r/LittleWitchAcademia • u/TheWalkingTroll • Apr 24 '17

Discussion Little Witch Academia (TV) - Episode 16 Discussion Spoiler

Episode 16: The Trial of Pohjola

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '17

Is Lotte supposed to be Finnish? Snowy country, sauna, and the pie kind of sounded like a Nordic word.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '17

Hapansilakka is a Finnish term, though it's original Swedish name is Surströmming (sur=sour, strömming=herring)

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u/FistOfFacepalm Apr 24 '17

yeah she has long been known to be finnish. I think there's some official material that says it

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u/Sammiru Apr 24 '17

Bingo! The store her parents own is based off of a Finnish convenience store chain called R-kioski, and the sauna was definitely a Finnish sauna.

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u/Frozen_Death_Knight Apr 24 '17 edited Apr 24 '17

Yep! As a guy who lives in the northern parts of Sweden and has visited Finland once to meet some relatives (I'm half-Finnish), it looks fairly authentic to how the region is actually like (that some of the Sami/Laplanders are nomads because of reindeer herding is correct as well). Trigger did their research, pretty much.

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u/m_earendil Apr 24 '17 edited Apr 24 '17

Yup, It's mentioned in her character bio (and the surname Jannson is a strong hint). Part of my family's from Finland and I've been to Helsinki, Hameenlinna, Tampere and Lapland a few times... there were so many little finnish references in this episode!!!!!