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The North

United Kingdoms of the North
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Du gamla, du fria (Sweden) Ja, vi elsker dette landet (Norway) Maamme (Finland) Der er et yndigt land (Denmark) Lofsöngur (Iceland) Ålänningens sång (Åland) Tú alfagra land mítt (Faroe Islands) Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit (Greenland)
The North (excluding Greenland)
Capital	8 cities Copenhagen Helsinki Reykjavík Oslo Stockholm Mariehamn Tórshavn Nuuk
Largest city	Stockholm (2,120,560)
Government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Legislature	Riksdag
History
• Formation of the Kalmar Union	1397
• Dissolution of the Kalmar Union	1523
• Treaty of Northern Unity	6 June 2015
Area
• Total	3,501,721 km2 (1,352,022 sq mi) (7th)
Population
• 2012 census	25,650,540 (46th)
• Density	7.24/km2 (18.8/sq mi) (197th)
GDP (PPP)	2011 estimate
• Total	$1,049,856,413,600 (17th)
• Per capita	$41,205 (15th)
GDP (nominal)	2011 estimate
• Total	$1,621,658,000,000 (12th)
• Per capita	$63,647 (7th)
Time zone	UTC+1 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Driving side	right

Nordic Armed Forces

Nordic Defense Forces
Försvarsmakten
Personnel
Conscription	Yes
Available for military service	9,660,010, age 15–49 (2010)
Fit for military service	6,988,998, age 15–49 (2010)
Reaching military age annually	(2010)
Active personnel	103,288
Reserve personnel	491,150
Expenditures
Budget	$20.56 billion (14th)
Industry
Foreign suppliers	Germany United States Russia Israel

Nordic army
Logistical vehicles: 10,600
Mortars: 4,098
Towed artillery: 753
Self-propelled artillery: 129
Rocket artillery: 70
Armored fighting vehicles: 4,413
Tanks: 554

Nordic navy
Frigates: 6
Corvettes: 11
Patrol craft: 307
Landing craft: 109
Minesweepers: 51
Submarines: 11
Auxiliary vessels: 167
Total number of ships: 662

Aircraft	Origin	Type	In service	Notes
JAS 39 Gripen	Sweden	Multirole fighter	255
F-18	United States	Multirole fighter	62
F-16	United States	Multirole fighter	30 57	87 in total

Army

Armored personnel carriers

The Imperial Alexshinian Army possesses at least 7,887 armored personnel carriers, mostly Cold War era models but also modern examples such as the Slovak Valuk and Finnish Patria AMV.

Vehicle	Origin	Type	In service	Notes
M113	United States	Armored personnel carrier	2,430 80 30	2,540 total
Valuk	Slovenia	Armored personnel carrier	85	-
Patria AMV	Finland	Armored personnel carrier	126 30	156 total
VAB	France	Armored personnel carrier	27	-
LOV-1	Croatia	Armored personnel carrier	72	-
Mowag Piranha	Switzerland	Armored personnel carrier	17	-
WZ551	China	Armored personnel carrier	5	-
BOV	Yugoslavia	Armored personnel carrier	207 135 73 40	455 total
OT M-60	Yugoslavia	Armored personnel carrier	70	-
MT-LB	Soviet Union	Armored personnel carrier	812 11	823 total
Leonidas II	Greece	Armored personnel carrier	491 10	501 total
MT-LBu	Soviet Union	Armored personnel carrier	35	-
BTR-80	Soviet Union	Armored personnel carrier	691 69 12	772 total
BTR-70	Soviet Union	Armored personnel carrier	162 60	222 total
BTR-60	Soviet Union	Armored personnel carrier	699 681	1,380 total
BTR-50	Soviet Union	Armored personnel carrier	120 26	146 total
MLVM	Romania	Armored personnel carrier	75	-
PTS	Soviet Union	Armored personnel carrier	N/A	-
ABC-79M	Romania	Armored personnel carrier	391	-
TM-170	Germany	Armored personnel carrier	115	-

Infantry fighting vehicles

The Imperial Alexshinian Army possesses 2,731 infantry fighting vehicles, all of them tracked. However, none have been produced in the 1990's or after, and only 837 are considered adequate in modern vehicle to vehicle combat.

Vehicle	Origin	Type	In service	Notes
AMX-10P	France	Infantry fighting vehicle	35	-
BVP M-80	Yugoslavia	Infantry fighting vehicle	542 128 80 52	802 in total
MLI-84	Romania	Infantry fighting vehicle	226	-
BMP-23	Bulgaria	Infantry fighting vehicle	114	-
BMP-3	Soviet Union	Infantry fighting vehicle	43	-
BMP-2	Soviet Union	Infantry fighting vehicle	11	-
BMP-1	Soviet Union	Infantry fighting vehicle	1,500	-

Armored cars

The Alexshinian Imperial Army possesses a total of 193 armored cars.

