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In central parts of Scandinavia, place names are basically always formed from linguistic elements of Scandinavian origin. In bilingual Finland, names are of Finnish or Swedish origin. There are, however, exceptions to this uniform picture. I discuss three of these: (1) in urban settings, some elements of the toponymy can be considered multicultural; (2) throughout the Nordic region, foreign, borrowed place names occur; and (3) in the north, there are numerous indigenous Sami place names, as well as place names of Finnish origin in Norway and Sweden. An overview is given of non-Scandinavian place names in the Nordic countries, with brief comments on name standardisation, legislation and revitalisation.