Scandinavia is a historical and geographical region centered on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It is most commonly defined as the three kingdoms that historically shared the Scandinavian Peninsula, namely Norway, Sweden and Denmark. In linguistics and cultural studies, the definition of Scandinavia is expanded to include the areas where Old Norse was spoken and where the North Germanic languages are now dominant. As a linguistic and cultural concept, Scandinavia thus also includes Iceland and the Faroe Islands. As a cultural and historical concept, Scandinavia includes Finland as well (of the larger region Fenno-Scandinavia), often with reference to the nation's long history as a part of Sweden. Although Finland is culturally closely related to the other Scandinavian countries, it also has a distinct Finno-Ugric identity shaped by both Eastern and Western European influences.-------Since the rise of the Fennoman movement in the 1830s and the political movement Scandinavism in 1850s, the inclusion of Finland divides opinions in the respective states. Although it depends on context, or is disputed, whether Iceland, the Faroes and Finland are Scandinavian, they are all unambigiously part the wider region known as the Nordic countries. This region also includes Greenland.----Being a purely historical and cultural region, Scandinavia has no official political borders. The region is therefore often defined according to the conventions of different disciplines or according to the political and cultural aims of different communities of the area. ------------------ Geographically the Scandinavian Peninsula includes what is today mainland Sweden and mainland Norway. However, Denmark has historically included various regions of the Scandinavian Peninsula, such as Norway and the historic region of Scania. As a result, Denmark – Jutland on the Jutland peninsula, along with Zealand and the other islands in the Danish archipelago – is considered part of the Scandinavian region. A wider definition of Scandinavia includes Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.