Vehicle	Origin	Type	In service	Notes
Panhard AML	France	Armored car	41	-
EE-9 Cascavel	Brazil	Armored car	15	-
BRDM-2	Soviet Union	Armored car	76 48	-
Otokar Cobra	Turkey	Armored car	10 2 1	-

Tanks

The Imperial Alexshinian Army possesses a vast armored force consisting of 3,970 tanks with ten of its protectorates, making it the seventh-largest tank force in the world. 439 of these are modern, third generation main battle tanks utilizing advanced technology while the rest are outdated Cold War vehicles, some of which are badly maintained and might not be operational.

Tank	Origin	Type	In service	Notes
Leopard 2	Germany	Main battle tank	353	-
Leopard 1	Germany	Main battle tank	501	-
M-95 Degman	Croatia	Main battle tank	2	-
AMX-30	France	Main battle tank	102 32	134 in total
T-80	Soviet Union	Main battle tank	82	-
T-72	Soviet Union	Main battle tank	280 195 31 22	528 in total
M-84D	Croatia	Main battle tank	84	-
M-84	Yugoslavia	Main battle tank	212 135 72 54	473 in total
TR-85	Romania	Main battle tank	303	-
M60 Patton	United States	Main battle tank	45	-
T-55	Soviet Union	Main battle tank	795 150 30	975 in total
M48 Patton	United States	Medium tank	390	-
PT-76	Soviet Union	Light tank	100	-

Air force

Combat aircraft

The Alexshinian Imperial Air Force possesses a total of 489 offensive-capable combat aircraft with four of its protectorates, including 365 multirole fighters and 124 attack aircraft. 191 of these (all multirole fighters), are of fourth generation or higher and capable of modern warfare. The AIAF is the eight-largest air force in the world by number of combat aircraft.

Aircraft	Origin	Type	In service	Notes
JAS 39 Gripen	Sweden	Multirole fighter	14	-
F-16	United States	Multirole fighter	157	-
Mikoyan MiG-29	Soviet Union	Multirole fighter	16 4	20 in total
Mirage 2000	France	Multirole fighter	44	-
Mikoyan MiG-21	Soviet Union	Fighter	14 (70) 49 11	74-130
F-4 Phantom II	United States	Fighter-bomber	46	-
LTV A-7 Corsair II	United States	Attack aircraft	33	-
Soko J-22 Orao	Yugoslavia	Strike fighter	33	-
Sukhoi Su-25	Soviet Union	Close air support	12	-

Military technology of Sweden

Swedish-Norwegian Union (1814-1905)

In 1837, the engineer and priest Jonas Offrell demonstrated a revolver pistol he had invented independently, one year after Samuel Colt was granted a patent for his own revolving weapon.

The dynamite was patented by Alfred Nobel in 1867 and was a very powerful explosive device initially intended for mining operations, but saw use in warfare as remotely detonated bombs or even hand grenades. The military dynamite was much lighter and easier to handle than the large, round bombs usually thrown by contemporary infantry, and can be considered a predecessor to modern hand grenades. Other countries also developed a type of artillery that launched packs of dynamite far distances.

In 1873, the Nordenfelt gun was patented by Swedish engineer Helge Palmcrantz as one of the first machine guns in Europe. The weapon could have up to ten barrels and fired rifle calibre bullets at a rate of 984 rounds per minute. While an effective weapon in its own right, greatly outclassing the American Gatling gun in terms of firing rate, it was surpassed by the British Maxim gun in 1889 and converted to a stationary anti-infantry artillery piece, most notably the 1-inch version. A reason why it was less effective than the Maxim was that it required the user to move a lever back and forth (similar to how the contemporary Gatling gun used a rotating lever) in order to fire, while the Maxim gun was recoil-operated. Nevertheless, the Nordenfelt was among the earliest machine guns in the world and a noteworthy technology demonstrator at the time.

