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Northern Europe is a term for the northern part of Europe , though its precise boundaries are vague and defined variously. It is a term that groups the Nordic Countries (which are present in all definitions):
along with a selection of the following which varies from definition to definition:
The United Nations Statistics Division defines Northern Europe as:
Before the 19th Century , the term 'Nordic' or 'Northern' was commonly used to mean Northern Europe in a sense that included the Nordic countries, European Russia , the Baltic Countries (at that time Livonia and Courland ) and Greenland . In earlier eras, when Europe was dominated by the Mediterranean region (i.e. the Roman Empire ), everything not near this sea was termed Northern Europe, including Germany , the Low Countries , and Austria . This meaning is still used today in some contexts, such as in discussions of the Northern Renaissance . In Medieval times, the term (Ultima) Thule was used to mean a semi- Mythical Place in the extreme northern reaches of the continent. Today the term is of subjective nature with its meaning usually determined by the geo-political outlook of the speaker. This also means that the definition of the term is largely socio-political as there is no rationale to include Great Britain as being part of Northern Europe while excluding the Netherlands . REFERENCES |
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