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The connections to USA has always bin much stronger than the connections to the Soviet Union. It is correct that some ultra left wing politician had connections to the Soviet Union, however these represented a minority. | The connections to USA has always bin much stronger than the connections to the Soviet Union. It is correct that some ultra left wing politician had connections to the Soviet Union, however these represented a minority. | ||
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| + | I'd like to avoid getting into a revert war. So, I'd like to point out that the Scandinavian Tourist Board consists of members of "Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden." [http://www.goscandinavia.com/] Scandinavian House, "The Nordic Center in America" also lists all five countries. [http://www.scandinaviahouse.org/about.html] National Geographic's map of Scandinavia has all five countries in it. [http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/product/373.html]. If you want more examples, I can find them. The only mention of Scandinavia that did not involve Iceland and Finland that I could find was the ownership of SAS. Given that it was founded in 1946, when Finland was controlled by Russia and Iceland was not in an economic position to support an airline, I do not find this a convincing case for only including three of the five countries of Scandinavia. If there is good reason for excluding Iceland and Finland, I'll hear it, but I'm not seeing one. [[User:ArnoldFriend|ArnoldFriend]] 23:39, 2 November 2008 (EST) | ||
Revision as of 04:39, November 3, 2008
"have had strong connections with former Soviet Union"
The connections to USA has always bin much stronger than the connections to the Soviet Union. It is correct that some ultra left wing politician had connections to the Soviet Union, however these represented a minority.
Iceland and Finland
I'd like to avoid getting into a revert war. So, I'd like to point out that the Scandinavian Tourist Board consists of members of "Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden." [1] Scandinavian House, "The Nordic Center in America" also lists all five countries. [2] National Geographic's map of Scandinavia has all five countries in it. [3]. If you want more examples, I can find them. The only mention of Scandinavia that did not involve Iceland and Finland that I could find was the ownership of SAS. Given that it was founded in 1946, when Finland was controlled by Russia and Iceland was not in an economic position to support an airline, I do not find this a convincing case for only including three of the five countries of Scandinavia. If there is good reason for excluding Iceland and Finland, I'll hear it, but I'm not seeing one. ArnoldFriend 23:39, 2 November 2008 (EST)