The terms Fennoscandia and Fenno-Scandinavia are used either to include the Scandinavian peninsula, the Kola peninsula, Karelia, Finland and Denmark under the same term alluding to the Fennoscandian Shield, even if Denmark actually resides on the North European Plain, or they may be used in a more cultural sense, more or less as a synonym for the Nordic countries, to signify the historically close contact between Finnic, Sami and other Scandinavian peoples and cultures. In fact at least two sources, The Germania by Roman Historian Tacitus, and a map in The Life of Charlemagne by Einhard,, with a foreward by Sidney Painter support that the Fennoscandia of old--before the invasion into the north by Celts, Romans, and other Indo-Europeans--included England and much of northern Europe. For more on this item go to Google and type Finnish Origins. The Scandinavian Peninsula is a peninsula located at the northwest corner of Europe and bounded by the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea, the Kattegat, the Skagerrak, the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. ... The Kola Peninsula (Кольский полуостров, Kolskij poluostrov in Russian) is a peninsula in the far north of Russia, part of the Murmansk Oblast. ... Karelia - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Baltic Shield (or Fennoscandian Shield) is a segment of the Earths crust belonging to the East European Craton, representing a large part of Scandinavia, northwestern Russia and the northern Baltic Sea. ... Finnic peoples (Fennic, sometimes Baltic-Finnic) refer, particularly in present-day English usage of Finland and Estonia, to what are perceived as culturally related ethnic groups, i. ... The Sami people (also Sámi, Saami, Lapps and Laplanders) are the indigenous people of Sápmi, which encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. ...

Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula.

See also: Scandinavia Download high resolution version (612x668, 31 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (612x668, 31 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Kola Peninsula (Кольский полуостров, Kolskij poluostrov in Russian) is a peninsula in the far north of Russia, part of the Murmansk Oblast. ... For other uses, see Scandinavia (disambiguation). ...