Nordic countries
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The Nordic countries are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and North America, as well as the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans. It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland,
Effigy of Queen Margaret, founder and ruler of the Kalmar Union
Nordic prime ministers at the Nordic Council meeting in 2014 in Stockholm
The Öresund Bridge between Malmö in Sweden and Copenhagen in Denmark
Share of total area in the Nordic countries in 2012
Iceland
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Iceland is a Nordic island country between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Europe and North America. It is culturally and politically linked wi
Norsemen landing in Iceland – a 19th-century depiction by Oscar Wergeland
Ingólfr Arnarson (modern Icelandic: Ingólfur Arnarson), the first permanent Scandinavian settler
Turf houses have been constructed since Iceland was settled in the 9th century.
Ósvör, a replica of an old fishing outpost outside Bolungarvík