History Webcomic / ScandinaviaandtheWorld

** Canada's role as an inferior to America is very similar to [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowersa Hetalia's]] version. Although this may have more to do with drawing on shared stereotypes/truths of America overshadowing Canada.

* HannibalLecture: Employed by Sweden in [[http://satwcomic.com/size-matters "Size Matters"]] to stop Denmark and Norway singing the [=Æ=]ØÅ (Size Matters)" song.

* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Downplayed. [[http://satwcomic.com/what-a-nice-everything [[What a nice garden you've got here, Sweden."]]

** Denmark makes a list of food he wants Sweden to get for a party; [[http://satwcomic.com/just-a-number not only do the numbers get bigger,]] but they get increasingly harder to understand due to Denmark's system of counting.
-->'''Denmark:''' Ten cows, four thirty pigs, two half threes chickens, one hundred three half five eggs and two hundred one threes nuts!

* VampiresAreSexGods: [[http://satwcomic.com/child-of-the-night Lampshaded.]]

* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Sweden in the earlier comics. With the introduction of Åland into the comics, however, hiding his sexuality has been {{jossed}}. Sweden still tries to hide it. [[http://satwcomic.com/boys-will-be-boys Åland,]] not so much.

* {{Wimpification}}: {{Averted|Trope}}, {{Defied|Trope}} and {{Jossed}} by the creator with regards to Sweden, in [[http://satwcomic.com/the-napoleon-war "The Napoleon War"]] and [[http://satwcomic.com/sweden-playing-with-ropes "Sweden Playing with Ropes."]] Humon has stated her distaste for slash clichés on numerous occasions.

* OffingTheOffspring: [[http://satwcomic.com/babysitter What Iceland did to Vinland ...]]

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot[=/=]StupidJetpackHitler: [[http://satwcomic.com/fishy-situation "Fishy Situation"]] features the Nordics being attacked by Nazi Germany's vampire werewolf robot martians. No, really.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: [[http://satwcomic.com/fishy-situation "Fishy Situation"]] features the Nordics being attacked by Nazi Germany's vampire werewolf robot martians. No, really.

* StupidJetpackHitler: [[http://satwcomic.com/fishy-situation Nazi Germany's vampire werewolf robot martians.]]

''[[http://satwcomic.com Scandinavia and the World]]'' is a webcomic by Creator/{{Humon}}. It is a comic about stereotypes, history and culture in the form of [[NationsAsPeople national personifications]] interacting with one another, à la ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', and focusing on, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Scandinavia]]. The main characters are Denmark, a cheerful, but culturally naïve party boy; Norway, a friendly and calm nature lover; Sweden, the uptight technology expert; Finland, a quiet drunkard with psychotic tendencies; and Iceland, a sparkly, larger-than-life pretty boy.

** Canada's role as an inferior to America is very similar to [[Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia Hetalia's]] version. Although this may have more to do with drawing on shared stereotypes/truths of America overshadowing Canada.

* FollowTheLeader: The author [[SincerestFormOfFlattery admitted to starting this]] comic after disagreeing with the Scandinavian depictions in ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia''.

** Quite a few to ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', one of them being when Prussia demands that Denmark call him awesome.

* YourCheatingHeart: Despite dating Åland, Sweden ends up sleeping with [[http://satwcomic.com/the-day-after Finland]] and fathering an illegitimate son with [[http://satwcomic.com/how-babies-are-made Sister Finland.]] The look on Åland's face in the latter situation suggests he's less than thrilled about this ...

* AwesomeAussie: Australia in the comic is an adventure-loving SurferDude.

* BiTheWay: Denmark mixes this with ExtremeOmnisexual and AnythingThatMoves.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: [[http://satwcomic.com/australian-princess Denmark makes for an unorthodox fairy godmother, but ain't it sweet?]]

* SuddenlyVoiced:

* InternetBackdraft: Humon herself actually stopped drawing strips temporarily because of this.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The [[http://satwcomic.com/flag-day-every-day red-and-white pig shown here?]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Protest_Pig That's an actual breed.]]

