The largest of the three Scandinavian countries is Norway, with a surface of 625,222 square kilometers, when including the arctic islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Without these, Norway's total area size amounts to 385,207 square kilometers. Its neighboring country Sweden has a size of approximately 447,000 square kilometers, whereas Denmark is significantly smaller at around 43,000 square kilometers. Greenland, an autonomous area under the Kingdom of Denmark, has an ice-free surface of 410,450 km2, but its total area amounts to 2.67 million km2, making it the largest island in the world.
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Surface area of the Scandinavian countries
(in square kilometers)
Characteristic
Surface area in square kilometers
Norway*
625,222
Sweden
447,430
Greenland****
410,450
Denmark**
42,920
Faroe Islands***
1,396
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Surface area in square kilometers625,222625,222447,430447,430410,450410,45042,92042,9201,3961,396Norway*SwedenGreenland****Denmark**Faroe Islands***
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Scandinavia defined by the historic-lingustic aspect which excludes the Nordic countries of Finland and Iceland
Supplementary notes
* Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
** Excludes Faroe Islands and Greenland.
*** Faroe Islands is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark.
****Greenland is an autonomous country under the Kingdom of Denmark. The area given here only includes the ice-free area, Greenland's total size is 2.67 million square kilometers.
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