kattahj:roseveare-ish asked about Swedish action heroes apropos this comic, and that reminded me tha
kattahj:roseveare-ish asked about Swedish action heroes apropos this comic, and that reminded me that I’ve meant for a while to make a post about a subset of that category, namely Swedish superheroes.Of which there aren’t many. These were all I could think of, and some of them are only superheroes in the sense that they own magical artifacts that permit them to do superhero things.Kapten StofilComic book character and the most reactionary superhero of the world, saving old-fashioned values through various brave deeds and letters to the newspapers.Kenny StarfighterSpace hero of film and TV, who fights to prevent the evil Dr. Deo from taking over an Earth school.Pippi LångstrumpThe strongest and richest girl in the world, and the only one of the superheroes that’s internationally well-known. Appears in books, comics, movies, TV shows, animation, merchandise, you name it.Supersnällasilversara and Stål-Henrik (Supersweet Silversara and Steel-Henrik)Two television superheroes who live on the moon and come to the aid to children in need. Sara sometimes turns into the evil Supersurasunksara. Kapten ZoomAlien superhero who first appeared in a didactic TV show in the 70s to explain things like environment and democracy. Was then revived in the 00s as a side character in the space travel TV show Vintergatan 5a. Inexplicably looks just like Peo, one of the main characters of that series.Herkules JonssonTV superhero who is usually an ordinary little boy, but who can trade places with his father and become the adult Herkules who knows everything, while his father becomes a childish seven-year-old. Also appeared in a tie-in book.BoboA comic book trollbear with a magical spyglass that can teleport him to any place he looks at.GoliatA comic book/animation stone age boy with a magical axe that can fly and has a will of its own.BamseThe strongest bear in the world - at least when he’s been drinking thunder honey. The most popular Swedish comic book and animation character, although some people accuse him of being a communist.De DrabbadeThe one instance of superheroes in this list that are neither parodic nor aimed at children. Television miniseries about ordinary people whose suddenly developed superpowers herald the end of days. Sort of a proto-Heroes. (As in, there are enough similarities that I think someone on the Heroes team has watched this show, unless both shows used the same influences.)Reblogging my old post apropos the discussion about non-cop superheroes. Most of these would fit the bill. :-) -- source link