What are the five Nordic countries?

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

The five Nordic countries are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and their dependent territories, such as the Faroe Islands and Greenland belonging to Denmark, the Oran Islands belonging to Finland and Svalbard belonging to Norway. Due to its geographical location, Norway's Antarctic territory is usually not regarded as a part of the five Nordic countries.

Some parts of Europe, such as the northern islands of Scotland, have cultural or ethnic ties with the five Nordic countries, but they are not considered to belong to the five Nordic countries. Nordic people account for more than three-quarters of the population in this area, and are the largest ethnic group, followed by Finns, accounting for the majority. Other races include the Inuit, Sami, new immigrants and their descendants in Greenland.

The historical backgrounds of the five countries and the four autonomous regions are closely related, and their lifestyles, religions, social and political systems are similar. Politically, although not the same institution, they all participate in the Nordic Council. The pan-Scandinavian movement tried to unify Denmark, Norway and Sweden into one country in the19th century.

With the independence of Finland in the early 20th century and Iceland in the middle 20th century, this movement expanded to the establishment of modern Nordic cooperation organizations, including the Nordic Council.

There are three language families, namely the North Germanic branch of Indo-European (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic), the Finnish-Ugric branch of Urals (Finnish) and Sami, and the Greenland branch of Eskimo-Aleutian. The main religion is Lutheranism.

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economy

In terms of economic competitiveness, the five Nordic countries are often ahead of other countries in the world. In WEF's global competitiveness ranking in 2006-2007, Finland, Sweden and Denmark ranked second, third and fourth respectively, while Norway and Iceland ranked 12 and 14 respectively. Prior to this, Finland won the championship for three consecutive years.

In recent years, Norway has rapidly risen to the highest national income in the world, about 60,000 US dollars. In terms of scientific and technological innovation, the five Nordic countries are also far ahead. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) surveyed the ranking of the most innovative countries (regions) in the world from 2002 to 2006. Sweden, Finland and Denmark ranked fourth, fifth and seventh respectively, and Taiwan Province Province of China ranked eighth.

In terms of quality of life, despite the harsh natural conditions, there was ice and snow for half a year, but it was still won by Northern Europe. The happiest country in the world (the country with the best human development index) selected by the United Nations in 2006 is judged according to three indicators: healthy life, knowledge level and living standard. In addition to Norway, which won the championship for six years in a row, Iceland ranked second. The other three Nordic countries are also on the list of 65,438+05.

These "awards" all reflect that the Nordic countries are not only economically competitive, innovative in the commercial field, happy in people's lives and suitable for human settlements. It is no exaggeration to say that "the strongest competitiveness in the world is in Northern Europe". However, why can these five small countries located in the corner of the world become the benchmark of national competitiveness under the global spotlight today?

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Nordic