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Famous Nordic People
Can you name these famous Nordic people, real and fictional?
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Clue
Person
Norse God of thunder and lightning
Thor
God for whom Wednesday is named
Odin
Author of "The Girl With the
Dragon Tattoo"
Stieg Larsson
"Horrible" comic strip Viking
Hägar the Horrible
Shakespearean Prince of Denmark
Hamlet
Creator of the Linux operating system
Linus Torvalds
Existential philosopher who
wrote "Either/Or"
Søren Kierkegaard
First person to reach the South Pole
Roald Amundsen
"Finlandia" composer
Jean Sibelius
Culinary Muppet
Swedish Chef
Swedish pop group whose music
is used in "Mamma Mia!"
ABBA
Clue
Person
Swede who won Wimbledon
five straight times
Björn Borg
Icelandic singer who wore a
swan dress
Björk
Dynamite inventor
and Peace Prize namesake
Alfred Nobel
Female lead in "Casablanca"
Ingrid Bergman
He painted "The Scream"
Edvard Munch
Discovered Greenland
Erik the Red
Founder of Vinland, son of
the above
Leif Ericson
Figure-skater who won Olympic
gold at age 15, in 1928
Sonja Henie
Fairy tale author who wrote
"The Little Mermaid"
Hans Christian
Andersen
Comments (25)
kalbahamut
+1
Level 84
Jan 25, 2013
Ericson... son of Eric... duh... how'd I miss that... also... Iceland is Scandinavian? and Odin and Thor are both Aesir.
buck1017
+1
Level 76
Dec 30, 2013
I'm with Quizmaster...right or wrong, to me Scandanavia is the "way up there" countries + Denmark.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 7, 2014
In this case, though, I was wrong. :) I changed the quiz to "Nordic people".
EssieNL
+3
Level 56
Feb 2, 2015
God after wednesday is named is called (by us) Wodan, but it wont accept that.
brandybuck96
+5
Level 81
Feb 6, 2018
Found the Saxon.
Arii78
+1
Level 45
Mar 18, 2019
The quizz title says "Nordic". Hence, nordic name.
findy
+1
Level 73
Jun 5, 2021
But Wednesday isn't derived from Odin but Wotan.
Vallzo
+1
Level 68
Dec 14, 2021
Wednesday in Swedish is "Onsdag" = Odens dag = day of Odin.
ponnuki
+2
Level 59
Aug 30, 2015
I'd say "Leif" would be a better answer than "Erikson" when searching for Leif Ericson. I had tried all kinds of things (Leif, Leifur, Leif the Lucky, Leif Eriksson...) before going for Erikson and getting it.
Findlay
+3
Level 83
Oct 7, 2016
Everything was going well until I got to figure skating. I wouldn't know who won figure skating gold in 2014, let alone 1928.
mikeb
+2
Level 66
Dec 3, 2018
Heinie is not that obscure; she became a well known Hollywood actress. Most, if not all, of her roles, however, did include her skating.
RobNobody
+1
Level 73
Jun 27, 2022
Watch some
MASH
. Colonel Potter was a big fan of hers.
Zapatasthlm
+4
Level 42
Jun 6, 2017
Leif Ericsson is usually spelled Eriksson in Scandinavia. Both spellings should be ok.
DonTheLamplighter
+3
Level 83
Aug 19, 2017
Kicking myself for missing Hans Christian Andersen. Surprised not to see Max von Sydow on here. Tremendous actor.
Tramp
+1
Level 73
Aug 20, 2018
Hinga dinga durgen!
Morpioniste
+1
Level 61
Feb 10, 2022
wasted loads of time trying to remember a specific name, never thought of just 'Swedish Chef'
JoanSR
+2
Level 71
Jan 28, 2020
the first time I can use my Sibelius knowledge for something..
Baxtergrad
+1
Level 52
Dec 7, 2020
Always thought is was
Ronald
Amundsen.
EcceHomo
+3
Level 75
Apr 19, 2021
Nah mate, it's Roald, as in McDoald :)
Bamsesvenner
+1
Level 69
May 5, 2021
Hagbard should be accepted as comic strip Viking as this is his name in Danish
unknown2000
+1
Level 49
Mar 15, 2022
And Harald, as is the Finnish name for him!
filiphoset
+1
Level 57
Feb 10, 2022
What about Edvard Grieg?
Saftra
+1
Level 53
Apr 25, 2022
Where is Felix?
HyddenRizz
+1
Level 64
Oct 11, 2022
Spent ages on Munch as I couldn't get two names out of my head: Gustav Klimt and Jon Voight...
carlonian
+1
Level 66
Jan 3, 2023
Nice quiz. The World Chess Champion could be a good addition to this.
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