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I am not a part of this thing, but I am Scandinavian (from Stavanger, Norway). And my vote is:
Riredale: your wife should be able to enter. Not you.
Birdcat: Asatru is a good try, but no, too old. Can't see anyone in the Asatru making videos that anyone without the Asatru would want to watch.
Teaktart: 'Oops' children are as good as any. You're in.
Tor (the god of thunder)
Now, the question here is: which countries to include to Scandinavia? Scandinavian peninsula includes (only) Denmark, Sweden and Norway, which will leave out Finland, Iceland and Faroe Islands.
On the other hand, linguistically and culturally Iceland and Faroe Islands can be included in Scandinavia (language is based on the same root language).
And we Finns are usually counted in to Scandinavia (Fenno-Scandia) because we have a very long (love/hate) relationship with Sweden and we were part of Sweden hundreds of years. But we have still our own distinct language, which should rule us out.
Anyway, Finland is part of Nordic countries. So, is this for Scandinavian only or for Nordic?
TWO drinking horns! He's an Asatru fundamentalist, then.
I'm from Stavanger, Ulf, but live currently in Antananarivo, Madagascar. (My wife is a petrolueum expert, working for the government in Madagascar on a program paid for by Norway. The aim is to help Madagascar set up a petroleum policy that is sustainable and benefits the people.) Me and the girls just tag along. Being a writer/composer it doesn't matter that much where I work as long as there is internet.
If you can read a little Norwegian, check out the family blog at http://blog.nana.no
Couldn't read a single word of the blog, but liked the photos. Reminded me a little bit of my time in Ethiopia back in the '70's (relatively close to Madagascar on a globe, anyway).
Don't know much about my wife's Norwegian heritage but (1) she drinks a LOT of coffee, (2) her family is very quiet and stoic (maybe those long winters altered the genes), and (3) the entire family is highly educated, with Masters and PhD's all about. Her uncle was recently chancellor of UC Berkeley (Bob Berdahl).