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'''Scandinavia''' was a geopolitical region on [[Earth]]. | |||
'''Scandinavia''' was a | |||
==History== | |||
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}} | |||
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}} | |||
==Trivia== | |||
[[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]]. | |||
==Gallery== | |||
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< | File:H2A - BattleofEarth.png|Some of the former nations of Scandinavia (top left) during the [[Battle of Earth]]. | ||
[[ | </gallery> | ||
==List of appearances== | |||
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Fm}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'' | |||
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{Im}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'' {{Im}} | |||
==Sources== | |||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
{{Earth Nations}} |
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