Scandinavia

"Hey, send me some of those Swedish fish. Ooh! And Swedish meatballs."

Scandinavia is a group of countries in northern Europe consisting of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland. It has been mentioned numerous times in the Homestar Runner body of work.

Appearances

• The House That Gave Sucky Treats — The King of Town dresses as Hagar the Horrible, a Viking character from the comic strip of the same name.
• Email superhero name — Strong Badman asks for a Danish pastry.
• Email little questions — The email is from Sweden, Strong Bad signs his reply with "Stark Dålig", the Swedish flag appears in the Easter egg, and the Easter egg plays Swedish music.
• Dancin' Bubs — The Swedish music is one of the songs that can be played.
• Everybody to the Limit — The song is performed in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland.
• 3 Times Halloween Funjob — One of the candies you can give to Coach Z and Bubs is Swedish Fish.
• Thy Dungeonman series — Thy Dungeonman wears a Viking helmet.
• Peasant's Quest — The pillow is said to be made of Swedish foam.
• Email cheatday — The Cheat's fake ID says he's a Scandinavian miner called Ilko Skevüld.
• Email pom pom — The Swedish flag appears in an Easter egg.
• Sample of Style — When doing the Strong Mad and Coach Z voices, Matt Chapman mentions Björn Borg, a Swedish tennis player.
• Email rock opera — The word "danish" (from Superhero Name) is used in the rock opera.
• Email death metal — Strong Bad says that Scandinavia is the only place left where death metal will get you any girls. Then Strong Bad shows some footage from the Scandinavian band Taranchula.
• Email the chair — Strong Bad says that he doesn't care how Swedish the Styleron Ecochair is.
• Email the movies, Ever and More, Fan Costumes 08, and email dictionary — Homestar Runner wears a viking helmet.
• Email the paper — The way Strong Bad "cremates" the Paper using his BMW lighter after it "dies" is very reminiscent of a Viking funeral.
• Trudgemank — Taranchula returns. Peacey P raps that he is getting paid to rhyme with Scandinavians.
• Happy Dethemberween — St. Olaf, a Norwegian saint, is mentioned.
• Email buried — The lead singer of Taranchula does an advertisement in his accent.
• Email shapeshifter — Strong Bad says "Swedish deals" and "Norwegian deals".
• Email magic trick — The email is from Sweden.
• Homestar Ruiner — The results of the Free Country USA Race to the End of the Race are sent to Sweden.
• The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods — Homestar Runner dresses as Snufkin, a character from the Moomintrolls series, which originally comes from Finland.
• Fan 'Stumes 2020 — One of the costumes is called Champeeni Longstocking, which Strong Bad refers to as his favorite obscure Swedish character. The name is based on Pippi Longstocking, a character from a book written by Swedish novelist Astrid Lindgren.
• Halloween Hide & Seek — In Version 2.0, The King of Town refuses to be found as long as he's bouncing, citing Turkish-Swedish-Amish rules.

See Also

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• German
• Russia
• Spanish
• Canada
• Italy