Northern Europe with Estonia and Finland topping the list among the OECD countries in Europe. Northern Europe Northern Europe is the general term for the geographical region in Europe that is approximately north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. Nations usually included within this region are Denmark, Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden, and less often the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, northern Germany, northern Belarus and northwest Russia. Narrower definitions may be based on other geographical factors such as climate and ecology. A broader definition would include the area north of the Alps.
Finland–Norway relations conflict. Both countries are full members of the Nordic Union, Council of the Baltic Sea States, and of the Council of Europe. There are around 2,000 Norwegians living in Finland and around 6,332 Finns (15-60,000 including Kvens) living in Norway. Finland–Norway relations Finland–Norway relations are foreign relations between Finland and Norway. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1917, after Finland's independence. Finland has an embassy in Oslo. Norway has an embassy in Helsinki. For some decades surrounding 1900, many in Norway feared the Finnish immigration and Kven people in Northern Norway, coining the term "the Finnish danger". For a period,