most of the scandinavian peninsula has only a few people in it. it has large forests of pine, birch, and spruce trees. the western and northern parts are mountainous; the scandinavian mountains are some of the oldest in the world. the tallest mountain is galdhøpiggen in norway. denmark (43,098 km2) is the smallest of the scandinavian countries. it is more densely populated, and most of the land is farmland. sweden (449,964 km2) is the largest of the scandinavian countries. it has the most lakes, and the landscape ranges from plains in the south to mountains in the west (along the border with norway) to tundra in the north. the far north of scandinavia and finland is called lapland, where the sami people live. some of them still herd reindeer, but most sami live in modern houses and have modern jobs, like other scandinavians.