Much of Scandinavia is frontier land, and that is where Scandinavians go for vacations. The mountains where you ski or hike for miles without seeing anyone. The coastline where people explore and go fishing. I've had friends who were almost killed by a moose. Another who as a kid had many close calls with polar bears. Many of us grew up taking the boat out by ourselves from the age of 6 onwards, to go exploring. And many of us experienced mishaps where we had to rely on ourselves to get home safely. To me frontier is venturing forth alone or in small groups to stake a place to live or explore. My grandfather did just that as a frontiersman in the US about a 100 years ago. The same experience is alive in much of Scandinavia. Many families have cabins in remote areas that were built by the family. This is where we go to recharge our batteries and get back to nature.