceland was settled by Norwegian and Celtic immigrants in the late 9th and 10th centuries, was later ruled by Norway and Denmark, and gained complete independence from Denmark in 1944.
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Denmark is one of the three Nordic monarchies also called Scandinavia in the narrow sense.
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Norway is one of the three Nordic monarchies also called Scandinavia in the narrow sense.
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Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for the Nordic countries but more properly names the three Nordic monarchies.
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Sweden is one of the three Nordic monarchies also called Scandinavia in the narrow sense.
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The combined area of the Nordic countries is 3,425,804 square kilometres (1,322,710 sq mi).
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27,562,156
Introduction
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and North America, as well as the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans.
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Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for the Nordic countries, but that term more properly refers to the three monarchies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
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Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for the Nordic countries, but that term more properly refers to the three monarchies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
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Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for the Nordic countries, but that term more properly refers to the three monarchies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
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Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for the Nordic countries, but that term more properly refers to the three monarchies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
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The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and North America, as well as the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans.
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