Viggen High School (Japanese: ビゲン高校, Biggen kōkō; Swedish: Viggengymnasiet) is a minor school in Girls und Panzer that first appears in supplemental material and appears with some frequency in Girls und Panzer: Ribbon Warrior, also making a cameo in Girls und Panzer: Saga of Pravda
Overview[]
Behavior & Policy[]
Students share a mentality of focusing on practicality, reliability, and simple appearances. They also have interests in home economics and interior design classes are very high. Although relatively competent and enthusiastic, the Sensha-dō team lacks people and tanks, which causes them problems when trying to enter tournaments.
Materiel[]
Their main force consists of Stridsvagn m/42 medium tanks and Stridsvagn m/40 light tanks as a supplement.
Tactics[]
No mentions of their tactics are made.
Schoolship[]
Their schoolship's appeareance is unknown.
Uniform[]
Schoolgirl[]
Their schoolgirl uniform is unknown.
Sensha-dō[]
Their Sensha-Dō uniform consist into a sky-blue spike-horned helmet, a sky-blue viking-style lamellar armor on a white long sleeve robe and black boots.
Background[]
Based in the Niigata Prefecture the story of the school begin in 1775 when Swedish Botanist Carl Peter Thunberg arrived in Japan to study Japanese flora. The school first began as a botany-focused institution founded to organize and teach Thurnberg’s field research along with the flora of the world, but then gradually a woodworking and eventually an industrial class was introduced.
Against Pravda[]
Viggen faced Pravda High School in a likely friendly flag match. Nothing from the match was shown, except Viggen's Strv m/42, used as a flag tank, eliminated. After the match, Katyusha did not miss the opportunity to verbally massacre the Viggen students, calling them "so weak they made her laugh", which left the Viggen students angry and/or upset.
63rd National High School Sensha-dō Tournament[]
Viggen High School did not participate in the 63ʳᵈ National High School Sensha-dō Tournament.
Cauldron Tankathlon Tournament[]
Against Maginot Girls' Academy[]
In the first round for the eighth match of the Tankathlon Tournament, Viggen fought Maginot Girls' Academy. They fielded two Strv m/40. They were likely destroyed by Eclair and Fondue's FT-17s. They fought under Maginot Girls' Academy guidance in the second.
Second round[]
In the second round they fielded at least two Strv m/40, commanded by Semla. They fought in Green Team alongside Maginot Girls' Academy, Anzio Girls High School and Katyusha's Volunteer Army. It is unknown how they performed during the match but after Team ONI was defeated, Viggen took part in the assault against the remnants of Red Team. After the end of the second round Viggen withdrawn from the Cauldron Tournament.
Teaming with Shizuka[]
Viggen took part alongside Bosphorus of Kebab High School, Aung-san from Tategoto High School and Kafka from Gregor High School to a challenge Sensha-dō match supporting Tatenashi's Centipede Team against Bonple High School, fielding one Strv m/40 commanded by Semla.
Members[]
Semla[]
- Main article: Semla
The overall commander of Viggen High School, she commands an Strv m/40 light tank.
Vehicles operated[]
Tanks[]
Trivia[]
- Their logo consists on Viggen written with the two letter HS under (for High School) on a shield filled with Blue & White with a laurel crown and a lightning that cross the logo.
- In Swedish, Viggen means "the bolt", in thunderbolt (åskvigg).
- It could also be named after the Swedish combat aircraft Saab 37 Viggen, also named after the thunderbolts, the god of thunder, Thor, threw out from his chart.
- The laurel is maybe a reference to the laurel tiara worn be the Swedish Crown Princess.
- The interior design classes is a reference to IKEA a Swedish company specialized in ready-to-assemble home accessories created in 1943.
Gallery[]
Tanks[]
| Schools in Girls und Panzer ☰ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Schools in The Anime Series | Anzio High School ♦ Kuromorimine Girls Academy ♦ Ooarai Girls Academy ♦ Pravda Girls High School ♦ Saunders University High School ♦ St. Gloriana Girls College | |
| Schools in Der Film | Chi-Ha-Tan Academy ♦ Jatkosota High School ♦ All-Stars University Team | |
| Schools in Das Finale | BC Freedom Academy | |
| Schools in The Mangas | Bellwall Academy ♦ Bonple High School ♦ Gilbert High School ♦ Maginot Girls' College ♦ Tategoto High School ♦ Tatenashi High School ♦ West Kureoji Grona High School | |
| Schools in Supplemental Material | Blue Division High School ♦ Count High School ♦ Gregor High School ♦ Koala Forest Academy ♦ Maple High School ♦ Viggen High School ♦ Viking Fisheries High School ♦ Waffle Academy ♦ Yogurt Academy | |