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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{SeeWikipedia|Scandanavia}} |
| {{Wikipedia|Scandanavia}}
| | [[Image: Scandanavia.png|thumb|A geo-political map of Scandanavia.]] |
| '''Scandinavia''' was a geopolitical region on [[Earth]]. | | '''Scandanavia''' was a geo-political region on [[Earth]] consisting of the countries of Denmark (along with Greenland), Norway and Sweden, though occassionly Finland and Iceland were included. By the early 26th century, these states had become defunct, absolved under the auspecies of the [[United Nations]].<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] page 31</ref> |
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| ==History==
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| By the 26th century, like the rest of Earth's [[national government]]s, these states had become defunct, absolved into the [[Unified Earth Government]] under the auspices of the [[United Nations]]. Most of [[Harvest]]'s colonists could trace their ancestry to Scandinavia and the planet's Shipping Operations [[AI]], [[Sif]], had fashioned her [[avatar|holographic appearance]] and accent after Nordic royalty.{{Ref/Novel|Id=ch|Novel=Halo: Contact Harvest|Chapter=1|Page=30-31}}
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| A significant portion of the population of the colony world [[Sansar]], such as [[Staffan Sentzke]]'s family, were of Swedish descent,<ref>''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'', Prologue, p. 13</ref> and several locations on the planet were named after places in Sweden.{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: Mortal Dictata|Chapter=1|Page=18-19}}
| | *[[Wikipedia:Scandanavia|Scandinavia]] |
| | **[[Wikipedia:Sweden|Sweden]] |
| | **[[Wikipedia:Denmark|Denmark]] |
| | **[[Wikipedia:Iceland|Iceland]] |
| | **[[Wikipedia:Finland|Finland]] |
| | **[[Wikipedia:Norway|Norway]] |
| | **[[Wikipedia:Greenland|Greenland]] |
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| ==Trivia==
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| [[Wikipedia:Norse mythology|Norse mythology]], originating from the region of Scandinavia, has [[List of references to Norse mythology in Halo|served as inspiration]] for the naming of a number of [[UNSC]] projects (most notably [[Project MJOLNIR|Project: MJOLNIR]]), [[UNSC starship|ships]] and human businesses such as [[Jotun Heavy Industries]].
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| <gallery> | | ==References== |
| File:H2A - BattleofEarth.png|Some of the former nations of Scandinavia (top left) during the [[Battle of Earth]].
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| </gallery>
| | [[Category: Countries]] |
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Fm}}
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| *''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
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| **''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{Im}}
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| *''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'' {{Im}}
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| {{Earth Nations}}
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