Forum:Durmstrang's Location

This has been bothering me for quite a while... Could someone tell me why the harrypotter.wikia is referring to Durmstrang's location as being in northern Sweden or Norway? This information seems highly unsubstantial, and I’m confused to why it’s being treated as a fact instead of pure speculation (which it is).

I researched this rumor years ago when it first emerged, and the only source I could find was one single blog/article where one random person had written a very rough transcript of what was said during one of JK Rowling’s readings. That’s it. All the rumors of Durmstrang having anything to do with Scandinavia whatsoever comes from this single person.

This “fact” seems hardly solid enough to base Durmstrang’s whereabouts on. Not to mention that it’s 16 years old and (according to the one who wrote the article) even Jo herself says that she’s not certain of where Durmstrang’s is located.

So let’s take a look at the facts we DO know about Durmstrang: 

 -On the map of the eleven main magic schools shared on Pottermore, Durmstrang is placed in Eastern Europe, covering the countries Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, maybe Poland, and possibly bordering to Finland. The majority of it appears to be in Russia.

 -Pottermore also states that it’s “believed to be located in the far north of Europe”. This could constitute Norway and Sweden as well as Finland and Russia.

 -The name “Durmstrang” is derived from “Sturm und drang”, which is a German expression.

 -It was founded by a Bulgarian witch by the name of Nerida Vulchanova.

 -All the names of the students and headmasters of the school have so far been Eastern European (with the exception of Harfang Munter).

 -In the movies, the Durmstrang crest has the name written in Cyrillic letters. Cyrillic script are used in Eastern Europe and north/central Asia. Not in Scandinavia.

 -*This is more of a personal note, but it seems extremely awkward to me to mix Scandinavian wizards and witches with Eastern European ones. These areas have little to nothing in common (they don’t even share the same language family), so this choice just seems odd to me…

 I’m not saying that it’s IMPOSSIBLE for Durmstrang to be located in Sweden or Norway. But considering the things we DO know versus that one article, the latter seems less and less valid. Even if everything in it is true, it was written over 16 years ago, before the release of the Order of the Phoenix (which Jo in the article says will be shorter than Goblet of fire…!), it’s highly possible that she might have changed her mind about Durmstrang’s location. Especially since she said that she’s not certain where it is. Possibly meaning that she hadn’t quite decided it yet at the time of the reading. And since all other (far more updated) facts are pointing towards Russia or at least Eastern Europe, can’t we just agree once and for all that THAT’S the more likely location of this school?

 I just want these pages to be as accurate as possible and not misleading in any way. But if you have any arguments to why harrypotter.wikia should keep stating that Durmstrang is a “Scandinavian wizarding school” located in Sweden or Norway, then please tell share them with me. I’m open for any intellectual inputs on this subject.