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,[1] meskipun di negara-negara Nordik kedua di istilah ini dianggap berbeda.
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