Geography General Knowledge - Nordic Countries

Can you answer the series of geography-based general knowledge questions relating to the Nordic Countries (i.e. Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland)?

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Last updated: September 8, 2019

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Nordic country with the longest coastline	Norway
Nordic capital city that contains the highest proportion of its country's population	Reykjavík
Name of mainland Denmark, gave its name to a famous naval battle occurring in 1916	Jutland
2nd most populated city in Norway	Bergen
Famous bronze statue displayed on a rock within Copenhagen	Little Mermaid
The city with the busiest passenger port	Helsinki
Gulf separating Sweden and Finland	Gulf of Bothnia
The Norwegian name for steep narrow inlets found by its coastline	Fjord
Western Swedish city, location of car-makers Volvo's headquarters	Gothenburg
Large Norwegian archipelago, north of the continental mainland	Svalbard

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Bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden	Øresund Bridge
The capital of the Faroe Islands	Tórshavn
Theme park in Copenhagen that opened in 1843.	Tivoli Gardens
The Finnish language's name for Finland	Suomi
The currency of Sweden	Krona
Icelandic island formed by the eruption of a volcano in 1963	Surtsey
Strait separating Norway and Denmark	Skagerrak
Largest Nordic lake	Lake Vänern
Sweden's largest island	Gotland
Sweden's highest mountain	Kebnekaise