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Jens Forsgård gave me the Swedish names but did say that he hasn't come across those names used in their board games. I think like many other countries, they're using the English version. Either way Olle Lundberg & he got these names & I've included them it this page, so thanks to you two.

Lasse Kaihlavirta checked with some friends & found out that boards bought in Finland are the English version but thankfully he supplied me with Finnish names.

Karl Georg Øhrn mentioned that in Norway they use English abbreviations but when playing F-F use Norwegian names so give great thanks to him there are below.

Lars Topholm said that the board in Denmark are written in English & he hasn't seen any in their language however he did translate the names. I'm going to paste/copy a comment he did say, as I found it funny; ‘Yor - York (like in the old viking city, not like in Yorkshire)’.

I spotted that both Naples & Venice had two Danish names therefore I asked Lars. His reply was; ‘I put two names for Naples (Napoli and Neapel) because both are used in Danish - older generations would use Neapel, which is the Danish form of Napoli, but all young people (like me - in my prime at 40) would say Napoli. Same goes for Venice - Venedig is the Danish form (but in this case, the Danish form is by far the most commonly used).’


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Austria-Hungary Österrike-Ungern Itävalta-Unkari Østerrike-Ungarn Østrig-Ungarn
England England Englanti England England
France Frankrike Ranska Frankrike Frankrig
Germany Tyskland Saksa Tyskland Tyskland
Italy Italien Italia Italia Italien
Russia Ryssland Venäjä Russland Rusland
Turkey Turkiet Turkki Tyrkia Tyrkiet
ADR/ADS - Adriatic Sea ADR - Adriatiska havet ADR - Adrianmeri ADR/ADS - Adriaterhavet ADS - Adriaterhavet
AEG - Aegean Sea AEG - Egeiska havet AEG - Aigeianmeri/Egeianmeri AEG - Egeerhavet AEG - Ægæiske Hav
Alb - Albania Alb - Albanien Alb - Albania Alb - Albania Alb - Albanien
Ank - Ankara Ank - Ankara Ank - Ankara Ank - Ankara Ank - Ankara
Apu - Apulia Apu - Puglia Apu - Apulia Apu - Puglia Apu - Apulia
Arm - Armenia Arm - Armenien Arm - Armenia Arm - Armenia Arm - Armenien
BAL - Baltic Sea BAL - Östersjön BAL - Itämeri BAL - Baltiske hav BAL - Østersøen
BAR - Barents Sea BAR - Barents hav BAR - Barentsinmeri BAR - Barentshavet BAR - Barentshavet
Bel - Belgium Bel - Belgien Bel - Belgia Bel - Belgia Bel - Belgien
Ber - Berlin Ber - Berlin Ber - Berliini Ber - Berlin Ber - Berlin
BLA - Black Sea BLA - Svarta havet BLA - Mustameri BLA - Svartehavet BLA - Sortehavet
Boh - Bohemia Boh - Böhmen Boh - Böömi Boh - Bøhmen Boh - Böhmen
Bre - Brest Bre - Brest Bre - Brest Bre - Brest Bre - Brest
Bud - Budapest Bud - Budapest Bud - Budapest Bud - Budapest Bud - Budapest
Bul - Bulgaria Bul - Bulgarien Bul - Bulgaria Bul - Bulgaria Bul - Bulgarien
Bur - Burgandy Bur - Bourgogne Bur - Burgundi Bur - Burgund Bur - Bourgogne
Cly - Clyde Cly - Clyde Cly - Clyde Cly - Clyde Cly - Clyde
Con - Constantinople Con - Konstantinopel Con - Konstantinopoli Con - Konstantinopel Con - Konstantinopel
Den - Denmark Den - Danmark Dan - Tanska Den - Danmark Den - Danmark
Edi - Edinburgh Edi - Edinburgh Edi - Edinburgh Edi - Edinburgh Edi - Edinburgh
EMS/EAS - Eastern Mediterranean EMS - Östra Medelhavet EMS - itäinen Välimeri EMS/EAS - Østlige Middelhav EMS - Østlige Middelhav
ENG - English Channel ENG - Engelska kanalen ENG - Englannin kanaali ENG - Engelske kanal ENG - Engelske kanal
Fin - Finland Fin - Finland Fin - Suomi Fin - Finland Fin - Finland
Gal - Galicia Gal - Galizien Gal - Galitsia Gal - Galicia Gal - Galicien
Gas - Gascony Gas - Gascogne Gas - Gascogne Gas - Gascogne Gas - Gascogne
GoB/BOT - Gulf of Bothnia GoB - Bottenviken GoB - Pohjanlahti GoB/BOT - Bottenviken GoB - Bottniske Bugt
