[[Image:Europe subregion map UN geoschme.svg|right|thumb|300px|根据联合国定义的北欧<ref name="UN division">[http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm#europe United Nations Statistics Division- Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications (M49)]</ref>（蓝色）:{{legend|#4080FF|北欧}}{{legend|#00FFFF|[[西欧]]}}{{legend|#FF8080|[[东欧]]}}{{legend|#00FF00|[[南欧]]}}]][[File:Europa chinesich.svg|250px|thumb|{{legend|#CEE3AD|'''北欧'''}}{{legend|#FFF7A5|'''东欧'''}} {{legend|#C5DAEE|'''中欧'''}} {{legend|#DEC4DE|'''西欧'''}}{{legend|#FFC5B9|'''南欧'''}}{{legend|#FFDFA7|'''东南欧'''}}]]

[[联合国]]对「北欧」的定义是：<ref>[http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm#europe United Nations Statistics Division- Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications (M49)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://esa.un.org/unpp/definition.html World Population Prospects Population Database<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420040243/http://esa.un.org/unpp/definition.html |date=2010-04-20 }}</ref>* {{flagcountry|Denmark}}** {{flagcountry|Faroe Islands}}* {{flagcountry|Estonia}}* {{flagcountry|Finland}}** {{flagcountry|奥兰群岛}}* {{flagcountry|Iceland}}* {{flagcountry|Republic of Ireland|Ireland}}* {{flagcountry|Latvia}}* {{flagcountry|Lithuania}}* {{flagcountry|Norway}}** {{flagicon|Norway}} [[斯瓦尔巴群岛]]和[[扬马延岛]]* {{flagcountry|Sweden}}* {{flagcountry|UK}}** {{flagcountry|England}}** {{flagcountry|Scotland}}** {{flagcountry|Wales}}** {{flag|Northern Ireland}}** {{flag|Isle of Man}} ** {{flagicon|UK}} [[海峡群岛]] ：{{flagcountry：flagcountry|Guernsey}}和{{flagcountry和flagcountry|Jersey}}