Scandinavia,

Scandinavia, a large peninsula in the north of Europe, bounded on the N. by the Arctic Ocean, on the W. by that branch of the Atlantic now called the Norwegian Sea, and on the S. and E. by the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia. The character of the country, its physical features, industries, &c., are given under NORWAY and SWEDEN. In a historical sense Scandinavia includes Denmark and Iceland, and in a literary sense besides these the intellectual productions of the Swedish race in Finland. For the languages and literatures of Scandinavia, see ICELAND, NORWAY, SWEDEN, DENMARK, and EDDA.