Scandinavia includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden as of 1902.
 Despite many wars over the years since the formation of the three kingdoms, Scandinavia has been politically and culturally close
 The Treaty of Roskilde, signed in 1658, forced DenmarkNorway to cede the Danish provinces Scania, Blekinge, Halland, Bornholm and the Norwegian provinces of Bhuslen and Trndelag to Sweden

