Scandinavian Origin Place Names

This is a list of place names in which the origin is Scandinavian. This is the collective name for the North Germanic languages spoken in Scandinavia. See Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic for more specific lists.

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Estland (Country) German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish form of Estonia.

Estocolmo (Settlement) Spanish
Spanish form of Stockholm.

Frankrig (Country) Danish
Danish cognate of Frankreich. This is the Danish name for France.

Frankrike (Country) Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian cognate of Frankreich. This is the Swedish name for France.

Holsten (Political Subdivision & Region) Danish
Danish form of Holstein.

Hviderusland (Country) Danish
Means "white Russia", a Danish calque of Belarus.

Hviterussland (Country) Norwegian
Means "white Russia", a Norwegian calque of Belarus.

Nederland (Country) Dutch, Norwegian
Dutch and Norwegian cognate of Netherlands.

Nederlandene (Country) Danish
Danish cognate of Netherlands.

Nederländerna (Country) Swedish
Swedish cognate of Netherlands.

Nørup (Settlement) Danish
Meaning unknown. This is the name of towns in Denmark.

Polen (Country) German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian form of Poland.

Rusland (Country) Dutch, Danish
Dutch and Danish cognate of Russland.

Rússland (Country) Icelandic
Icelandic cognate of Russland.

Russland (Country) German, Norwegian
Derived from the medieval state of Rus and land meaning "country, state". This is the German and Norwegian name for Russia.

Ryssland (Country) Swedish
Swedish cognate of Russland.

Saudi-Arabia (Country) Finnish, Norwegian
Finnish and Norwegian form of Saudi Arabia.

Saudi-Arabien (Country) German, Danish
German and Danish form of Saudi Arabia.

Saudiarabien (Country) Swedish
Swedish form of Saudi Arabia.

Skotland (Country) Danish
Danish form of Scotland.

Skottland (Country) Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of Scotland.

Slovakia (Country) English, Norwegian, Finnish, Greek
From Slovák, the Slovak form of Old Slavic slověne, referring to the tribe of the Slavs. This is the name of a country in central Europe. Note that the name of this country is closely related to that of Slovenia.

Slovakien (Country) Swedish
Swedish form of Slovakia.

Slovakiet (Country) Danish
Danish form of Slovakia.

Slovenia (Country) English, Italian, Romanian, Norwegian, Finnish, Greek, Georgian
From Slovene, the language of the Slovenes, derived from the Old Slavic tribal name slověne meaning "Slavs". This is the name of a country in central Europe. Note that the name of this country is closely related to that of Slovakia.

Slovenien (Country) Danish, Swedish
Danish and Swedish form of Slovenia.

Somalia (Country) English, Italian, Spanish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Romanian, Greek, Albanian, Indonesian, Malay
From the ethnic name Somali, of uncertain meaning. The Somali people connect it to their mythical ancestor Samaale. Italian and British colonists applied the ethnic name to the Horn of Africa region in the 19th century. It became an independent country in 1960.

Stoccolma (Settlement) Italian
Italian form of Stockholm.

Stockholm (Settlement) Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, German, Dutch, French
From Swedish stock "log" and holme "islet". The islet probably referred to Helgeandsholmen in central Stockholm. This is the name of the capital city of Sweden. The first written mention of the name occurs in 1252.

Stokgolm (Settlement) Russian
Russian form of Stockholm.

Sverige (Country) Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
From Swedish svear "Swede" and rike "realm, kingdom". This is the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish name for Sweden.

Thailand (Country) English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Combination of Thai and land. This is the name of a country in southeastern Asia, formerly called Siam.

Tukholma (Settlement) Finnish
Finnish form of Stockholm.

Tyskland (Country) Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Swedish, Norwegian and Danish form of Deutschland.

Vitryssland (Country) Swedish
Means "white Russia", a Swedish calque of Belarus.