Scandinavia does not include the remote Norwegian territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
== Etymology ==The term Scandinavia in local usage covers the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
=== Scandinavian unions ===DenmarkNorway as a historiographical name refers to the former political union consisting of the kingdoms of Denmark and Norway, including the Norwegian dependencies of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands

