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44 unusual facts about Scandinavia


ACP Rail International

Since its inception, ACP Rail has also developed strong partnerships with Scandinavian railways.

Ahmed Farah Dualeh

Additionally, Dualeh served as a representative for the Somali community in Scandinavia.

Alan Haynes

He now resides in Austin, Texas and plays locally in and around Texas' major cities, especially Houston (where he performs nearly every month), occasionally in Dallas and Fort Worth, and also Europe, where he has a large following in Scandinavian countries, Germany, Denmark and Israel.

Alfred Baldwin Raper

On leaving parliament Raper concentrated on his business interests, much pof it involving business in Scandinavia.

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

The company operates in three segments: Small Commercial Business Insurance, Specialty Risk and Extended Warranty, and Specialty Middle-Market Property and Casualty Insurance, principally in North America, Europe and Scandinavia.

Anders Björgerd

He is one of the founders and former owner of Swedpower AB, Scandinavia's largest energy consultancy firm (now operating under the name Vattenfall Power Consultant AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vattenfall).

Arto Tukio

He was drafted 101st overall by the New York Islanders in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft but never made it to the North American leagues and remained in Scandinavia.

Bigelf

This led the band to tour Scandinavia where they would become a quartet again with addition of Finnish bass player Duffy Snowhill.

Bill Carlson

Carlson's extraordinary good looks, winning personality and Scandinavian manner made him popular with viewers.

Bjarni Haukur Thorsson

Bjarni Haukur Thorsson is a well established director in Scandinavia and has since he started out in 1996 directed numerous productions in several countries for both stage and screen.

Bjørn Sundquist

He is of Sami heritage on his mothers side (a minority originating mainly from the northern parts of the Scandinavian peninsula often referred to as Lapland).

Eggs Are Funny

It was released in Scandinavia on 25 October 2010 and Internationally on 11 January 2011 as a digital download.

Georges Bess

During the period 1976 to 1988, Bess productively provided artwork for the serial publication The Phantom distributed by Scandinavian publishers of the popular periodical.

Herr Seele

Cowboy Henk was published in several countries, including in Scandinavia and the United States of America.

Hugo Kükelhaus

In 1919 Hugo Kükelhaus finished his Abitur in Essen, began an apprenticeship as a carpenter in Essen and, as a travelling journeyman (Geselle), travelled through Germany, Scandinavia and the Baltics.

Ira Reiss

The Western European countries highest on sexual pluralism were the Scandinavian cultures and the Netherlands.

Jean-François Berdah

He is co-founder and chief-editor of the Revue d'Histoire Nordique since 2005, a bilingual French-English historical review dedicated to the history and civilisation of both Scandinavia and the Baltic countries, and director of the Centre of Excellence Jean Monnet of the University of Toulouse II-Le Mirail.

Joyce Randolph

“That's still a mystery ... I was a nobody in Detroit. Why Garbo? Well, she was Scandinavian — and so was I”, responded Randolph.

Kai Nurminen

After only one season in NHL with 67 matches played (scoring 16 goals and 11 assists) he returned to Scandinavia.

Karen Hansen

Scandinavian homesteaders took land on the reservation and became both the neighbors of Dakota Sioux and usurpers of their land.

Karsten Voigt

From 1960–1969 Voigt studied history, German, and Scandinavian languages and literatures the at universities in Hamburg, Copenhagen, and Frankfurt.

Landsorganisationen

Landsorganisationen translates into English as "the national organisation" and is a term used for the blue-collar trade union confederations in Scandinavia.

Lars Jönsson

Since the early 1990s he has been the producer of several of the top-grossing films in Sweden and Scandinavia, being the usual producer for among others Lukas Moodysson, Josef Fares and Maria Blom, while also having co-produced many films by Lars von Trier.

Lola Artôt de Padilla

She also performed in other cities in Germany and in the Netherlands, Paris, Scandinavia and Poland.

Marino Sanuto the Elder

Here the shore-lines of the countries well known to Italian mariners, from Flanders to Azov, are well laid down; the Caspian and the north German and Scandinavian coasts appear with an evident, though far slighter, relation to practical knowledge; and some idea is shown of the great continental rivers of the north, such as the Don, Volga, Vistula, Oxus and Syr Daria.

Martin Alfsen

His albums with Reflex would be important contributions to the repertoire of Christian choirs and music groups throughout Scandinavia.

May Warden

Although she played in other films and TV shows, in Germany and Scandinavia she is best known for her role as Miss Sophie in the comedy sketch Dinner for One along with Freddie Frinton in a 1963 recording.

Michael Halvarson

Michael Halvarson, born July 30, 1976 in Stockholm, Sweden, has for a long time been one of the most frequently-hired artists and comedians in Scandinavia.

Minnekirken

Minnekirken serves as a reminder of a neighborhood heritage long past in which Scandinavians played a significant part.

Nautiloid

In some localities, such as Scandinavia and Morocco, the fossils of orthoconic nautiloids accumulated in such large numbers that they form limestones composed of nonspecific assemblages know as cephalopod beds, cephalopod limestones, nautiloid limestones, or Orthoceras limestones in the geological literature.

