SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Scandinavian country

... had committed themselves on the general proposition. No man in public life in any position of prominence could have possibly avoided committing himself on the proposition, any more than Mr. Chamberlain could avoid committing himself on the ownership of the Orkneys if some Scandinavian country suddenly claimed them. If this embodied other points to which there was legitimate doubt, I believe Mr. Chamberlain would act fairly and squarely in deciding the matter; but if he appointed a commission to settle up all these questions, I certainly ...

— A Straight Deal - or The Ancient Grudge • Owen Wister