* {{Kuudere}}: Despite her expressionless (or homicidal, as the case may be) features, anytime Sister Finland shows up near Sweden it's always with a little heart nearby, suggesting she really does like Sweden quite a lot.

* StupidJetpackHitler: [[http://satwcomic.com/fishy-situation Nazi Germany's vampire werewolf robot martians.]]
* StylisticSuck: For [[http://satwcomic.com/new-year-2014 New Year's Day 2014,]] Humon posted a single panel with sloppy mouse-drawn stick figures, the joke being that she was too hung over to do a real comic.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: To his own horror, Sweden catches himself thinking this about Denmark's [[http://satwcomic.com/the-monster-lurks-in-the-dark racial caricature]].

** Averted in an interesting way. Nazi Germany and Modern Germany seem to be two separate entities (as opposed to the latter being simply the former after a very thorough makeover), evidenced by the fact that they both can appear in the [[http://satwcomic.com/bully-fail same comic]] -- wherein Modern Germany is outright terrified of his fascist counterpart. Moreover, Modern Germany is also terrified of being [[http://satwcomic.com/not-a-yahtzee thought of as a Nazi]].

* AllMenArePerverts / AllWomenAreLustful: In this universe, almost everyone is a pervert to some degree. Except, notably, England, [[http://satwcomic.com/monster as seen in "Monster"]], and Norway, although considering he is friends with Denmark and eagerly looks at the porn magazine handed to him in the first comic, he may be a case of ChivalrousPervert.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The [[http://satwcomic.com/flag-day-every-day red-and-white pig shown here]]? [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Protest_Pig That's an actual breed]].

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: "Devastating droughts! Terrible floods! Terrifying tornados! [[https://satwcomic.com/nice-time-to-stay-indoors Slightly longer summers...]]"
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In-Universe, America and Sister America both think that [[http://satwcomic.com/gay-eggs "gays" lay eggs]]. Then they argue over what kind of bird a "gay" is. ItMakesSenseInContext (sort of).

* {{Atlantis}}: Appears, alongside various other mythological entities, in [[http://satwcomic.com/drunken-party "Drunken Party"]], much to the confusion of all witnesses.
* TheAtoner: [[http://satwcomic.com/not-a-yahtzee Germany isn't too proud of his actions in WWII]].

* BackUpBluff: In "[[http://satwcomic.com/cold-war-games Cold War Games]]", Russia keeps terrifying America by casually claiming to have better weapons than him, despite having little more than a firework.

* BarbieDollAnatomy: Finland in [[http://satwcomic.com/the-day-after "The Day After"]]. Averted in the full-sized drawings, where Humon blocks the naughty bits with little flags, but it's still evident that the characters have them. Averted in "boobs and a joint", where the flags are not included.

* BedmateReveal: In [[http://satwcomic.com/long-cold-nights "Long Cold Nights"]], Sweden wakes up to find his bed pretty crowded.

** Inverted for Wales (a man) and New Zealand (a ewe). While all the human/human pairings are fraught with drama, the two of them are HappilyMarried. On top of that, New Zealand is not only shown to be sentient on a human level, but [[http://satwcomic.com/how-could-it-possibly-go-wrong she even has dialogue at one point (when she built a robot, no less)]]. Her conversational partner, Australia, talks back to her as if she were any other person.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Wales, in [[http://satwcomic.com/it-s-all-about-the-children "It's All About the Children"]].

* BishieSparkle: [[http://satwcomic.com/moby-is-a-dick Iceland]]. Occasionally lampshaded: Denmark [[http://satwcomic.com/ungodly-surprise borrowed them]] for a strip.

* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://satwcomic.com/snoopy-russia Russia sneaks around Scandinavia]], but Denmark's the only who has real problems.

** America's [[http://satwcomic.com/taking-over gay penguins and flamingos]]. Lampshaded by Humon.
* UsefulNotes/BritainVersusTheUK: Subverted in the early comics; "England" seems to symbolise an overall British stereotype and wears a Union Jack shirt, but later on Ireland and Scotland show up and [[http://satwcomic.com/english-flag he explains he wears it because the Cross of St. George makes him look like a member of the Red Cross]]. Soon the comic switched to England wearing just the Cross of St. George, though Humon claims to have made the switch because it's easier to draw.

