| Area |
Denmark - 43,098 sq km (16,640 sq miles).
Finland - 338,145 sq km (130,559 sq miles).
Iceland -103,000 sq km (39,769 sq miles).
Norway - 323,759 sq km (125,004 sq miles).
Sweden - 449,964 sq km (173,732 sq miles).
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| Population |
Denmark - 5,383,507 (2003).
Finland - 5,206,295 (2002).
Iceland - 288,471 (2002).
Norway - 4,552,252 (2003).
Sweden - 8,975,670 (2003).
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| Capital |
(DENMARK) Copenhagen - population 1,085,813 (2003).
(FINLAND) Helsinki - population 559,716 (2002).
(ICELAND) Reykjavik - population 112,554 (2002).
(NORWAY) Oslo - population 517,401 (2003).
(SWEDEN) Stockholm - population 761,721 (2003).
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| Language |
(DENMARK) Danish. Many Danes also speak English, German and French. (FINLAND) Finnish. Swedish and Same (Lapp) speaking minorities. (ICELAND) Icelandic. English and Danish are widely spoken. (NORWAY) Norwegian (Bokmal and Nynorsk) Sami is spoken in the north. English is widely spoken. (SWEDEN) Swedish. Lapp is spoken in the north; Finnish-speaking minorities. |
| Religion |
(DENMARK) Predominantly Evangelical Lutheran with a small Roman Catholic minority. (FINLAND) 85 per cent Evangelical Lutheran, others include Finnish orthodox, Baptist, Methodist, Free Church, Roman Catholic, Jews and Muslims. (ICELAND) Lutheran, with a catholic minority. (NORWAY) Evangelical Lutheran; plus other Christian denominations. (SWEDEN) Predominantly Church of Sweden (Evangelical Lutheran); other Protestant minorities |
| Time |
Denmark, Norway, Sweden GMT + 1. Finland GMT + 2. Iceland GMT.
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