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Scandinavia (Chinese World)

From Alternative History

Scandinavia refers to the geografiocal region of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Finland, Jutland and the Danish Islands, as well as the territories where these Nordic peoples ruled and expanded their culture, religion and language during the Age of Exploration

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[edit] Culture

[edit] Languages

The Scandinavian languages are divied in two main groups: North Germanic languages and Fennic langauges:

There are nine officially recognized North Germanic languages:

  1. Dansk (Danish)
  2. Skånsk (Scanian)
  3. Svenska (Swedish)
  4. Norsk (Norwegian)
  5. Føroyskt (Faroese)
  6. Norn (Spoken in Scotland and on the Shetland and Orkney Isles)
  7. Íslenska (Icelandish)
  8. Grønlandsk (Greenlandish)
  9. Vinlandsk (Vinlandish)

There are three offiically recognized Fennic languages

  1. Suomi (Finnish)
  2. Eesti (Estonian)
  3. Saami (Sami/Lappish)

[edit] Religion

Most of the Scandinavian peoples follow the Catholic Nordic Church, preceded by the Pope of Lund.

[edit] Countries

Some Scandinavian countries include:

[edit] Scandinavia proper

  1. Denmark
  2. Scania
  3. Sweden

[edit] North Atlantic

  1. Greenland
  2. Iceland

[edit] Europe

  1. Scotland

[edit] Fortunia

  1. Vinland
 
Cultural Spheres in Chinese World timeline

Arabia – China – Ispania – Russia – Scandinavia

Germania – Italia – Niponia – Turkia

 
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