Carl Hamilton (fictional character)

Carl Gustaf Gilbert Hamilton
Carl Hamilton novels character
File:I Nationens Intresse DVD cover.jpg Mikael Persbrandt as Carl Hamilton in the 2012 film
First appearance	Book: Coq Rouge (1986) Film: Täcknamn Coq Rouge (1989)
Last appearance	Book: But not if it concerns your daughter (2008) Film: But not if it concerns your daughter (2012)
Created by	Jan Guillou
Portrayed by	Stellan Skarsgård Peter Haber Stefan Sauk Peter Stormare Mikael Persbrandt
In-universe information
Alias	Coq Rouge Trident
Gender	Male
Occupation	Vice admiral Intelligence officer
Nationality	Swedish

Count Carl Gustaf Gilbert Hamilton (official code name Coq Rouge) is a fictional Swedish nobleman, intelligence officer, spy, attack diver and vice admiral in the Swedish military, currently aligned to MUST (Militära Underrättelse- och SäkerhetsTjänsten, meaning "Military Intelligence and Security Service - MISS). He first appeared in the 1986 book Coq Rouge by Jan Guillou, and has since then became an iconic character throughout thirteen books and nine movie adaptions. He is known as "Sweden's James Bond" and the novels have become a best-selling series, placing Jan Guillou besides John le Carre and Len Deighton.

Abilities and skills

Hamilton is more of a military commando than other fictional spies such as James Bond, and has many combat skills that enable him to fend off squads of guards and soldiers. He prefers to use a pistol in combat and is capable of defeating fully equipped soldiers with it, and is also skilled with using an assault rifle as seen in But not if it concerns your daughter where he uses an AK-series assault rifle to take out several terrorists in Saudi Arabia. But he is not invincible in long-range, as he was eventually shot in the chest after a group of US Special Forces intervened to support the terrorists. Hamilton's greatest skill compared to his adversaries is arguably his hand-to-hand combat abilities, which he used to incapacitate three American soldiers with ease before they could even aim their weapons at him. Throughout the rest of In the Interest of the Nation he killed 4 enemies - two of which were US special forces, along with a British SAS commando and an Uzbek weapons smuggler - using only his hands. Only the the experienced commando team leader Hart Miller was a match for him, and Hamilton still overpowered him after a minute-long struggle. He also uses a knife when no firearm is available, but lacks the kind of disguised weapons often used by James Bond. Hamilton is also an experienced infiltrator and speaks many languages fluently including Swedish, English, German and Russian, the latter so well that he could completely hide his accent and convince a group of Uzbek weapons smugglers that he was in fact Russian. Despite his close relationship with Mouna al Hussaini, however, it is implied that he cannot speak Arabic as the two only communicate in English. In the 2012 film he had a girlfriend of Polish origin, but as she spoke fluent Swedish the two never communicated in Polish.

Hamilton's greatest flaw appears to be that - even though loyal and dutiful - he doesn't always do things "by the book". He has often rejected the tactics of his superiors when he considered them to be flawful, and proceeded to do things his own way (which was often far more effective). He rarely lets his own emotions affect his judgment or concentration, but after realizing a treason within the Swedish government he took matters into his own hands rather than reporting it (mostly due to lack of evidence), and instead broke into the official's office and threatened him.

Personality

Hamilton displays very little personality throughout the books. His actions are described with journalistic neutrality, but his thoughts and feelings are usually left out entirely. It has been stated that he has no fear of darkness, "harboring a well-grounded belief that he is the thing that go bump in the night." He likes fair play, disdainfully stating that "it's not so strange that a diver should dive better than a cop" after outmatching a number of police officers in a diving contest.

Throughout his life he is a member of the military, living up to the typically desirable traits of a soldier: strong, loyal, obedient and emotionless. This does not always apply, however, as he could sometimes do things "his own way" rather than by the book, and he had a temporary moment of depression after accidentally killing his girlfriend Maria Solska.

He sometimes visualizes his inner demons as "Blocks of black ice surfacing in a raging river", and routinely suppresses them.

Dano-Swedish War of 1709-1720

Dano-Swedish War of 1709-1720
Part of Great Northern War
The Swedes carry their fallen king back home
Location Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea Result Danish-Norwegian victory Death of Karl XII
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Denmark–Norway Kingdom of Prussia Electorate of Hanover Great Britain Tsardom of Russia Electorate of Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Karl XII † Arvid Horn Carl Gustaf Armfeldt Magnus Stenbock	Frederick IV Christian Reventlow Peter Tordenskjold Frederick William I George I (union)
Strength
26,000 men 38 ships	110,000: 40,000 Danes 50,000 Prussians 20,000 Hanoverians 71+ ships
Casualties and losses
7,752 men, 31 ships: 2,245 killed in action 3,881 wounded 1,626 captured 12 ships sunk 19 ships captured 3,000 froze to death	16,673 men, 20 ships: 5,623 killed 4,854 wounded 6,196 captured 15 ships sunk 5 ships captured

Battles

After the battles followed the Carolean Death March, where approximately 3,000 Swedish soldiers froze to death.

