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[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most favorite: Norway
Least favorite: Sweden
Completely objective and unbiased reason: I'm Norwegian

As a more serious answer, my parents and I often went on summer holiday in southern Denmark and I loved it, so I guess that's my final answer.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

Most favorite: Sweden
Least favorite: Denmark
Completely objective and unbiased reason: I'm Swedish

Also see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUEBk

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd also recommend: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FqgRC5sfCaQ&pp

I've always been impressed how my Swedish colleagues could understand Danish.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah, this one explains the origins very well :D

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

I would probably pick Denmark as a favourite based solely on their legal right to hit ice-crossing Swedes with sticks. And Swedes suck balls (source: am Finnish).

However, to be somewhat pedantic, Scandinavia either refers to Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, or just Norway and Sweden (the actual Scandinavian peninsula). Finland, Iceland, and the Baltic countries are not part of Scandinavia.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Whether Danmark or even Finland is included is matter of definition, but the Baltics are usually not included.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

By definition, if Finland is included, we're talking about Fennoscandia and, if you add in Iceland, it's the Nordic countries.

Denmark is usually included in Scandinavia, but technically it isn't part of the Scandinavian peninsula.

However, I know that outside Europe the distinctions aren't all that important.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

AfaIk, Fennoscandia would include the whole peninsula including the currently russian parts.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Norway! The mother of Black Metal. She didn't give birth to it, but she definitely raised it!

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Iceland. Purely for the irony of the name.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's that the Alanis Morissette school of irony?

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I'm from the U.S.

I've finally connected with my extended family in Norway. I've been pushing hard to find them since 2016 during my first visit.

I'm going back in October to attend a family gathering.

I've met a beer buddy and his friends from Oslo. I made friends with a Paramedic up in Hammerfest. I'm friendly with the owner/brewer of Graff brewery in Tromsø.

Can't wait for my next visit.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Sweden. Reason: not denmark, not an oil economy. Also i live here soooo

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

reason: not denmark

Tell me you live in Sweden without telling me you live in Sweden, but then also tell me you live in Sweden.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Its more like tell me you live in sweden or norway but yes

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The Norwegians are way too busy being rich as fuck to waste time making fun of the Danish

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most favourite: all of them

Least favourite: Denmark

I think all of them has some individual progressive Systems which other countries can learn from, for example: education.

Denmark at the end because I heard their strong community has some trouble with people outside of their community. But I wouldn't call it fascism, it's more like a nationalism.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

1: Norway

Source: Am Norwegian

Dead last: Sweden

I’d like to kick them out of Scandinavia and welcome the Finns instead. They can stay Nordic though. Pretty sure Denmark would support it.

Seriously though, I think we’re all great. We’re just the best…

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Scotland

Because it makes the brits mad

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Iceland. Its pretty, it has an interesting history, the culture is very egaltarian, and the people are quite friendly. And I love the cold.

Plus they make INSANELY good gin.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

If I can’t pick my own country, I would choose Norway as my favourite. One of the reasons being that they are not Swedes.

Scandinavia is Denmark, Norway and Sweden. No offence to the rest of the Nordic countries, but historically that is what make the most sense.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Iceland. It's such a pretty island.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

On a global level all Scandinavian countries are pretty much the same with similar people. If we talk about Nordic countries, like the picture suggests, Finland is the one that differs the most. But which is the best really depends what you like.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Finland because HAVE YOU EVEN SEEN THE WRC THERE?!?

FUUUUUUUUCKIN HELL

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sorry, that was me. I was late from sauna at friends place and had to get the beers before the shops stop selling it.

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I'm more of a Grönholm person myself.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I was actually at the rally where he told a policeman "I can drive this car". Didn't see it personally but it was the stuff of legends

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh nice. Yeah that was a legendary moment. Do I remember correctly, Timo had to hang out of the window to keep the cars ass off the road? Or was that some other one..?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah that's the one. Didn't see that either but it was all everyone talked about in the pub after 😂

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Free City of Danzig

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

*Nordic country.

Am Swedish. Norway and Denmark are superior. Finland is scary, cold, snowy, talking-in-tongues type of language. Iceland is good, too. Sweden is dead last.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I was going to say Denmark but I just now learned about the spiralsagen so hey maybe Finland

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

In order:

Norway, Denmark, Finland, then Sweden. To be queer (it's June), it's not like Sweden is bad, or anything, I just think it comes last in line.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I've only been to Iceland so I can't judge the others, Norway really fascinates me with its nature, and political history. The Baltics are on the map, I was supposed to go to Latvia in 2021 for a concert, but it's been postponed 5 times, but I hope I get to visit all three of them as well.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Latvia because everything i know about them comes from Brooklyn 99. Also Riga is an amazing city name.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

HEJA SVERIGE!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I only recognize one country on this map - the one unified Svea Rike.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Finland. Because they were total bad asses in the Winter War. Finnish ski troopers versus thousands of Soviet tanks in -40 weather? Fuck yeah.

Also, the Finnish sauna is the best sauna.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Finland os not Scandinavian though

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Fair enough. I chose to read it as Nordic rather than Scandinavian given the extent of the map.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I really like Norway because of shows like Lilyhammer and Norsemen. It seems Norwegians have a good sense of humour.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

My family is from Sweden but since I'm from Ontario I've always been attracted to the lakes in Finland.

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Norway, just because it's the only one I visited!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Behold, as I piss off three countries at once:

I like the Kingdom of Kalmar

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