location st. peter's priory
___MASK78___ is a Scandinavian country in ___MASK25___ . The southernmost and smallest of the Nordic countries , it is south - ___MASK89___ of Sweden and south of Norway , and bordered to the south by Germany . The Kingdom of ___MASK78___ is the sovereign state that comprises ___MASK78___ proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean : the Faroe Islands and Greenland . ___MASK78___ has a total area of , and a population of 5 . 7 million . The country consists of a peninsula , Jutland , and an archipelago of 443 named islands , with the largest being Zealand and Funen . The islands are characterised by flat , arable land and sandy coasts , low elevation and a temperate climate . Funen , with an area of , is the third - largest island of ___MASK78___ , after Zealand and Vendsyssel - Thy . It is the 165th - largest island in the world . It is in the ___MASK11___ part of the country and has a population of 466 , 284 ( 2013 ). The main city is Odense which is connected to the sea by a seldom - used canal . The city ' s shipyard , Odense Steel Shipyard , has been relocated outside Odense proper . ___MASK68___ (; Norwegian : ( Bokmål ) or ( Nynorsk ); Sami : " Norgga "), officially the Kingdom of ___MASK68___ , is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of ___MASK59___ . The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub - Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom . ___MASK68___ also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land . Until 1814 , the Kingdom included the Faroe Islands ( since 1035 ), Greenland ( 1261 ), and Iceland ( 1262 ). It also included Shetland and Orkney until 1468 . It also included the following provinces , now in Sweden : Jämtland , Härjedalen and Bohuslän . Jutland , also known as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula , is a peninsula of ___MASK75___ that forms the continental portion of Denmark and the northern portion of ___MASK24___ . The names are derived from the Jutes and the Cimbri , respectively . Jutland ' s terrain is relatively flat , with open lands , heaths , plains and peat bogs in the ___MASK89___ and a more elevated and slightly hilly terrain in the east . ___MASK69___ , officially the Kingdom of ___MASK69___ ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian country in ___MASK75___ . It borders ___MASK68___ to the ___MASK89___ and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge - tunnel across the Öresund . At , ___MASK69___ is the third - largest country in the European Union by area , with a total population of 10 . 0 million . ___MASK69___ consequently has a low population density of , with the highest concentration in the southern half of the country . Approximately 85 % of the population lives in urban areas . St . Peter ' s Priory ( Swedish : Sankt Peters Klosters kyrka ) , or the Priory of St . Peter and St . Mary , was one of ___MASK78___ ' s early monastic houses . It was located in ___MASK82___ , Skåne , now southern Sweden , formerly part of ___MASK78___ . ___MASK24___ , officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK24___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in ___MASK11___ - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK24___ is the most populous member state of the European Union . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK24___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is ___MASK5___ . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . The Nordic countries or Nordics are a geographical and cultural region in ___MASK75___ and the North Atlantic , where they are most commonly known as Norden ( lit ., " The North "). They consist of Denmark , Finland , ___MASK17___ , Norway , and Sweden , including their associated territories ( Greenland , the Faroe Islands , and the Åland Islands ). ___MASK82___ is a city in the province of Scania ( Skåne ), southern Sweden . The town had 87 , 244 inhabitants in 2015 , out of a municipal total of 118 , 150 in 2016 . It is the seat of ___MASK82___ Municipality , Skåne County . Skåne County , sometimes referred to as " Scania County " in English , is the southernmost county or " län ", of ___MASK69___ , basically corresponding to the traditional province Skåne . It borders the counties of Halland , Kronoberg and Blekinge . The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of ___MASK7___ . The headquarters of Skåne Regional Council is the town of Kristianstad . ___MASK82___ Municipality (" Lunds kommun ") is a municipality in Skåne County , southern Sweden . Its seat is located in the city of ___MASK82___ . The Faroe Islands ( Irish : " Na Scigirí ") are an archipelago between the ___MASK61___ and the North Atlantic approximately halfway between ___MASK68___ and ___MASK17___ , north - northwest of mainland Scotland . The area is approximately with a 2016 population of 49 , 188 . The islands are an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark . ___MASK79___ is a historical and cultural region in Northern Europe characterized by a common ethnocultural North Germanic heritage and mutually intelligible North Germanic languages . Scania , also known by its local name Skåne ( or in the regional dialect ), is the southernmost province (" landskap ") of ___MASK69___ which consists of a peninsula on the southern tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula and some islands close to it . Scania is roughly equivalent to the modern Skåne County (" Skåne län "). The responsibility for overseeing implementation of state policy in the county is administered by the County Administrative Board . Within Scania there are 33 municipalities that are independent and separate from the Scania Regional Council which has its seat in Kristianstad . The largest city is ___MASK7___ , which is also the third largest city in ___MASK69___ . Zealand is the largest ( 7 , 031 km ) and most populated island in ___MASK78___ with a population of 2 , 267 , 659 ( 39 % of ___MASK78___ ' s total as of January 2016 ). Greenland is an autonomous constituent country within the Danish Realm between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans , east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago . Though physiographically a part of the continent of ___MASK43___ , Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe ( specifically ___MASK68___ and Denmark , the colonial powers , as well as the nearby island of ___MASK17___ ) for more than a millennium . The majority of its residents are Inuit , whose ancestors migrated began migrating from the Canadian mainland in the 13th century , gradually settling across the island . An archipelago , sometimes called an island group or island chain , is a chain , cluster or collection of islands . The word " archipelago " is derived from the Greek "  -  arkhi -" (" chief ") and "   pélagos " (" sea ") through the Italian " arcipelago ". In Italian , possibly following a tradition of antiquity , the Archipelago ( from medieval Greek "*  " and Latin " archipelagus ") was the proper name for the ___MASK26___ and , later , usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands ( since the sea is remarkable for its large number of islands ). It is now used to refer to any island group or , sometimes , to a sea containing a small number of scattered islands . Borders are geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions , such as governments , sovereign states , federated states , and other subnational entities . Some borders  such as a state ' s internal administrative border , or inter - state borders within the ___MASK47___ Area  are often open and completely unguarded . Other borders are partially or fully controlled , and may be crossed legally only at designated border checkpoints and border zones may be controlled . Mostly contentious , borders may even foster the setting up of buffer zones . A difference has also been established in academic scholarship between border and frontier , the latter denoting a state of mind rather than state boundaries . ___MASK25___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK25___ is bordered by the ___MASK63___ to the north , the ___MASK20___ to the ___MASK89___ , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK25___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK25___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK25___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries .