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• The Nordic countries
  Nordic countries
  
  File:Location Nordic Council.svgThe Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and far northeastern North America, called the Nordic region, consisting of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories which include the Faroe Islands, Greenland and ?land....
  , the northwestern European countries of Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark), as well as Iceland and Finland; or a native of one of the Nordic countries; or a native of Northern Europe
  Northern Europe
  
  Northern Europe is the northern part or region of Europe. The United Nations defines Northern Europe as including the following countries and dependent regions:...
  

• Scandinavian
  Scandinavia
  
  Scandinavia is a historical and geographical subregion in northern Europe that includes the Scandinavian Peninsula. It consists of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; some authorities also include Finland and some might even include Iceland....
   or Norse
  Norse
  
  Norse is an adjective relating things to ancient Scandinavia, that is Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland during the early Middle-Ages ....
  

• North Germanic languages
  North Germanic languages
  
  The North Germanic languages or Scandinavian languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages, along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages....
  

• A racial category used in the early 20th century which is no longer in scientific use; or certain features thought of as characteristic of the Scandinavian people
  Scandinavians
  
  Scandinavians may refer to:*the historical Norsemen*the modern Nordic countries populations:**Danish people**Norwegians**Swedish ethnic group...
   or relating to Germanic peoples
  Germanic peoples
  
  File:Germanische-ratsversammlung 1-1250x715.jpgThe Germanic peoples are a historical Ethnolinguistics group, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Indo-European languages Germanic languages which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre-Roman Iron Age....
   in Northern Europe

Relating to the Nordic countries

• Nordic Council
  Nordic Council
  
  The Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers is a partially dormant intergovernmental forum for co-operation between the Nordic countries....
  
• Nordic Cross Flag
  Nordic Cross Flag
  
  The Nordic Cross Flag, Nordic Cross or Scandinavian Cross is a pattern of flags usually associated with the flags of the Scandinavian countries of which it originated....
  
• Nordic green left
  Nordic Green Left
  
  Nordic green left refers to a specific brand of socialism from the Nordic countries that incorporates elements of environmentalism and feminism....
  
• Nordic Industrial Fund
  Nordic Industrial Fund
  
  The Nordic Industrial Fund is a funding initiated to promote research, innovation and education within the industry of the Nordic Countries. It was administered by the Nordic Council of Ministers, and established on 20 February 1973 ....
  
• Nordic Language Convention
  Nordic Language Convention
  
  The Nordic Language Convention is a Treaty of linguistic rights which came into force in March 1, 1987, under the auspices of the Nordic Council....
  
• Nordic literature
• Nordic model
  Nordic model
  
  The Nordic model refers to the economic and social models of the Nordic countries . This particular adaptation of the mixed market economy is characterized by more generous welfare states , which are aimed specifically at enhancing individual autonomy, ensuring the universal provision of basic human rights and stabilizing the economy....
  
• Nordic Seas, a term used to collectively referred to the Barents Sea
  Barents Sea
  
  The Barents Sea is a part of the Arctic Ocean located north of Norway and Russia. It is a rather deep Continental shelf sea , bordered by the shelf edge towards the Norwegian Sea in the west, the island of Svalbard in the northwest, and the islands of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya in the northeast and east....
  , the Norwegian Sea
  Norwegian Sea
  
  The Norwegian Sea is part of the North Atlantic Ocean northwest of Norway, located between the North Sea and the Greenland Sea.It adjoins the Iceland Sea to the west and the Barents Sea to the northeast....
  , the Greenland Sea
  Greenland Sea
  
  The Greenland Sea is the northernmost part of the North Atlantic Ocean immediately south of the Arctic Ocean. It encompasses some 1,205,000 square km ....
   and the Icelandic Sea
• Nordic swan
  Nordic swan
  
  The Nordic Swan is an ecolabel used in the Nordic countries, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway. It was established in 1989 and is used mostly for groceries and cosmetic products....
  
• Traditional Nordic dance music
  Traditional Nordic dance music
  
  Traditional Nordic dance music is a type of traditional music or folk music that once was common in the mainland part of the Nordic countries ? Scandinavia plus Finland....
  

