Scandinavia is a historical cultural-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and related languages. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula, whereas modern Denmark is situated on the Danish islands and Jutland. The term Scandinavia is usually used as a cultural term, but in English usage, it is occasionally confused with the purely geographical term Scandinavian Peninsula, which overlaps with Scandinavia. Sometimes the term Scandinavia is also taken to include Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Finland, on account of their historical association with the Scandinavian countries. Such usage, however, may be considered inaccurate in the area itself, where the term Nordic countries instead refers to this broader group.
The southern and by far most populous regions of Scandinavia have a temperate climate. Scandinavia extends to the north of the Arctic Circle, but has relatively mild weather for its latitude due to the Gulf Stream. Much of the Scandinavian mountains have an alpine tundra climate. There are many lakes and moraines, legacies of the last glacial period, which ended about ten millennia ago.
Ricky Dene Gervais (/dʒərˈveɪz/; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter.
Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with frequent collaborator Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, Gervais played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. Gervais has also starred in a number of Hollywood films, assuming leading roles in Ghost Town and The Invention of Lying. He has performed on four sell-out stand-up comedy tours, written the best-selling Flanimals book series and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the most downloaded podcast in the world as of March 2009,The Ricky Gervais Show.
He has won multiple awards and honours, including seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007 he was voted the 11th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and again in the updated 2010 list as the 3rd greatest stand-up comic. In 2010 he was named on the TIME 100 list of the world's most influential people.
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Race (hereditary reasons), nationality, citizenship, place of residence (geographical factors), and ancestry (historical and genealogical factors) can be used to define someone as Chinese.
Music and lyrics: Jascha Richter
You made us wonderful
You made us wonderful
Leaving on an aeroplane
in the mood of april rain
The one and only
fills your heart
when you are lonely
We played a show with great routine
so many faces we have seen
and sometimes
you wonder
was just a dream
Chorus:
The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen
turns to gold in the morning sun
We are gently flying in from Asia
‘Cause we belong in Scandinavia
We all prepare for landing now
Watching the blue sky with no clouds
The cabin crew
takes a photograph
standing next to us
Chorus:
The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen
turns to gold in the morning sun
We are gently flying in from Asia
‘Cause we belong in Scandinavia
You made us wonderful
You made us wonderful
Publisher: Richter Scale Publishing
Produced and mixed by Mikkel Lentz
Add. guitars by Johan Bejerholm
Add. programming by Johan Bejerholm
Vocals recorded and edited by Jascha Richter at Gaiatone Studio, Gothenburg, Sweden
The sun meets the ocean
in a world of gold
Extending the shadows
speaking in bold
Your face in the clouds
is leaving no doubt
There are still songs to sing
you came to pull my strings
Take my heart and keep it with you
Show me love is someone real
Take my life and make it simple
Touch me now and make me feel
When I hear your whisper in my ears
I know you're the one to catch my falling tears
Take my heart and keep it with you
Show me love is someone real
Take my life and make it simple
Touch me now and make me feel
Uhhh don't ever let it go
Uhhh even when the wind gets cold
Nobody knows just how much you mean to me
Nobody knows and I gotta let it show