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Members of the Nordic Council
- GreenlandIn the summer of 986, a Norwegian exile named Erik the Red set sail from Iceland with his family and thralls. He explored an icy land to the northwest that…
- FinlandThe first people arrived in the land that is now Finland around 8500 BC. They were hunter-gatherers who used stone tools to survive the harsh environment…
- DenmarkThe northern Jutland peninsula meets an archipelago of 406 islands in Northern Europe. A circle enclosing the same area as Denmark would be 358 kilometers in…
- Faroe IslandsThe Faroe Islands rise from the North Atlantic Ocean as a rugged archipelago of 18 major islands. Their terrain is dominated by basalt cliffs and deep fjords…
- SwedenAround 12,000 BC, the Allerød oscillation brought a warm period to what is now southern Sweden. Late Palaeolithic reindeer-hunting camps of the Bromme…
- NorwayThe name Norway emerged from the Old English word Norþweg, recorded in an account by Ohthere of Hålogaland around 890. This phrase meant northern way or way…
- IcelandThe island of Iceland sits directly on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a geological fault line where the Eurasian Plate and North American Plate drift apart.