Name: Gustav "Lion" Berntson

Nation: Kingdom of Sweden

Age: 33

Occupation: Captain on HMS "Göteborg" in the Royal Scandinavian Air Fleet.

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[hider=Family]Gustav's grandfather was Erik Berntson, a Captain during the Finnish war of 1808 and war against Denmark-Norway. His father is Johann Berntson, fighting in the First Schleswig War and as a Captain leading Swedish volunteers during the Second Schleswig War, and afterwards entering the world of politics where he drove for the unification of Scandinavia. Gustav's mother is a Danish noblewoman and worked in her spare time as a Latin and History teacher. Both of them are now retired and lives on St. Thomas in the Scandinavian West Indies. [/hider]

Equipment: [hider=Semi-automatic Gevär m/96] [img=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Gev%C3%A4r_m-1896_-_Modellexemplar_tillverkat_1896_-_6%2C5x55mm_-_Armemuseum.jpg/800px-Gev%C3%A4r_m-1896_-_Modellexemplar_tillverkat_1896_-_6%2C5x55mm_-_Armemuseum.jpg] 
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Personality: TBA

Bio: Gustav come from a family with deep military roots, and he constantly strives to live up to the glory of the Berntson family name. He was born on his mother's estate on the western coast of Jylland, Denmark, and lived there for for his first 5 years until his father sent him back home to Sweden to start his education. As he began attending school, he proved that he spoke both Swedish and Danish fluently because of his parents, and after 10 years he also spoke fluently English, and could understand German to an extent. While his father worked the rest of his political carrier for a unification of all the Scandinavian countries, Gustav grew to become a leader-figure amongst his fellow students in Stockholm. 

While the Scandinavian people began the slow integration into the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia, Gustav and his fellow students graduated from the school with good grades, but while most of his friends would continue to study, Gustav felt that it was time for him to follow his family's military heritage. He joined a regiment of volunteers from all of Scandinavia, fighting for the South African Republic against the British South African colony, and like his father and grandfather, proved his commanding skills when his company's captain was killed and Gustav took command of the men, repelling the British attack. Promotions followed, and so did his men into the heat of battle. 

Gustav came home mostly unharmed except for the regular bruises and scars, and joined the Swedish army. Life in the Swedish military was peaceful compared to his time in South Africa, but he enjoyed the prestige of the military life and its discipline, though he didn't mind the peace. Mostly peaceful, but sometimes accidents happen. When inspecting an ordinance factory as an army representative, an artillery-shell blew up next to Gustav, destroying his arm and injuring his right side.. His arm was barely saved thanks to a mechanical arm that could be mounted on his arm. Without it his arm is useless, and so he was pulled from the army and given a position in the slowly growing Scandinavian Air Fleet. But the arm gave him regular pains, and Gustav began taking unknown medication to bare with the pain.