Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
nordiska länderna
English translation:
The Nordic countries
Swedish term
Colombia
Over 27 years experience
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Danish to English, Swedish to Spanish, and 8 more.
nordiska länderna
(The official name is Nordic or Scandinavian countries?)
| 5 +6 | The Nordic countries |
David Rumsey
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| 5 +3 | Nordic countries |
Tim Kynerd
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| 4 | the Nordic region |
Charlesp
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| 5 -2 | northern countries |
Helena Grahn
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May 7, 2007 19:09: Daphne Theodoraki changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
May 8, 2007 04:50: Mabel Garzón changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/30997">Mabel Garzón's</a> old entry - "nordiska länderna"" to ""The Nordic countries""
Non-PRO (2): Madeleine MacRae Klintebo, Helen Johnson
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Proposed translations
Canada
Fast, friendly and flexible.
Native in: English (Variants: Canadian, US)
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English, and 1 more.
The Nordic countries
Use Nordic countries.
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Marie Andersson (Allen)
: this is correct
43 mins
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Helen Johnson
1 hr
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Daphne Theodoraki
1 hr
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Eva-Marie Adams
: Isn't this answer what Tim already suggested?- in other words they are both right.
3 hrs
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Tim Kynerd
: Of course "the" is needed in English; the full phrase in the asker's sentence would be "...and the other Nordic countries." :-)
5 hrs
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Charlesp
10 hrs
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Hugh Curtis
16 hrs
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Sweden
Transportation, IT, construction
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Swedish to English
Nordic countries
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Eva-Marie Adams
3 hrs
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Thanks!
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Hugh Curtis
16 hrs
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Thank you!
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Charlesp
57 days
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Thanks, Charles!
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United Kingdom
Qualified
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Swedish to Portuguese, and 11 more.
northern countries
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Note added at 55 mins (2007-05-07 17:53:02 GMT)
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sorry
nordlig = northern
nordisk = nordic
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Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
: Northern countries of what?
31 mins
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Marie Andersson (Allen)
: Madeleine is right
1 hr
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Charlesp
: in some contexts, this would be ok. But it would only be particular instances, such as in literature, or a EU governmental report, for instance.
11 hrs
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Thor Truelson
: This is way too vague and is unacceptable. Canada, Russia, even England and US could be considered northern countries. Afterall, we're kind of far north.
1 day 5 hrs
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the Nordic region
as an alternative.
Discussion
Scandinavian only includes the countries on the Scandinavian peninsula (plus its extension) - SE, NO, DK.
In future, pls consider posting these kind of elementary questions as non-pro.