The Baltic Sea Region, alternatively the Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states, refers to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea, including parts of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.[1][2][3] Unlike the "Baltic states", the Baltic region includes all countries that border the sea.
Etymology
The first to name it the Baltic Sea (Latin: Mare Balticum) was 11th century German chronicler Adam of Bremen.
Denotation
Depending on the context the Baltic Sea Region might stand for:
^State members of CBSS: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden.[12]
References
^"Baltic Sea". Britannica. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^"EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region". European Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^"Programme Factsheet" (PDF). Interreg Baltic Sea Region. January 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^Republic of Estonia; Republic of Latvia; Republic of Lithuania (1994). Declaration on Unity and Co-operation by the Republic of Estonia, Republic of Latvia and Republic of Lithuania (PDF). Council of Baltic States. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^Misiunas, Romuald J; Bater, James H (25 May 2006). "Baltic states". Encyclopædia Britannica (Online ed.). Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. "Co-operation among the Baltic States". Republic of Latvia. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^Republic of Estonia. "Baltic Cooperation". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
^«The Baltic region includes the Baltic republics and the Kaliningrad region of the RSFSR "» — Baltic region in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978 (in Russian)
^Gibson, Catherine (29 March 2022). Geographies of Nationhood: Cartography, Science, and Society in the Russian Imperial Baltic. Oxford University Press. pp. 6–7. doi:10.1093/oso/9780192844323.003.0001. ISBN 9780192844323.
^Townsend, Mary Evelyn (September 1921). The Baltic States. The Institute of international education.
^European Commission. "CBSS - Council of Baltic Sea States". knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu. European Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021. The Council of the Baltic Sea States is an overall political forum for regional inter-governmental cooperation. The Members of the Council are the eleven states of the Baltic Sea Region as well as the European Commission.
^Council of the Baltic Sea States. "CBSS - About Us". Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^B7 Steering Committee (8 September 2004). "Charter of the B7" (PDF). B7 Baltic Islands Network. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Dunbar, Moira (2004). "Arctic: Geology". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^Beckholmen, Monica; Tirén, Sven A (September 2008). "The geological history of the Baltic Sea: A review of the literature and investigation tools". Swedish Radiation Safety Authority - Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten. ISSN 2000-0456. Report number: 2009:21. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
Further reading
Norbert Götz. "Spatial Politics and Fuzzy Regionalism: The Case of the Baltic Sea Area." Baltic Worlds 9 (2016) 3: 54–67.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baltic region.
Official website of the Council of the Baltic Sea States
The Baltic Sea Information Centre (archived 8 February 2008)
EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy (EUSBSR) – a strategy aiming to accelerate the integration of the region
The Baltic University Programme – a university network focused on a sustainable development in the Baltic Sea region (archived 10 June 2010)
Baltic Sea Region Spatial Planning Initiative VASAB
Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007–2013
Vifanord – a digital library that provides scientific information on the Nordic and Baltic countries as well as the Baltic region as a whole.