Scandinavia
the ancient name of the region now comprehending the three kingdoms, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, or Sweden and Norway alone, and still frequently used. These countries were inhabited in the earliest times by people of the Teutonic stock, and 100 B. C. the natives of Jutland and Schleswig became formidable to the Romans under the name of Cimbri. But it was chiefly in the 9th century that they made their power felt in western and south- 4 or SCANDIUM ern Europe, where hordes of Northmen, Vikings, made repeated raids in their galleys. The Old Norse or Scandinavian literature, so far as extant, is of considerable value. Among the most important remains are the Edda and the Sagas.
See NORTHMEN.