Syldavia
Sign in to saveSyldavia (Syldavian: ) is a fictional country in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It is located in the Balkans and has a rivalry with the fictional neighbouring country of Borduria. Syldavia is depicted in ''King Ottokar's Sceptre (1938–1939), Destination Moon (1950), Explorers on the Moon (1952–1953, briefly), The Calculus Affair (1954–1956), and Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (1972), and is mentioned in Tintin and the Picaros'' (1975–1976).
Key facts
- Fictional location.name
- Syldavia
- Fictional location.alt_name
- Kingdom of Syldavia
- Fictional location.image
- Syldavia.webp
- Fictional location.image_size
- 130px
- Fictional location.caption
- Flag
- Fictional location.image2
- Balkan_Peninsula.svg
- Fictional location.caption2
- The Balkans, general location of Syldavia and Borduria
- Fictional location.series
- The Adventures of Tintin
- Fictional location.creator
- Hergé
- Fictional location.ruler
- King Muskar XII
- Fictional location.type
- Absolute monarchy
- Fictional location.ethnic_group
- Syldavian
- Fictional location.locations
- Klow (capital)
- Fictional location.first
- ''King Ottokar's Sceptre'' (1938–1939)
- Fictional location.last
- Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (1972)
- Fictional location.blank_label
- Motto
- Fictional location.blank_data
- Syldavian/Latin: Syldavian/Cyrillic: .English: Here I Am, Here I Stay.
- Fictional location.blank_label1
- Anthem
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Wikidata facts
- Motto
- Eih bennek, eih blavek.
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15 sectionsContents
- Overview
- History
- National symbols
- Language
- Cuisine
- Atomic research
- National dance
- National lake
- National defence and ceremonial military units
- Capital
- In popular culture
- Original stories
- See also
- References
- External links
Syldavia (Syldavian: ) is a fictional country in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It is located in the Balkans and has a rivalry with the fictional neighbouring country of Borduria. Syldavia is depicted in ''King Ottokar's Sceptre (1938–1939), Destination Moon (1950), Explorers on the Moon (1952–1953, briefly), The Calculus Affair (1954–1956), and Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (1972), and is mentioned in Tintin and the Picaros'' (1975–1976).
According to Harry Thompson's 2011 Tintin: Hergé and Its Creation, Syldavia "was an idealised portrayal of central Europe between the wars – a benevolent monarchy, peaceful village life, sturdy peasants puffing on large pipes."