Which peninsula comprises Norway and Sweden?

The peninsula that comprises Norway and Sweden is the Scandinavian Peninsula.

This large landform occupies most of mainland Norway and Sweden and extends into northwestern Finland. It is bordered by the Norwegian Sea and North Atlantic to the west, the Barents Sea to the north, and the Gulf of Bothnia and Baltic Sea to the east. At roughly 750,000 square kilometers, it is Europe’s largest peninsula.

The Scandinavian Mountains run along much of the Norway–Sweden boundary. Glaciers carved Norway’s famous fjords and shaped the peninsula’s many lakes, valleys and rugged uplands. Its highest point is Galdhøpiggen in Norway, at 2,469 meters.

The geographic term is easy to confuse with Scandinavia. Scandinavia is primarily a cultural and historical region consisting of Denmark, Norway and Sweden; Denmark is not on the Scandinavian Peninsula, while part of Finland is. The Balkan, Italian and Iberian peninsulas are separate European landforms, located farther south.