** Denmark utters lots of "shit" while [[http://satwcomic.com/hurry-hurry-hurry hurrying to save his Jewish population from Nazi Germany]].

* CondescendingCompassion: [[http://satwcomic.com/be-careful-what-you-say Denmark's approach to "primitive races"]].

* CreatorCameo: As seen in [[http://satwcomic.com/no-more-fun "No More Fun"]], [[http://satwcomic.com/my-cookies "My Cookies"]], and [[http://satwcomic.com/back-to-the-old "Back to the old"]].

* DagwoodSandwich: Denmark's [[http://satwcomic.com/tall-food-is-good-food smørrebrød]].

** America doesn't understand [[http://satwcomic.com/funny-movie the Scandinavian sense of humor]].
** [[https://satwcomic.com/wrong-answer-wrong-question Japan asks Sweden and Åland]], [[ItMakesSenseInContext "Who is the father and who is the son?"]][[labelnote: Context]]In Japan, since gay marriages do not exist, one person in a gay couple will adopt the other to gain rights reserved for families, such as visitation.[[/labelnote]], discomforting both of them.

* DistaffCounterpart / SpearCounterpart: Very literal. Full-fledged nations (that is, not micronations, territories, regions, or other outlying exceptions) come in sibling pairs, one male and one female, and in most cases, the brother and sister are basically HalfIdenticalTwins. Because of this, it tends to be the case that one of the pair (usually the male, although there are exceptions such as France) is the "main" country personification, with the other one popping up only when the joke is gender-specific or when [[http://satwcomic.com/i-spy-with-my-little-eye the country needs to appear twice in a comic]]. The counterparts are usually referred to as "Sister/Brother <Country>", though the honorific is dropped in some circumstances (such as when the Nordic sisters are hanging out together).

* DopeSlap: [[http://satwcomic.com/iceland-ain-t-right Sweden]] to [[http://satwcomic.com/wild-ghost Denmark]], usually.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: [[http://satwcomic.com/buckle-up Everyone in France]].
* DroppedGlasses: [[http://satwcomic.com/the-wonder-of-glasses Sweden's]].

* DunceCap: Norway and Denmark wear them in Sweden's version of the 2011 Norwegian butter crisis: [[http://satwcomic.com/too-little-butter "Too Little Butter"]].

** America in some of the earlier comics reminds us of ComicStrip/{{Calvin|AndHobbes}}, especially in [[http://satwcomic.com/i-want-oil "I Want Oil"]].

** And [[http://satwcomic.com/all-you-need-is-love Denmark in drag]]. As Humon says in the commentary, Denmark does not do pretty and sparkly well. The entire strip is inspired by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2oZQW4-lSI this multinational rendition]] of "All You Need Is Love" (Denmark at 2:05).

** The Scandinavian penchant for... interesting varieties of fish is pictured in [[http://satwcomic.com/nordics-like-fish one comic]].

* ForgottenFallenFriend: Subverted with [[http://satwcomic.com/lost-friends Doggerland]]. [[spoiler: England only pretends to have forgotten him because talking about him would be too painful ...]]

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During the ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]'' parody [[http://satwcomic.com/popping-the-question starring New Zealand]], Iceland can be spotted parachuting in Mount Doom. According to Humon "he just can't stay away from volcanoes".

** Surprisingly not an America-only trait. [[http://satwcomic.com/world-view The Scandinavians don't know anything about South America]], America mixes up Sweden and Norway while forgetting Denmark, and Sister America thought Scandinavia was a country till she discovered the joys of shipping.

* GoofyPrintUnderwear: [[http://satwcomic.com/kiss-it-better The king of the Franks has Hello Kitty undies]].

* GuyOnGuyIsHot: Built on it. In comic: [[http://satwcomic.com/ungodly-surprise Yaoi Surprise]].

* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Sweden in the earlier comics. With the introduction of Åland into the comics, however, hiding his sexuality has been {{jossed}}. Sweden still tries to hide it. [[http://satwcomic.com/boys-will-be-boys Åland]], not so much.

** [[http://satwcomic.com/how-babies-are-made FennoSwede]], whom Sweden concieved with Sister Finland while attempting to hide his homosexuality.
** [[http://satwcomic.com/who-s-your-daddy Scania]], whom Denmark concieved with Sister Sweden. [[DisappearedDad Upon learning this, Sweden told Scania "your real father died in a horrible horrible car accident!"]].
** [[http://satwcomic.com/no-problem Christiana]], who is also Denmark's son. His mother is never mentioned.
** [[http://satwcomic.com/raising-children Kven]], Norway's son. His Dad is a bit neglectful ...

* HornyVikings: Denmark, Norway and Sweden [[http://satwcomic.com/good-to-see-you-england sometimes like to go back to their roots]].

** [[http://satwcomic.com/boys-are-such-weirdos Norway apparently slept with]] [[http://satwcomic.com/we-should-be-friends Jan Mayen]].

* KangarooCourt: [[http://satwcomic.com/judgement-day Poor Denmark gets sued in one]], with Sweden as his lawyer and ''America'' as judge.
* KissOfLife: Well, Kiss of Beer -- one of the ghosts performs this on Denmark in [[http://satwcomic.com/no-beer-left "No Beer Left"]].

* LoudOfWar: South Korea torments North Korea with [[http://satwcomic.com/gangnam-style "Gangnam Style"]].

* MachoMasochism: [[http://satwcomic.com/two-ways-about-it Finland]]. Russia defies this.

* MadeOfIndestructium: Discussed in [[http://satwcomic.com/you-got-a-call "You got a call"]], where the reason Nokia phones are so tough is that Finland throws them at Sweden when Finland's in a bad mood. [[spoiler:Too bad they aren't bulletproof.]]

* ManChild: The author claims that the adult countries have the mentality of teenagers. For instance, [[http://satwcomic.com/only-the-most-necessary this comic]] shows that America still sleeps with the stuffed eagle he had [[http://satwcomic.com/parenting as a kid]].

** Seen again in [[http://satwcomic.com/makeover-of-2016 "Makeover of 2016"]], as Sister America, Europe, China, and England are all shocked at Brother America's titular makeover.

** Another comic has more of the "mistaken" aspect, as a quirk of dialect leads to Sweden thinking Denmark's [[http://satwcomic.com/obama-is-in-town insulting Obama]].

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Australia getting [[http://satwcomic.com/lost-in-the-outback lost in the Outback]].

* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: In [[http://satwcomic.com/hetalia-personality-swap "Hetalia Personality Swap"]], Norway and Finland [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin switch personalities with their Hetalia counterparts for a day]]. [[spoiler: Though she never says the word rape, Hunon does say in the description "Sweden was just minding his own business and watching the news when Finland suddenly got all cuddly and kissy kissy. Sweden was scared for his life but ended up doing things he regret, and which Finland will kill him for if he dares ever mention it again." In the followup comic [[http://satwcomic.com/the-day-after "The day after"]], Sweden says "... I didn't start this!! I didn't want to, but suddenly you were all over me, and I didn't know what to do!! ... I tried to stop you, but then you started kissing me, and it rather surprisingly turned out you're a good kisser!!".]] This example is odd in that Sweden is using it himself to rationalize what happened, rather than Finland using it to justify his actions.

* OfCorpseHesAlive: [[http://satwcomic.com/we-should-be-friends Norway's friend Jan Mayen. He looks dead and can't think, but he's a good listener]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Sweden, Norway, and Denmark react in horror after the normally quiet Finland [[http://www.satwcomic.com/small-talk starts talking in the sauna]].
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: As a result of having [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekla The Gateway to Hell]] in his territory, Iceland has "dark matter demons" hanging around his house. He treats them as somewhere between [[http://satwcomic.com/iceland-ain-t-right cute pet]] [[http://satwcomic.com/big-brother-sweden and]] [[http://satwcomic.com/sleepover-at-iceland-s annoying pest]].

