Negara-negara Nordik

Negara-negara Nordik menempati wilayah di Eropa Timur dan Atlantik Utara. Negara yang merupakan negara Nordik adalah Denmark, Finlandia, Islandia, Norwegia dan Swedia, dan juga teritori Kepulauan Faroe, Greenland, Svalbard dan Åland. Skandinavia kadang-kadang digunakan sebagai sinonim untuk negara-negara Nordik,"Scandinavia" (the term should correctly be used excluding Finland). In Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary. Retrieved 10 January 2008: "Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden—sometimes also considered to include Iceland, the Faeroe Islands, & Finland." (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines "Nordic" as an adjective dated to 1898 with the meaning "of or relating to the Germanic peoples of northern Europe and especially of Scandinavia."), "Scandinavia" (2005). The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition. Ed. Erin McKean. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-517077-6: "a cultural region consisting of the countries of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and sometimes also of Iceland, Finland, and the Faroe Islands"; Scandinavia  (2001). The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Retrieved January 31, 2007: "Scandinavia, region of N Europe. It consists of the kingdoms of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark; Finland and Iceland are usually considered part of Scandinavia"; Scandinavia. (2007). Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved January 31, 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: "Scandinavia, historically Scandia, part of northern Europe, generally held to consist of the two countries of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Norway and Sweden, with the addition of Denmark"; and Scandinavia . (2006). Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 30, 2007: "Scandinavia (ancient Scandia), name applied collectively to three countries of northern Europe—Norway and Sweden (which together form the Scandinavian Peninsula), and Denmark".  2009-11-01. meskipun di negara-negara Nordik kedua di istilah ini dianggap berbeda.

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 Norden — the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers' website.
 Nordregio — a European centre for research, education and documentation on spatial development, established by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
 NordRegio Statistics  — a collection of thematic maps and figures of Nordic and Baltic countries by NordRegio.
 Go Scandinavia  — official website of the Scandinavian Tourist Boards in North America.
 Scandinavia House — the Nordic Center in New York, run by the American-Scandinavian Foundation.
 vifanord – a digital library that provides scientific information on the Nordic and Baltic countries as well as the Baltic region as a whole.
 Mid Nordic Committee  Nordic organization to promote sustainable development and growth in the region