Scandinavian Peninsula

Here are entered works on the northern European peninsula comprising Norway and Sweden. Works on the region composed of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and sometimes expanded to include Finland and Iceland, are entered under [Scandinavia.]

found: Work cat.: On plant food in the Scandinavian Peninsula in early medieval times, 1997.

found: Britannica online, Aug. 17, 2006(Scandinavia: large promontory of N. Europe, occupied by Norway and Sweden. It is about 1,150 mi (1,850 km) long and extends S. from the Barents Sea of the Arctic Ocean between the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic Sea (E.), Kattegat and Skagerrak (S.), and the Norwegian and North seas (W.). The peninsula (area 289,500 sq mi [750,000 sq km]) essentially consists of a mountainous mass, much of which is part of the ancient Baltic Shield)

found: Merriam Webster's geographical dictionary, 3rd ed.:Scandinavia (1. or "Scandinavian Peninsula," peninsula in N. Europe, comprising Norway and Sweden)

found: GEOnet, Aug. 18, 2006(Scandinavian Peninsula, PEN, 65⁰00ʹ00ʺN, 016⁰00ʹ00ʺE; var.: Swedish Peninsula)

found: Sweden and Visions of Norway, 2002:p. 3 (Swedes and Norwegians are close neighbors through geography, they share the long Scandianavian Peninsula)

Here are entered works on the northern European peninsula comprising Norway and Sweden. Works on the region composed of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and sometimes expanded to include Finland and Iceland, are entered under [Scandinavia.]