* PekingDuckChristmas: As seen in [[http://satwcomic.com/non-holiday "Non-holiday"]].
* PimpDuds: Sister Denmark gets one such attire while singing [[http://satwcomic.com/my-wedding "My Wedding"]].

** Denmark's not above playing on Sister Japan's YaoiFangirl fantasies to get her in his bed. [[http://satwcomic.com/suggestive-talk Much to Sister America's ire]] [[DieForOurShip since she does not ship Denmark×Germany]]. Or for a gag, as seen in [[http://satwcomic.com/tea-party-crasher "Tea Party Crasher"]].

** [[https://satwcomic.com/let-italian-men-live Italy fights for the right to be this]].

** After Brexit is officially set in motion, England not only [[https://satwcomic.com/bye-bye-england-and-friends jumps off King Europe's plane]], but takes Scotland along. For whatever reason, Wales and Northern Ireland are nowhere in sight.

** Denmark makes a list of food he wants Sweden to get for a party; [[http://satwcomic.com/just-a-number not only do the numbers get bigger]], but they get increasingly harder to understand due to Denmark's system of counting.

* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Downplayed. "[[http://satwcomic.com/what-a-nice-everything What a nice garden you've got here, Sweden]]."

** [[http://satwcomic.com/all-just-a-game Sweden plays Minecraft]]. Finland plays ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''. ''VideoGame/MineCraft'' makes a return with [[http://satwcomic.com/creeping Germany too.]]

* SmallReferencePools: Addressed in in a comic about [[http://satwcomic.com/classic-music classical music]].

** New Zealand speaks for the first time in [[http://satwcomic.com/how-could-it-possibly-go-wrong "How could it possibly go wrong"]].

* StupidJetpackHitler: [[http://satwcomic.com/fishy-situation Nazi Germany's vampire werewolf robot martians]].
* StylisticSuck: For [[http://satwcomic.com/new-year-2014 New Year's Day 2014]], Humon posted a single panel with sloppy mouse-drawn stick figures, the joke being that she was too hung over to do a real comic.

* TriggerHappy: [[http://satwcomic.com/i-want-oil America]] [[http://satwcomic.com/no-pets-allowed fills]] [[http://satwcomic.com/cold-war-games this]] [[http://satwcomic.com/safety-first role]].
* ThrowTheDogABone: After their 2014 [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball World Cup win]], Germany's [[http://satwcomic.com/football-feelings finally able to swell with National Pride]] without fearing the slippery slope.

* TranslationConvention: Temporarily abandoned in [[http://satwcomic.com/not-english one installment]].
* TruthInTelevision: Despite the ridiculousness of all the comics, most of them are based off of actual events, such as Australia selling sand to the Saharan Desert[[note]]Australian sand is better for building[[/note]], Norway getting trapped in his house by a giant burning block of cheese[[note]]A Norwegian tunnel was once closed when a truck of cheese crashed and caught fire[[/note]] and Iceland eating poisonous, rotten shark that's been buried for twelve weeks[[note]]It's a genuine Icelandic dish. Burying it for twelve weeks gets rid of the poison[[/note]].

* VampiresAreSexGods: [[http://satwcomic.com/child-of-the-night Lampshaded]].

* {{Wimpification}}: {{Averted|Trope}}, {{Defied|Trope}} and {{Jossed}} by the creator with regards to Sweden, in [[http://satwcomic.com/the-napoleon-war "The Napoleon War"]] and [[http://satwcomic.com/sweden-playing-with-ropes "Sweden Playing with Ropes"]]. Humon has stated her distaste for slash clichés on numerous occasions.
* YourCheatingHeart: Despite dating Åland, Sweden ends up sleeping with [[http://satwcomic.com/the-day-after Finland]] and fathering an illegitimate son with [[http://satwcomic.com/how-babies-are-made Sister Finland]]. The look on Åland's face in the latter situation suggests he's less than thrilled about this ...
* YourHeadASplode: Iceland couldn't think of a worse pizza topping than pineapple until Sweden showed him his [[https://satwcomic.com/how-to-break-iceland-s-spirit banana pizza]]. Headpop ensues.