[balls187]

Cool idea. My only gripe was after she said she was from Finland, she mentioned Scandinavian summers, when Finland isn't a Scandinavian country. Nordic, yes. Scandinavian, no.

Minor quibble for sure.

[tricolon]

I'm a Finn and although I didn't truly grow up there, I've always considered Finland a Scandinavian country. You can be pedantic and say that because of geographical and linguistic reasons, it's not Scandinavian, but outside of those specific contexts, no one really cares.

[balls187]

I grew up thinking Finland was also Scandanavian, but I'm a dumb american, and so Geography isn't really my forte.

My girlfriend is Swedish-Finn and she was the one who insisted.

If you didn't grow up in Finland, have you at least been back to visit? Helsinki is such a great city.

[zurn]

In common language Scandinavia is frequently used synonymously with the Nordic countries. WP backs that up too.

[balls187]

Also git was created in 2005, after Torvalds moved to Portland. So is it accurate to say it was born in Finland?