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Northern Europe as defined by the United Nations (marked blue):      Northern Europe      Western Europe      Eastern Europe      Southern Europe Location of the Nordic countries

Northern Europe is a term for the northern part of Europe. The United Nations defines Northern Europe as:[1][2]

A Dutch map of Northern Europe, printed in 1601.

Before the 19th century, the term 'Nordic' or 'Northern' was commonly used to mean Northern Europe in a sense that included the Nordic countries, European Russia, the Baltic countries (at that time Livonia and Courland) and Greenland.

Earlier eras

In earlier eras, when Europe was dominated by the Mediterranean region (i.e. the Roman Empire), everything not near this sea was termed Northern Europe, including Germany, the Low Countries, and Austria. This meaning is still used today in some contexts, such as in discussions of the Northern Renaissance. In medieval times, the term (Ultima) Thule was used to mean a mythical place in the extreme northern reaches of the continent.

Northern Europe: Country Area
(km²) Population
(2008 est.) Population density
(per km²) CapitalÅland(Finland) 1,552 26,008 16.8 MariehamnDenmark43,094 5,470,919 124.6 CopenhagenEstonia45,226 1,342,409 31.3 TallinnFaroe Islands(Denmark) 1,399 48,500 32.9 TórshavnFinland336,593 5,301,992 15.3 HelsinkiGuernseyd[›]78 65,573 828.0 St Peter PortIceland103,000 316,252 3.1 ReykjavíkIreland70,280 4,339,000 60.3 DublinIsle of Mand[›]572 80,058 129.1 DouglasJerseyd[›]116 95,871 773.9 Saint HelierLatvia64,589 2,366,515 36.6 RigaLithuania65,200 3,601,138 55.2 VilniusNorway324,220 4,525,116 14.0 OsloSvalbard and Jan
Mayen Islands(Norway) 62,049 2,868 0.046 LongyearbyenSweden449,964 9,142,817 19.7 StockholmUnited Kingdom384,820 66,100,835 244.2 London

References and notes

  1. ^ United Nations Statistics Division- Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications (M49)
  2. ^ World Population Prospects Population Database
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