Scandinavian Peninsula

The Scandinavian Peninsula (Swedish: Skandinaviska Halvön; Norwegian: Skandinaviske Halvøy; Finnish: Skandinavian niemimaa; Northern Sami: ?; Russian: Скандинавский полуостров, Skandinavsky poluostrov) is a peninsula in Northern Europe, which covers the whole mainland of Sweden, nearly all the mainland of Norway, northwestern Finland as well as the narrow area to northwest from Kaitakoski, Jäniskoski and Rajakoski both Borisoglebsky settlement in Russia.

The name of the peninsula is derived from the term Scandinavia, the cultural region of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. That cultural name is in turn derived from the name of Scania, the region at the southern extremity of the peninsula which has during periods been part of Denmark, which is the ancestral home of the Danes, and which is now part of Sweden. The derived term "Scandinavian" also refers to the Germanic peoples who speak North Germanic languages, considered to be a dialect continuum derived from Old Norse. These languages are Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese and Icelandic, with the latter two being closest to Old Norse.