Battle	Swedish numbers	Coalition numbers	Swedish casualties	Coalition casualties	Result
Helsingborg	14,000	14,000	897 killed 2,098 wounded	1,500 killed 3,500 wounded 2,677 captured	Decisive Swedish victory
Køge bay	21 ships	71 ships	2 ships sunk	541 killed 15 ships sunk 5 ships captured	Swedish victory
Gadebusch	14,000 30 artillery pieces	19,500	500 killed 1,100 wounded	3,250 killed 3,500 captured	Swedish victory
Tönning	10,600	36,000	Unknown	Unknown	Coalition victory
Stralsund	23,000	72,000	Unknown	Unknown	Coalition victory
1st New Deep	23 ships	5 ships	1 ship	Unknown	Inconclusive
2nd New Deep	22 ships	18 ships	1 ship	Unknown	Danish victory
Fehmarn Belt	6 ships	12 ships	353 killed 1,626 captured 1 ship sunk 5 ships captured	65 killed 224 wounded	Danish victory
Rügen	22 ships	25 ships	145 killed 333 wounded	127 killed 485 wounded	Inconclusive
Stresow	2,950	23,000	500	180	Coalition victory
Dynekilen	15 ships	7 ships	7 ships sunk 14 ships captured	19 killed 57 wounded	Danish victory
Fredriksten	6,000	1,800	200	31 killed 498 wounded 19 captured 41 escaped	Danish victory

List of Hamilton battles

This is an incomplete list of battles and other engagements throughout the Hamilton franchise, written by Swedish author Jan Guillou.

Hamilton: In The Interest of the Nation

Uzbek-Afghan Convoy Raid

Uzbek-Afghan Convoy Raid
Part of War on Terror
Date 2011 Location Border area between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan Result Swedish operational failure
Belligerents
Sweden	Taliban Smugglers	USA
Commanders and leaders
Carl Hamilton		Hart Miller
Strength
1 commando	6 Talibans 5 smugglers	6 commandos
Casualties and losses
None	All killed	1 killed

The Uzbek-Afghan Convoy Raid was conducted by United States Special Forces unit Sectragon, with the cover of acting as an independent private army.

Swedish intelligence agent Carl Hamilton had infiltrated a group of smugglers in Uzbekistan, which intended to sell Swedish PGM artillery shells to the Talibans. Hamilton had commited an act of sabotage that was not identified in the movie (he is only seen cutting one wire, although there were more of the same wire in the other shells). As the smuggling crew allive to their Taliban employers, the sabotage is discovered and one of the smugglers pin Hamilton against the side of the truck while searching his body for weapons. Hamilton easily breaks free and after a series of rapid blows he breaks the smuggler's neck, but another smuggler discovers him as he attempts to hide the body and prepares to aim an AKS-74U against him. However, the smuggler is shot in the chest by American commandos attacking the scene. The leader of the smugglers call out "Bandits!" before he is hit by two rounds that pierce through his body, and in the confusion of the battle one of the smugglers - Sergei - begins to shoot against the Talibans instead, indicating that he was responsible for giving information to the Americans about the convoy. All smugglers and Talibans are killed, except for Sergei, while Hamilton at this point hides under the truck. While the American commandos walk around the bodies, Sergei asks them for money, but the commando leader Miller shoots him in the back of his head with a pistol. Hamilton hears the commandos say that the driver (himself) is missing, and the commandos scatter to find him. Only armed with a small knife, Hamilton climbs backwards and sneaks up behind the truck, hiding from the Americans until one of them passes by. Despite fast reflexes and being armed with an M4 carbine, the commando fails to kill Hamilton and has his throat cut by the Swedish agent, dying silently without notifying his comrades. Hamilton takes an M67 grenade from the corpse and throws it against a cliff to the right, causing the Americans to believe that they are attacked from that spot. Hamilton then runs to the left, away from the Americans, and despite that they notice him quickly no one manages to use their weapons before he disappears behind a hill. Hamilton is later seen on the back of a civilian pickup car, heading away from the scene.

In the aftermath of the failed infiltration mission, Hamilton is interrogated on the result. He tells his mentor DG that the commando he killed was wearing a Luminox watch, which is used by American special forces and the Navy SEALs in particular. DG asks in surprise if Hamilton believes that the raiders were Americans, to which he simply replies "Maybe". Later, a Somali family is seen preparing a meal in their home when suddenly one of the grenades are launched into the house, killing the elderly man, his wife, and their two children. It is revealed that the man was Samatar Rahim, a pacifist politician who attempted to work for peace in the region, as opposed to the American agenda to promote conflict.

