Northern Europe

===''CIA World Factbook''===
[[File:Europe subregion map world factbook.svg|thumb|upright=1.15|Regions of Europe based on ''[[The World Factbook|CIA World Factbook]]'':
<small>{{legend|#007FFF|Northern Europe}}
{{legend|#00FFFF|[[Western Europe]]}}
{{legend|#F0DC82|[[Central Europe]]}}
{{legend|#FF0000|[[Southwest Europe]]}}
{{legend|#66FF00|[[Southern Europe]]}}
{{legend|#D2691E|[[Southeast Europe]]}}
{{legend|#F88379|[[Eastern Europe]]}}</small>]]

In the ''[[The World Factbook|CIA World Factbook]]'', the description of each country includes information about "Location" under the heading "Geography", where the country is classified into a region. The following countries are included in their classification "Northern Europe":<ref>{{cite web |last1=CIA |title=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/ |access-date=26 January 2021 |archive-date=4 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104183935/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Denmark]]
*[[Finland]]
*[[Iceland]]
*[[Norway]]
*[[Sweden]]
as well as the dependent areas:
*[[Faroe Islands]] 
*[[Jan Mayen]]
*[[Svalbard]]
In this classification [[Jersey]], [[Guernsey]], the [[Isle of Man]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] are included in [[Western Europe]], while [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]] are included in [[Eastern Europe]].