Baltoscandia.

A geopolitical idea proposed by interwar Lithuanian geographer and professor Kazys Pakštas (also known as the person who proposed that Lithuania should acquire a colony in Madagascar).

From the book "100 Žvilgsnių Lietuva" ("100 Views of Lithuania"), this particular paragraph made by historian Algimantas Kasparavičius from Lithuania's Institute of History Research:

An another idée fixe, generated by professor Pakštas during roughly the same time as his "Three Canton Lithuania" idea, was "the Confederation of Baltoscandia". Speaking to students and society, he tirelessly tried to popularize the idea not just in Kaunas, but also in Riga, Tallinn, Helsinki, Stockholm. According to Pakštas, the Confederation of Baltoscandia was to be made up of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The Confederation would pass a common constitution and every member, alongside its native language, would have to approve a second national language, either Swedish or English. A common confederal government structure, as well as common judicial economic and administrative principles would have to be made - however, each of the members' borders had to remain fixed. According to Pakštas, the foundation for such a confederation would be the cultural, linguistic and economic ties between the seven Baltoscandian nations, as well as the Baltic Sea, and the countries which exist around it needed to create a safe and secure "geopolitical oval". According to Pakštas's vision, seven Baltoscandian countries, all roughly geopolitically equal, had the chance to not only keep their cultural differences, but, if needed, easily unite their forces in one iron fist (collect land, naval and air forces up to 2 million men in personnel) and thus stand against foreign aggressors.

There are a million problems with fulfilling this idea, but it's a theoretical possibility. While there once was an entire Baltoscandia Institute in Lithuania seeking to strengthen the ties between these prospective members, it closed down ten years ago due to lack of funding.

Is there a possibility to have the Confederation of Baltoscandia be founded, and if so, how ould it be achieved and how much of an impact would it have in Europe?
 
I am surprised to read that a Lithuanian suggested this, since they (I believe, but I might be wrong) are the most different from the rest.

For my part, I would include the Netherlands and Belgium too, in "Greater Scandinavia", to make the north equal in population to the great powers. Anyway, there were some supporters for similar schemes historically, but they were a minority, since most of the people in power had a different world view, so nothing came of these proposals.

I do not think it could be achieved, but if, then it might have kept these states in peace and free during WW2.
 

BigBlueBox

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The main problem is that the most powerful potential member of this alliance seems to have very little interest in it. Yes, I'm talking about Sweden. Sweden had little interest in that idea during the Interbellum, and has little interest in it today (especially since the EU made the concept obsolete). I think Baltoscandia is/was even less probable than the Intermarium, which is/was already improbable. Baltoscandia would require Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to come up with a common foreign policy. But we know that even just Sweden and Norway couldn't form a common foreign policy, leading to the severance of their personal union in 1905. How are they going to make it work with five more countries?
 
The failure of Pan-Scandinavianism, in the relatively homogeneous Scandinavian kingdoms, makes it less likely that a more ambitious plan involving more different peoples would take off. As a precondition, then, I think you will have to have Pan-Scandinavianism succeed, to extend later east across the Baltic.
 
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