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Scandinavia has a lower population density because large parts of Scandinavia are harsh climate zones that in the past prevented (food supply) and today at least dis-incentivize (comfort, cost) a high population density.
When did Scandinavia get populated?
People started settling in Scandinavia and calling it home soon after the region emerged out of the icy grip of the last ice age around 12,000 years ago. Archaeological finds show that people lived in the area 11,700 years ago.
How did the Vikings change medieval Europe?
The Vikings undertook extensive trade and built a trade network that eventually covered all of modern Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Northern India, and even China. During the Viking period, the economy of northern Europe was transformed from a prestige goods exchange system into a mercantile market economy.
Is Scandinavia lonely?
Meanwhile, other research suggests that the tendency to live alone in Sweden has not left it a lonelier nation than European neighbours. In fact, the latest European Social Survey, released in 2014, found that only 5\% of Swedes experienced frequent loneliness, slightly lower than the European average of 7\%.
In Nordic countries, they found, 12.3\% of the population are struggling or suffering. That rose to 13.5\% of the 18 to 23 year age group. Among Swedish young women, it is 19.5\% – nearly one in five – compared with 13.8\% of Swedish young men.
Why does Scandinavia have a lower population density than other countries?
Scandinavia has a lower population density because large parts of Scandinavia are harsh climate zones that in the past prevented (food supply) and today at least dis-incentivize (comfort, cost) a high population density.
From c. 9,000 to 6,000 BP (Middle to Late Mesolithic), Scandinavia was populated by mobile or semi-sedentary groups about whom little is known. They subsisted by hunting, fishing and gathering.
What are some interesting facts about ancient Scandinavia?
Even though Scandinavians joined the European Bronze Age cultures fairly late through trade, Scandinavian sites present rich and well-preserved objects made of wool, wood and imported Central European bronze and gold. During this period Scandinavia gave rise to the first known advanced civilization in this area following the Nordic Stone Age.
So most of the people live in a small Southern part, which is quite close to Germany in climate. 9 of 10 Swedes live in the Southern third of the country, and half of Norway is above the Arctic circle. Scandinavia is a huge region from South to North. Denmark has similar population density to Northern Germany.