A-Z Of Scandinavia

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This can be anything - places, countries, customs, people, weather anything!

A AARHUS - The second largest city in Denmark.

 

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B BRONBY I.F. (F.C.) - well-known top division Danish football club. Domestic successes, but they have never won a major European trophy , although they have reached the semi-finals.

 

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C - Wonderful Copenhagen. Song famously celebrating the Danish capital first sung by Danny Kaye in the 1952 film, Hans Christian Andersen.

 

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D DENMARK - a country who like England have three lions on their coat of arms.

 

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E - Eric Bloodaxe. King of Norway who later became king in Northumbria in the 10th century.

 

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F FREDDIE Ljungberg - former Swedish international winger who played for Arsenal and West Ham in England.

 

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G - Gotland. Sweden's largest island in the Baltic Sea.

 

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H HVIDOVRE IF - Football club that competes in the Danish first division.

 

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I - Ingemar Johansson. Swedish heavyweight boxer who became world champion after a shock win over Floyd Patterson in 1959.

 

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J JO Nesbo - from Norway. Author best known for his crime-thriller series featuring Detective Harry Hole.

 

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K - Kristina. First female monarch of Sweden from 1632 to her abdication in 1654 when she converted to Catholicism and settled in Rome.

 

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L LILLEHAMMER - a town in Norway which hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics.

 

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M - Malmo FF. Swedish football club. Surprise finalists in 1979 European Cup when they lost 1:0 to Nottingham Forest in Munich.

 

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N NORWAY - one of the three countries that make up Scandinavia

 

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O OSLO - capital city of Norway (see previous post).

 

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P - Peter Schmeichel. Considered one of the greatest goalkeepers ever. A major factor in Manchester United's success in the 1990s and represented Denmark in an international career spanning 1987-2001.

 

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P - Peter Schmeichel. Considered one of the greatest goalkeepers ever. A major factor in Manchester United's success in the 1990s and represented Denmark in an international career spanning 1987-2001.

. . . and we mustn't forget young Kasper too!

 

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Q QUEEN of Denmark - is currently Queen Mary . Born Mary Elizabeth Donaldson (1972).

 

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Q Georg QUISTGAARD -A member of the Danish Resistance during World War 2. He was executed at the age of 29 in, what is now, Ryvangen Memorial Park along with 104 others.

 

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Q QUEEN of Denmark - is currently Queen Mary . Born Mary Elizabeth Donaldson (1972).

Sorry didn't see this, Mike!