Nordic Europe

Nordic countries Norden (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) Pohjoismaat  (Finnish) Norðurlöndin  (Icelandic) Norðurlond  (Faroese) Nunat Avannarliit  (Greenlandic) Davveriikkat  (Northern Sami)
Location of the Nordic countries
Capitals	8 cities Copenhagen Tórshavn Nuuk Helsinki Mariehamn Reykjavík Oslo
Languages	14 languages Danish Faroese Finnish Greenlandic Icelandic Norwegian Sami (7) Swedish
Composition	8 states and territories 5 sovereign countries  Denmark  Finland  Iceland  Norway  Sweden 3 dependent countries  Åland Islands  Faroe Islands  Greenland
Area
• Total	3,425,804 km2 (1,322,710 sq mi) (7th)
Population
• 2017 estimate	27,056,092 (49th)
• 2000 census	25,478.559
• Density	7.62/km2 (19.7/sq mi) (225th)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$1.117 trillion (17th)
• Per capita	$52,688 (6th)
GDP (nominal)	2016 estimate
• Total	$1.454 trillion (11th)
• Per capita	$54,052 (7th)
Currency	5 currencies Krona 1Krone/Króna Krone Króna Euro See Faroese króna

The Nordic countries or the Nordic are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic, where they are most commonly known as Norden (literally "the North"). They consist of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, including Greenland and Faroe Islands—which are both constituent countries within the Kingdom of Denmark—and the Åland Islands. The population of the Nordic countries are mainly Scandinavian or Finnish, with Greenlandic Inuit and the Sami people as indigenous minorities, since Scandinavians comprise over three quarters of the region's population and is thus the largest group by far. The native languages are Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese, all North Germanic languages rooted in Old Norse. Native non-Germanic languages are Finnish, Greenlandic and several Sami languages. The main religion is Lutheran Christianity. The Nordic countries have much in common in their way of life, history, religion, their use of Scandinavian languages and social structure. The Nordic countries have a long history of political unions and other close relations, but do not form a separate entity today. The Scandinavist movement sought to unite Denmark, Norway and Sweden into one country in the 19th century and this movement later evolved into the modern organised Nordic cooperation which includes the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers. Especially in English, Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for the Nordic countries, but that term more properly refers to the three monarchies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Geologically, the Scandinavian Peninsula comprises the mainland of Norway and Sweden as well as the northernmost part of Finland.