The Nordic countries of Northern Europe are often known for their majestic landscapes. In fact, the Scandinavian Peninsula, in particular, is home to majestic fjords, mountains, waterfalls, and ...

The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured this impressive shot of the almost cloud-free Scandinavian Peninsula on 20 March 2022. The Scandinavian Peninsula, which comprises Sweden and Norway, is ...

Located on the Scandinavian Peninsula, Norway is Europe’s northernmost country and is famed for its fjords. Some of these are visible in the image as dark lines between the white and snow ...

Even though the mountains in Scandinavia are far from the highest in Europe, the mountain biking in Norway and Sweden is truly world class. There is some amazing trail riding to be had in the vast ...

Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has done more to unify Western Europe ... Nowhere is this truer than in the three Nordic nations that sit on the Scandinavian Peninsula: Norway, ...

Population genomics of Mesolithic Scandinavia: Investigating early postglacial migration routes and high-latitude adaptation. PLOS Biology , 2018; 16 (1): e2003703 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio ...

This new technology seemed to have had an origin in eastern Europe and it has been an open question how it reached Scandinavia. Early migration. Our interdisciplinary research team combined genetic ...

Northern Europe could be considered a late bloomer in some aspects of human history: initial settlement by hunter-gatherers occurred only about 11,000 years ago, after the retreat of the lingering ...