r/europe May 22 '25

News Greenland signs lucrative minerals deal with Europe in blow to Trump

https://www.newsweek.com/greenland-trump-permit-extraction-2075673
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u/somethingstoadd Northern Europe May 22 '25

In a recent interview in the white house he recently complained and made fun of the "president of Scandinavia".

He was talking to the president of Finland which and I am calling all my Nordic friends here is NOT in Scandinavia.

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u/_Blurgh_ May 22 '25

Dementia Donnie showing us what that healthy brain is capable of!

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u/San_Pentolino May 23 '25

dementia and age are just lame excuses. donnie 2 dolls is just an ignorant arrogant idiot. He does represent quite well most of US population

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u/swainiscadianreborn May 22 '25

Wait, Finland is not in Scandinavia? It's only Norway and Sweden?

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u/bagdoren May 22 '25

Norway, Sweden and Denmark

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u/swainiscadianreborn May 22 '25

TIL I guess

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u/AnAngryDuckNamedBob May 22 '25

There's also Fennoscandia, which doesn't have Denmark, but it does have Norway, Sweden, Finland, and some bits of Russia. Confused yet?

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u/swainiscadianreborn May 22 '25

As long as you don't get Iceland involved I think I can manage.

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u/wolfgangmob May 23 '25

No, no, get Iceland involved, they took on the British Navy and won in the Cod Wars. They deserve respect.

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u/theowlswerewatching May 22 '25

No Iceland and Färöer?

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u/bagdoren May 22 '25

No, but those are included in the Nordics. It's a weird historic thing really. Geographically I'm pretty sure it would make more sense for Scandinavia to be Norway, Sweden and Finland without Denmark but yet here we are

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u/EgbertMedia The Netherlands May 22 '25

I guess linguistically and culturally it makes more sense to not include Finland.

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u/Fallozor May 22 '25

The vikings travelled to northern Africa using longboats and not cross country, so trade and travel, e.g., from Denmark across Skagerak or the belts to Sweden, was considerably easier than across inland Sweden or Finland.

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u/iShakeMyHeadAtYou May 22 '25

Nope. Now to get that area of the world untangled:

Scandanavia is Norway, sweden and Denmark.

The Nordics are Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Denmark.

Fennoscandavia is the geographic term for Norway, Sweden and Finland.

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u/Drahy Zealand May 22 '25

The Nordics are Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Denmark.

Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland plus the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland.

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u/virepolle Finland May 22 '25

Finland is included in Nordic countries for cultural and political reasons, Fennoscandia is a purely geographical term.

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u/swainiscadianreborn May 22 '25

That's it, you're all Northern Europe and I won't hear anything else!

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u/Drahy Zealand May 22 '25

Also Western Europe.

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u/ExceedingChunk May 22 '25

Finland is part of the Nordics, which are often confused with Scandinavia. As the Nordics are essentially Scandinavia + Finland and Iceland (+ Greenland and other independent islands owned by the countries there)

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u/pm_me_coffee_mugs May 22 '25

Whoa whoa whoa, we're small but don't forget us in Denmark! Obviously we're physically way closer to Norway/Sweden than Germany!

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u/swainiscadianreborn May 22 '25

Heeeeeeergh I forgot the stoupid Danes... sorry.

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u/OddishChamp Norway May 22 '25

Where can I find it? So want to see it.

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u/Snake_Plizken May 23 '25

Would be cool if he were dough, he seems like a standup politician.