You appear to be correct, although I've never been aware of that definition here in Denmark. When people here talk of Scandinavia, they tend to use the "common English usage" mentioned on Wikipedia, so I suppose it's also a common Danish usage.

Thanks I will. Contemporary fiction has sparked my interest in Nordic culture.

Well it's the same here, whenever someone says "Scandinavia" they mean all these countries, including Iceland and Finland. So it's a "accepted mistake" :)
I will give you a virtual cookie if you manage to master finnish language :)

You know it is a cool language when they have a letter called "Thorn". :-)

I'd seen that even before it was posted the first time above ;-)

I imagine it's funnier if you're a Norwegian. To a Dane, that sounds nothing at all like Danish, so the joke falls a bit flat.

I'm not surprised you find spoken Danish hard to understand, but we do understand each other just fine ;-)
Hehe, lots of goods are often manufactured in batches for all of "Scandinavia" (common usage), so instructions and lists of ingredients on various things bought here are usually printed in all the Nordic languages. I've often killed time in the shower by reading the shampoo ingredients in Finnish :-D

"315 danes couldn't understand this video and need help."
=))

Thanks for posting that! Made me laugh! :)

Well, non-native finnish speakers are quite easy to spot, but this is sooo awkward..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuJDEuSgXlI

A lot of that movie was awkward, for other reasons.