It is unknown what happened to the rest of the stolen artillery shells, but it is possible that the technology was to be put into the United States military.

Rescue of Martin Lagerbäck

Rescue of Martin Lagerbäck
Part of War on Terror
Date 2011 Location Unidentified prison facility, Somalia Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Sweden	Somalia	USA Fleeing prisoners
Commanders and leaders
Carl Hamilton		Hart Miller
Strength
1 commando 2 prisoners	At least 18 guards	7 commandos 2 pilots 1 HMMWV 1 UH-60 20+ prisoners
Casualties and losses
None	2 killed	3 wounded 2 captured 1 UH-60 captured 5+ prisoners

In Ethiopia, Benjamin Lee, a US commando working for Sectragon begun to feel guilty about their activities when he realized that they planned to use stolen Swedish artillery munitions to kill a Somali peace activist in his home, which would also result in the deaths of his wife and their two children. Lee enters a short but fierce debate with another Sectragon member, saying that he refuses to murder children, but the nameless commando coldly responds that the terrorists will take all the blame and the United States government will not be suspected. Although it is too late to stop the murder of the Rahim family, Lee steals a USB chip containing the data necessary to further use the munitions. A Sectragon officer and Lee then travel by car to pick up Martin Lagerbäck, a Swedish weapons designer who is responsible for the production of the grenades, but Lee suddenly pulls his gun out and forces his comrade to leave the car, after which he drives off with Lagerbäck. After a while Lee informs the shocked Lagerbäck that he has been helping terrorists, and that they will both be hunted by Sectragon after their escape. However, it doesn't take long until their car is intercepted by a Somali border patrol, and they are both imprisoned.

The Swedish prime minister orders the immediate rescue of Lagerbäck, who has knowledge crucial to the Swedish weapons industry, and a private army is hired so that the Swedish government will not be suspected - Sectragon. However, she sets the condition that one Swedish observer must accompany the rescue team and Carl Hamilton is chosen for the mission, despite him being depressed by guilt after accidentally killing his girlfriend. The rescue team of 8 travel into the Somali prison facility by truck and manage to easily disarm the nearby guards. However, during their mission an explosion is heard and a prison riot begins, during which a guard is stabbed to death. In the confusion and chaos, the commandos can find and rescue Martin Lagerbäck with no resistance. Hamilton is surprised when the Sectragon members also go after another prisoner, Benjamin Lee, and beat him before forcing him to come along. When the team assemble near the truck, a Somali prison guard appears with an assault rifle but surrenders when Hamilton aims a pistol at him. Despite that he puts down his weapon, Miller remorselessly shoots the guard with two bullets; one in the chest and one through the forehead as Hamilton watches.

After the successful rescue of Martin Lagerbäck, the team returns to a Sectragon outpost where a UH-60 Blackhawk is ready to pick up the two prisoners. When visiting Lagerbäck in a cell to inform him of the situation, Hamilton is told by the prisoner that Sectragon has trained terrorists in Somalia and now plan to have Lee killed so that he won't reveal the truth of American involvement. When Miller calls the Sectragon headquarters in Dallas, Hamilton decides to take matters into his own hands. First he walks into Lagerbäck's cell again and disables the guard with two fast kicks, arms himself with the wounded commando's assault rifle, and then runs off with Lagerbäck towards Lee's cell. He gives the assault rifle to Lagerbäck and enters unarmed, easily beats down the two guards and then enters the helicopter with the two prisoners. He forces the pilots to take him away by pointing a pistol at them, and watches Miller into the eyes through the cockpit glass as the helicopter takes off.

In the Sectragon headquarters in Dallas, the head of the company speaks to a US government official who agrees that Benjamin Lee is to be labelled a terrorist for defecting from the US army and threatening national security by knowing the truth of US involvement with terrorism. Meanwhile in Somalia, Hamilton and Lee discuss what knowledge Lee holds, but the latter is reluctant to answer any questions before being guaranteed protection by the Swedish government. Hamilton simply says "we will protect you" (not necessarily referring to the Swedish government), as a car arrives with an associate of Hamilton's long-time ally Mouna al Hussaini.

See also

• Carl Hamilton novels
• Hamilton: I Nationens Intresse (film and major source for this article)
• Hamilton: Men Inte Om Det Gäller Din Dotter (film and major source for this article)