Oluf Rygh

He was director of Oldsaksamlingen (which subsequently became the Museum of Cultural History) from 1862 and professor of Nordic archeaology from 1875 – the first professor of archaeology at any Scandinavian university.

On Tour with Eric Clapton

George Harrison played slide guitar on the English leg of the tour that followed the Albert Hall performance, as well as in Scandinavia, therefore he doesn't appear on the first disc but does on the other three.

Paul Bibire

He co-edited with Gareth Williams a book entitled 'Sagas, Saints and Settlements' from a 1996 interdisciplinary symposium at the University of St. Andrews, exploring the history, culture, and literature of the Viking Age and medieval Iceland and Scandinavia.

Richard Henneberg

He was a student of Rust, had a concert tour in Scandinavia in 1872 and the following year at the age of twenty, became conductor of Harmonien (later Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra) in Bergen, Norway.

Scandinavia's Next Top Model

In Sweden, Mini left the show after few seasons, and Malin Persson took over.

Shanti Roney

While his film credits include nearly twenty movies, most of these have been limited to a domestic or Scandinavian release.

Sixteen Stone

When asked why lead singer Gavin Rossdale chose the name "Sixteen Stone" for the name of their album, he said: "Once upon a time there was a lonely man... my friend, who called a phone number advertising a '21-year old Scandinavian beauty, new in town.' When she arrived, she was forty years old and sixteen stone..."

Sonny Greer

Greer was a heavy drinker, as well as a pool-hall hustler (when he needed to retrieve his drums from the pawnbroker), and in 1950 Ellington responded to his drinking and occasional unreliability by taking a second drummer, Butch Ballard, with them on a tour of Scandinavia.

Stephan Grundy

He also spent a year as an exchange student in Bonn, Germany - virtually at the foot of the Drachenberg - spending some of his time on research for his novel (which also led him all across Scandinavia).

Tom Paley

Paley has subsequently toured widely, in the UK, US, Scandinavia and elsewhere.

Twin Cities Hardingfelelag

It provides dance music at Scandinavian dances and events in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St.

William Losh

In addition to being an alkali manufacturer he worked as a colliery agent and as consul for Prussia, the Scandinavian countries and, later, for Turkey.

X Brands

Although Brands was of European ancestry, his portrayals of American Indians earned praise for their authenticity, as was also the case with Keith Larsen, who was of Scandinavian roots.

Yahya Maroofi

On November 1, 2004, Maroofi served as Ambassador of Afghanistan to Scandinavia, resident in Oslo between 2005 and 2007.


1614 Low German Bible

This marriage allied Saxony not only to a royal house of Scandinavia, but also to the north state of Schleswig-Holstein which was ruled by Anna’s uncle, Adolf (reign 1544-1586).

A Dear John Letter

The song was released as "Käre John" in Sweden/Scandinavia by Swedish jazz vocalist Alice Babs and Charlie Norman och deras Reeperbahn Stompers in the 1950s.

Agonum muelleri

In Europe, it is found in Albania, the Azores, Baltic states, Belarus, Benelux, Great Britain including the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, mainland Portugal, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily (doubtful), mainland Spain, Ukraine, Scandinavia, Yugoslavian states, and Central Europe.

Among the Vultures

The tour continued to be sold out through Scandinavia with dates in Copenhagen, Denmark, Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland ending at the Helsinki Ice Hall (Venue Capacity of 8200) in Helsinki, Finland.

Anthonomus phyllocola

Anthonomus phyllocola is a weevil and a major pest of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) in Scandinavia.

Birka

Archbishopric of Hamburg-Bremen that oversaw the missionary work in Scandinavia until 1103, had appointed bishops to Sweden at least from 1014 onwards, the first see being in Skara.

Bombus monticola

Bombus monticola is found in most mountainous areas of Europe, as northern Scandinavia (mostly Norway and northern Sweden; the distribution in Finland is rather patchy, and confined to the area along the Norwegian border), the Alps, the Cantabrian Mountains, the Pyrenees, the Apennines and in the Balkans.

Christian Jensen Lofthuus

Barton, H. Arnold (1986) Scandinavia in the Revolutionary era, 1760-1815 (University of Minnesota Press) ISBN 978-0-8166-1393-9

Cotoneaster scandinavicus

Cotoneaster scandinavicus (Scandinavian Cotoneaster) is a species of Cotoneaster native to Scandinavia, in Norway, Sweden and Finland south of the Arctic Circle, the Danish island of Bornholm, and also the Baltic States of Estonia and Latvia.

Dansefeber

The show was not renewed for a third season, however, but rather replaced by multi-national competition So You Think You Can Dance Scandinavia, which included contestants from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

Donald's Snow Fight

This short was featured as part of the edited collection, Donald and His Duckling Gang, from 1979, and is featured in From All of Us to All of You which is shown on TV every Christmas in the Scandinavian countries.

Drift migration

An example would be an east wind in September blowing Scandinavian migrants such as Bluethroats, Wrynecks, and the continental race of Robin onto the east coast of England and Scotland, leading to temporary concentrations of these species at headlands like Spurn.