Synonym for Scandinavian or Norse

• Nordic Bronze Age
  Nordic Bronze Age
  
  The Nordic Bronze Age is the name given by Oscar Montelius to a period and a Bronze Age archaeological culture in Scandinavian pre-history, ca 1800 BCE - 500 BCE, with sites that reached as far east as Estonia....
  
• Nordic folklore
• Nordic mythology

Relating to North Germanic languages

• Nordic languages

Relating to a racial category

• Nordic race, "a physical type characterized by tall stature, long head, light skin and hair, and blue eyes."
• Nordic theory
  Nordic theory
  
  The Nordic race was one of the Race into which the European ethnic groups were divided by anthropologists in the first half of the twentieth century....
  , or Nordicism (the belief that Northern Europeans constitute a "master race")
• Nordic League
  Nordic League
  
  Disambiguation: the Nordic League should not be confused with the Nordic CouncilThe Nordic League was a far right organisation in the United Kingdom....
   (a British
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
   far right
  Far right
  
  Far right, extreme right, hard right, ultra-right or radical right are terms used to discuss the Qualitative research or Quantitative research position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum....
   organization)

Other

Sports

• Nordic combined
  Nordic combined
  
  The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping....
  
• Nordic skiing
  Nordic skiing
  
  Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski. This includes a wide range of ski equipment and techniques such as classic and skate cross country skiing, ski jumping, biathlon, and telemark skiing....
  
• Nordic walking
  Nordic walking
  
  Nordic walking, also known as ski walking, pole walking or fitness walking, is a form of exercise consisting of walking with poles similar to ski poles....
  
• Nordic Championship
  Nordic Championship
  
  The Nordic Championships refers to a number of sporting competitions for Nordic countries. For some of the competitions, is the top achievement in a sport or contest for Nordic athletes....
  

Companies, products and institutions

• Nordic Airways
• Nordic Aluminium
  Nordic Aluminium
  
  Nordic Aluminium is a Finland aluminium producer. Its shares are listed on Helsinki Stock Exchange since 1997.External links...
  
• Nordic Choir
  Nordic Choir
  
  The Nordic Choir is a 70-voice a cappella choir of highly select mixed voices from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.In 1948, just two years after its founding by Dr....
  
• Nordic gold
  Nordic gold
  
  Nordic gold is the alloy from which the middle three denominations of euro coins, 50 cent, 20 cent, and 10 cent coins are made. It has also been in use for a number of years in other countries, most notably in the Sweden 10-Swedish krona coin ....
  
• Nordic Folkboat
  Nordic Folkboat
  
  The Nordic Folkboat is a small sailboat, rigged as a sloop. The design of this boat was the result of a competition held by the Scandinavian Yacht Racing Union in 1942, who were hoping to create an easily sailed and low cost boat....
  
• Nordic Museum
  Nordic Museum
  
  The Nordic Museum is a museum located on Djurg?rden, an island in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the Early Modern age until the contemporary period....
  
• Nordic Summer University
  Nordic Summer University
  
  The Nordic Summer University is a Nordic countries research network funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers, organizing study circles in the social and human sciences, mainly for PhD students or post-doctoral scholars from the Nordic countries....
  
• TUIfly Nordic
  TUIfly Nordic
  
  TUIfly Nordic, formerly known as Britannia Nordic, is a charter airline based in Sweden. The name changed on 1 May 2006. It operates holiday charter flights from airports in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland to fly vacation travelers for the tour operators Fritidsresor, Finnmatkat and Star Tour....
  

Popular culture

• Nordic aliens
  Nordic aliens
  
  Nordic aliens is a name given to what are said to be a group of humanoid Extraterrestrial life. They are so named because they are said to resemble Nordic race, Scandinavian, or Aryan race racial images....
  
• Risto Hieta
  Risto Hieta
  
  Risto Hieta, also known by the pseudonym Nordic or Nordic the Incurable, is a Finland person connected with the role playing game and Video game culture....
   ("Nordic the Incurable")

See also

• Norse (disambiguation)
• Northern Europe
  Northern Europe
  
  Northern Europe is the northern part or region of Europe. The United Nations defines Northern Europe as including the following countries and dependent regions:...
  
• North
  North
  
  North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the fundamental direction:...