What is the name of Iceland’s highest mountain peak?
Answer
Hvannadalshnúkur
95 Scandinavian Countries Trivia Questions with Answers
95 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What is the name of the bridge linking Denmark’s Zealand and Funen across the Great Belt?
Answer
Great Belt Bridge
What is Norway’s national day, celebrated on 17 May?
Answer
Constitution Day
Who became Sweden’s first woman prime minister in 2021?
Answer
Magdalena Andersson
What is the name of Sweden’s currency?
Answer
Swedish krona
Which Danish king is associated with the Jelling stones and the Christianization of Denmark?
Answer
Harald Bluetooth
What is Norway’s highest mountain?
Answer
Galdhøpiggen
Which Finnish town hosts the annual Savonlinna Opera Festival?
Answer
Savonlinna
Which German-born architect designed Helsinki Cathedral in Finland?
Answer
Carl Ludvig Engel
What is the name of Iceland’s largest glacier by area?
Answer
Vatnajökull
Which Danish author wrote the memoir and book Out of Africa?
Answer
Karen Blixen
Where did IKEA open its first permanent store in 1958?
Answer
Älmhult
What is Denmark’s highest natural point?
Answer
Møllehøj
What is Norway’s longest and deepest fjord?
Answer
Sognefjord
What is the name of Sweden’s royal palace in central Stockholm?
Answer
Stockholm Palace
Which Norwegian explorer reached the South Pole first, in December 1911?
Answer
Roald Amundsen
Which Icelandic author won the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature?
Answer
Halldór Laxness
What is the name of Denmark’s oldest surviving amusement park?
Answer
Dyrehavsbakken
Which Icelandic president was the country’s first, serving from 1944 to 1952?
Answer
Sveinn Björnsson
Which Finnish composer wrote the orchestral tone poem Finlandia in 1899?
Answer
Jean Sibelius
On what date did Finland declare independence from Russia?
Answer
6 December 1917
What is the name of Iceland’s famous geothermal spa near Grindavík?
Answer
Blue Lagoon
Which Norwegian explorer led the first expedition to navigate the Northwest Passage?
Answer
Roald Amundsen
Which Swedish writer became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
Answer
Selma Lagerlöf
Which is Sweden’s largest lake by surface area?
Answer
Lake Vänern
Which Swedish canal links Lake Vänern with the Baltic Sea?
Answer
Göta Canal
Which Danish company introduced the modern LEGO minifigure in 1978?
Answer
The LEGO Group
Which country shares Denmark’s only land border?
Answer
Germany
Which Norwegian island is home to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault?
Answer
Spitsbergen