abstract:Scandinavian studies is an interdisciplinary academic field of area studies that covers topics related to Scandinavia and the Nordic countries, including their languages, literature, history, culture and society, in countries other than these. As described in the article on Scandinavia, that name can be given both narrow and broader definitions.
A possible cause of the higherScandinavianmortalitymay be that these studieshadolderpatient populations compared with studies in othercountries, including the UKandus.