Fennoscandia Institution

Fennoscandia's Emblem

 Finland

### Namesake:

"Fennoscandia", a region the includes the parts of Finland, Norway, Sweden, and a portion of Russia.

###  Classification:

School-Cruiser

Fennoscandia Institution ( フェノスカンジア 機関 ) is one of the minor schools in PaA.

## **Overview**

* Fennoscandia Institution's Flag
* Fennoscandia Institution's Senshado Insignia
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The Academy locates in the center of Niiza, a city in the Saitama Prefecture. It is known for its history of amalgamating three different educational institutions into one large coherent educational facility.

## **History**

Fennoscandia's history splits into four parts, the Japan-Norway relation, Japan-Sweden relation, Japan-Finland relation, and the amalgamation.

### Japan-Norway Relation

Norway and Japan established diplomatic relations in 1905. Interaction within the economy and trade in fields such as seafood, shipbuilding, and petroleum, has been central in the bilateral relations between Norway and Japan. The **Lutheran International School**, a Norwegian School in Kobe, Kobe Prefecture, was opened in 1950 under the mutual cultural exchanges between Norway and Japan. During this period, it accepted Danish and Swedish students in addition to Norwegian ones.

**Lutheran International School** became the exemplar of Scandinavian culture in the Far East and one of the first Schools in the Fennoscandia region that established a school in Japan.

The School shut down in 1980, 30 years after it opened.

### Japan-Sweden Relation

Japan's contact with Sweden dates back to Japan's period of isolation around the 18th century. Carl Peter Thunberg, the disciple of botanist Carl von Linné, came to Japan in 1775 as a doctor for Holland's East India Company. While staying in Japan for about 15 months, he collected plants and, after returning home, wrote a book titled "*Flora Japonica*" about the botany of Japan.

During Thunberg's stay in Japan, he made his reputation through medicine in which he was able to cure "syphilis," or commonly referred to the Japanese as the "Dutch disease." He also taught the locals his knowledge about language and manners, further increasing the Japanese's interest in Dutch and European culture, also known as *rangaku*.

Thunberg's knowledge led to a cultural opening-up, allowing the School of *"Dejima Kusuri Furōraru Han"* to open up in Dejima, Nagasaki as soon Thunberg left Japan in November 1776. Thunberg's students built the School and taught its students about the lessons they learned from Thunberg himself, including botany and medicine. It even caught the attention of Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold, father of the first female Japanese doctor educated in Western medicine, Kusumoto Ine.

Eventually, the School expanded and turned into a Public School. It became the "Siebold-Thunberg Academy" in Nagasaki, replacing the *Narutaki-juku*, a medical school. Kusumoto Ine, the first female Japanese doctor, became a teacher at the Academy for few months in 1852.

Another upgrade happened after the signing of the Swedish-Japanese Treaty in 1868. The School became a University and became an exemplar for Western Medicine and Botany in Japan during the 19th century. The School's name was now "Siebold-Thunnberg University." Courses of S-T University heavily tackles medicine and botany, but its curriculum also hosted European languages, mainly nations in the Fennoscandia Region.

The University shut down in 1980, 112 years after its creation.

### Japan-Finland Relation

Japan's first contact with Finland is in 1919 where they established diplomatic relations, followed by an exchange of diplomatic missions in 1921. However, by 1944, this relation is cut off but resumed again in 1957.

Since then, the two countries have consistently maintained amicable relations and have broadened their cooperation in areas of mutual interests, including social welfare, science, and technology, cultural and academic exchange, such as *Jatkosota High School* in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, the *Finnish School in Japan/JASUKO* (1964) in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, and the *Finnish Kylä Academy (1957)* in Niiza, Saitama Prefecture.

The *Finnish Kylä Academy* was unique, not because it closely resembled a typical "*kylä"* (village) in Finland, but it was the one who proposed the Amalgamation project to both **Lutheran International School** and **Siebold-Thunnberg University** to create the **Fennoscandia Institution**.

The School shut down in 1980, 23 years after its creation.

### Amalgamation Project

During the mid-1970s, the *Finnish Kylä Academy's* population declined as the numbers decreased, reasons such as the sponsors preferred sponsoring both *Jatkosota High School* and *JASUKO*, but also the fact that the School is located in a landlocked city with low demand of (Finnish) students meant that the School will eventually face its demise if these are unresolved.

Thus the Principal of the Academy approached both **Lutheran International School** and **Siebold-Thunberg University** to find a solution to save his beloved Academy. Both Schools were eager him out, and after a long and exhausting brainstorming, and with the apparent trend of School-Ships on the horizon, the final plan was that the three of them would amalgamate into one coherent Institution. Since Lutheran International School is in the phases of relocation, and Siebold-Thunberg University is about to shut down since their performances were outclassed by other Universities. Coincidentally, all Schools are based or designed from the Nations in Fennoscandia thus the solution became clear as ever.

The plan they commissioned is the Amalgamation Project, a.k.a the "Fennoscandia Institution". Lutheran's maritime courses, Siebold-Thunberg's Botany and medical curriculums, and Finnish Kylä's Naturalism, these three specialties complement one another in forming a coherent Educational Institution, and thus the Project was put into action immediately after it was signed by multiple people, such as the three Principals, the Lead Architect of each School, and even the Ambassadors of Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

They also acquired a School-Ship by making a contract with Götaverken and Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation. The School-Ship they'll be constructing is based and designed from the *HSwMS Tre Kronor,* a Swedish Cruiser.

The School-Ship was commissioned at the Port of Kobe on June 7, 1989, and Fennoscandia Institution was opened on May 3, 1990.

Fennoscandia's Port is currently is in the Port of Ibaraki.

## School-Ship

Fennoscandia's School-Ship is the *HSwMS* (His/Her Swedish Majesty's Ship) *Tre Kronor*, a Swedish cruiser. She and her sister, *Göta Lejon*, were the largest ships ever to serve in the Royal Swedish Navy during WW2. The School-Ship is considered to be a School-Cruiser.

## Recrelympics Team

Fennoscandia's Recrelympics Team is simply referred as the "Fennoscandia Battlegroup". "Fennoscandia Senshado Battlegroup" is the name of their Senshado Team.

## Trivia

* The School is known for its multilingual environment as courses of Fennoscandia teaches its students the languages of Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish.
* They have theirFennoscadia Senshado Battlegroup is based on the designs of the Nordic Council. themed school music as well, and these are:
	1. *Suomalaisen ratsuväen marssi - Siebold-Thunnberg University*
	2. *Levan Polkka - Finnish Kylä Academy*
	3. *Den norske løve marsch - Lutheran International School*

## Gallery

Fennoscandia Institution's FlagFennoscandia Institution's EmblemFennoscandia Institution's Senshado Insignia