I'm a Finn and although I didn't truly grow up there, I've always considered Finland a Scandinavian country. You can be pedantic and say that because of geographical and linguistic reasons, it's not Scandinavian, but outside of those specific contexts, no one really cares.

I grew up thinking Finland was also Scandanavian, but I'm a dumb american, and so Geography isn't really my forte.

My girlfriend is Swedish-Finn and she was the one who insisted.

If you didn't grow up in Finland, have you at least been back to visit? Helsinki is such a great city.

In common language Scandinavia is frequently used synonymously with the Nordic countries. WP backs that up too.

Also git was created in 2005, after Torvalds moved to Portland. So is it accurate to say it was born in Finland?