Pakštas states in his book The Baltoscandian Confederation that the term Baltoscandia was first used by Prof. Sten de Geer in an article in "Geografiska Annaler" in 1928 [REF].
As the foreign policy of Lithuania has shifted towards Northern Europe even more after Dalia Grybauskaitė came into post of the President of Lithuania,[REF] voices questioning the return of the Baltoscandian Confederation idea are on the rise in this country [REF].