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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: The Guardian - Summer in Scandinavia: five eco-friendly ideas to holiday like a local. Jul 28, 2026
Questions and answers added. Mar 17, 2025
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Summer in Scandinavia: five eco-friendly ideas to holiday like a local. Apr 15, 2024
Links added. May 04, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Scandinavian Pre-History. Oct 20, 2022
Corrected display issue. Jun 08, 2021
Corrected display issue. Oct 05, 2018
Add new Web site: The World Association for Case Method Research and Application - A Short History of Scandinavia. Apr 20, 2018
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Scandinavia, Europe. Oct 30, 2017
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Scandinavia, Europe. Dec 07, 2012
Add new Web site: History World - History of Scandinavia. Apr 08, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - World - Scandinavia, Northern Europe. Jan 20, 2011
Article revised and media added. Jan 29, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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