Enrique Badía Romero

In 2002, Romero was commissioned to draw a graphic novel adaptation of the Modesty Blaise short story "The Dark Angels"; this work was initially published exclusively in Scandinavia but was later reprinted in a special issue of Comics Revue in the United States.

Ereleuva

Related to the Erilaz from which the Heruli were tied with the Ostrogoths even after they returned to Scandinavia.

Formica aquilonia

Formica aquilonia is a species of wood ant of the genus Formica which are widely distributed in Europe and Asia, occurring from Scandinavia in the north to Bulgaria and Italy in the south, and from the UK eastwards through France and Germany to Russia, while they are also found in the coastal areas of the Sea of Okhotsk in eastern Siberia.

Friedrich von Hefner-Alteneck

He is largely remembered for the invention of the Hefner lamp, which provided the measure of luminous intensity used in Germany, Austria and Scandinavia from 1890 to 1942.

Geiranger

Geiranger is home to some of the most spectacular scenery in the world, and has been named the best travel destination in Scandinavia by Lonely Planet.

Haberdasher

Since the word has no recorded use in Scandinavia, it is most likely derived from the Anglo-Norman hapertas, meaning small ware.

Hans Fróði Hansen

Hans Fróði Hansen (born 24 August 1975 in Leirvík, Faroe Islands) is a retired football player and now manager from the Faroe Islands, who had started a second career as Fashion- and Beauty advisor under the name Hans F. Hansen of Scandinavia.

June Richmond

She first settled in France, where she sang worked with Henri Renaud, and later in Scandinavia.

Keimfarben

Keimfarben has two German sites in Diedorf (headquarters) and Alteno/Luckau and altogether eleven foreign subsidiaries in Europe (Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Poland, the Czech Republic) and the United States.

Linse Kessler

Kessler is known for her ownership of "Scandinavia's Largest Silicone Breasts" and for being the older sister of Danish professional boxer Mikkel Kessler.

Luzula wahlenbergii

Luzula wahlenbergii has a relatively wide distribution, growing across Arctic Eurasia, far-east Russia (including Transbaikal), Alaska, Greenland, Canada and the mountains of Scandinavia.

Molotov Jive

A week after STORM's release the bands official website announced that Molotov would be supporting Scottish band Glasvegas on a string of dates in Scandinavia.

Myrkviðr

5) Uncertain locations, such as in the Völundarkviða, where it is probably located somewhere else in Scandinavia (Weyland is here described as a Finnish prince, which would make him a Saami prince).

Norsca

It is analogous in position within the "Old World" to Scandinavia and its human occupants, the "Norse", are a fantasy version of the Norse peoples (including the vikings).

Northern bat

It is found from northern Scandinavia (beyond the Arctic Circle) to northern Italy, and eastern England to northern Japan.

Olaus Magnus

It included a map of Northern Europe with a map of Scandinavia, which was rediscovered by Oscar Brenner in 1886 in the München state library and shown to be the most accurate depiction of its time.

Pusa

This includes the following countries and regions: Russia, Scandinavia, Britain, Greenland, Canada, the USA, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Japan.

Sökkmímir

Sökmímir or Søkkmímir was a jotun who appears in two sources from Norse mythology, suggesting that he was once a well-known giant in Scandinavia.

Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Pomerania

At the death of Eric of Pomerania in 1459, Sophia's husband united Pomerania through the inheritance of Pomerania-Stolp and Pomerania-Rügenwalde by his marriage, while Sophia became the sole possessor of the vast fortune brought by Eric of Pomerania from his former kingdoms's in Scandinavia, as well as the one he had acquired by his piracy activity on Gotland.

Sweden–Ukraine relations

The first documented contacts between the people of Scandinavia and the Slavic territories of Ukraine are the Varangian journeys to what they called Garðaríki.

Utterby

This is a common construction also seen in Itterby, one of the parishes which formed Cleethorpes, and also Ytterby in Sweden, which is relatively frequent in Scandinavia and from which derive the names of the Chemical elements Yttrium, Ytterbium, Terbium and Erbium.

V1 Gallery

V1 Gallery gained international notability by being the first art gallery in Scandinavia to exhibit international street art pioneers such as Banksy (UK) and Eine (UK), the Faile artist collective (US/JAP), Futura 2000 (US), Zevs (FR) and OBEY / Shepard Fairey (US).

Westrobothnian

This suggests that the farming settlers finally reaching Westrobothnia had little contact with southern Scandinavia during the Viking age, and most probably already by then had developed different lingual features, some of which are still preserved in some Westrobothnian dialects, particularly in the dialects spoken in Skellefteå and Bureå.

Ynglingatal

Hägerdal (1994) doubts that Christian ideas were unknown in Scandinavia before the 11th century and he (1994:4) has pointed out that Borre and Skiringssal, in the part about the kings of Vestfold, were archaeologically important locations during the Viking Age but not later.

Yngvi

In Scandinavia and Germany, names in Ing survived into modern usage, e.g. Ingmar, Ingvar, Ingeborg, Ingrid, Ingegerd.