GoL - Gulf of Lyon GoL - Golfe du Lion GoL - Lyonin lahti GoL - Golfe du Lion GoL - Lyon Bugten
Gre - Greece Gre - Grekland Gre - Kreikka Gre - Hellas Gre - Grækenland
HEL - Heligoland Bight HEL - Helgoland HEL - Helgoland HEL - Helgoländer Bucht HEL - Helgoland
Hol - Holland Hol - Holland Hol - Hollanti Hol - Holland Hol- Holland
ION - Ionian Sea ION - Joniska havet ION - Joonianmeri ION - Ioniske hav ION - Ioniske Hav
IRI - Irish Sea IRI - Irish Sea IRI - Irlanninmeri IRI - Irskesjøen IRI - Irske Hav
Kie - Kiel Kie - Kiel Kie - Kiel Kie - Kiel Kie - Kiel
Lon - London Lon - London Lon - Lontoo Lon - London Lon - London
Lpl - Liverpool Lpl - Liverpool Lvp - Liverpool Lpl - Liverpool Lpl - Liverpool
Lvn - Livonia Lvn - Livland Lvn - Liivinmaa Lvn - Livland Lvn - Livland
MAO/MID - Mid-Atlantic Ocean MAO - Mittatlanten MAO - keskinen Atlantin valtameri MAO/MID - Midtre Atlanterhav MAO - Midtatlanten
Mar - Marseilles Mar - Marseilles Mar - Marseille Mar - Marseilles Mar - Marseille
Mos - Moscow Mos - Moskva Mos - Moskova Mos - Moskva Mos - Moskva
Mun - Munich Mun - München Mun - München Mun - Munchen Mun - München
NAf - North Africa NAf - Nordafrika NAf - Pohjois-Afrikka NAf - Nord-Afrika NAf - Nordafrika
NAO - North Atlantic Ocean NAO - Nordatlanten NAO - pohjoinen Atlantin valtameri NAO - Nordlige Atlanterhav NAO - Nordatlanten
Nap - Naples Nap - Neapel Nap - Napoli Nap - Napoli Nap - Napoli/Neapel
NTH - North Sea NTH - Nordsjön NTH - Pohjanmeri NTH - Nordsjøen NTH - Nordsøen
NWG/NRG - Norwegian Sea NWG - Norska havet NWG - Norjanmeri NWG/NRG - Norskesjøen NWG - Norske Hav
Nwy - Norway Nwy - Norge Nwy - Norja Nwy - Norge Nwy - Norge
Par - Paris Par - Paris Par - Pariisi Par - París Par - Paris
Pic - Picardy Pic - Picardie Pic - Picardie Pic - Picardie Pic - Picardiet
Pie - Piedmont Pie - Piemonte Pie - Piedmonte Pie - Piedmonte Pie - Piemonte
Por - Portugal Por - Portugal Por - Portugali Por - Portugal Por - Portugal
Pru - Prussia Pru - Preussen Pru - Preussi Pru - Prøyssen Pru - Preussen
Rom - Rome Rom - Rom Rom - Rooma Rom - Roma Rom - Rom
Ruh - Ruhr Ruh - Ruhrområdet Ruh - Ruhr Ruh - Ruhr Ruh - Ruhr
Rum - Rumania Rum - Rumänien Rum - Romania Rum - Romania Rum - Rumænien
Ser - Serbia Ser - Serbien Ser - Serbia Ser - Serbia Ser - Serbien
Sev - Sevastopol Sev - Sevastopol Sev - Sevastopoli Sev - Sevastopol Sev - Sebastopol
Sil - Silesia Sil - Schlesien Sil - Sleesia Sil - Silesien Sil - Slesien
SKA - Skagerrack SKA - Skagerack SKA - Skagerrak SKA - Skagerrak SKA - Skagerrak
Smy - Smyrna Smy - Smyrna Smy - Smyrna Smy - Smyrna Smy - Smyrna
Spa - Spain Spa - Spanien Spa - Espanja Spa - Spania Spa - Spanien
StP - St Petersburg StP - St Petersburg StP - Pietari StP - St Petersburg StP - Sankt Petersborg
Swe - Sweden Swe - Sverige Swe - Ruotsi Swe - Sverige Swe - Sverige
Syr - Syria Syr - Syrien Syr - Syyria Syr - Syria Syr - Syrien
Tri - Trieste Tri - Trieste Tri - Trieste Tri - Trieste Tri - Trieste
Tun - Tunis Tun - Tunis Tun - Tunis Tun - Tunis Tun - Tunesien
Tus - Tuscany Tus - Toscana Tus - Toscana Tus - Tuscania Tus - Toscana
Tyr - Tyrolia Tyr - Tyrolen Tyr - Tiroli Tyr - Tyrolia Tyr - Tyrol
TYS/TYN - Tyrrhenian Sea TYN - Tyrrenska havet TYS - Tyrrhenanmeri TYS/TYN - Tyrrenske hav TYS - Tyrrhenske Hav
Ukr - Ukraine Ukr - Ukraina Ukr - Ukraina Ukr - Ukraina Ukr - Ukraine
Ven - Venice Ven - Venedig Ven - Venetsia Ven - Venezia Ven - Venedig/Venezia
Vie - Vienna Vie - Wien Vie - Wien Vie - Wien Vie - Wien
Wal - Wales Wal - Wales Wal - Wales Wal - Wales Wal - Wales
War - Warsaw War - Warzawa War - Varsova War - Warszawa War - Warszawa
WMS/WES - Western Mediterranean WMS - Västra Medelhavet WMS - läntinen Välimeri WMS/WES - Vestlige Middelhav WMS - Vestlige Middelhav
Yor - Yorkshire Yor - Yorkshire Yor - Yorkshire Yor - Yorkshire Yor - York


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