2011 three CD collection. This compilation is divided into three perspectives: Pop & Contemporary, Folk & Roots and Jazz, Experimental & Atmospheres. Scandinavia is a place where nature reigns supreme and the Beginner"s Guide shows how the landscape is the inspiration behind the music"s spacious, organic, and often dramatic qualities. Featuring artists from `greater" Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland), the Beginner"s Guide to Scandinavia features some of Scandinavia"s best-selling and most influential music acts such as Abba"s Benny Andersson with his Orkester, the Esbj”rn Svensson Trio, V„rttin„ and many others. Nascente.