Yes PLEASE.
You absolutely had me at the title, which makes sense since I'm literally from here. I am both Norwegian and Finnish, and know both languages. Mostly grew up in Norway, though. I really like it here.
I would not mind the pack being a mishmash of nordic cultures either; it's The Sims, and I really just want some representation in the first place. If I can have both Norwegian and Finnish content in one pack, excellent!! And let's not forget our Danish, Swedish and Icelandic siblings as well!
SƔmi and viking content is a must. Especially sami, since they are in fact still around and alive after almost getting colonized away! They're an indigenous population that has been here for thousands of years. They belong here, and I do have some sami friends who would be absolutely thrilled to see themselves represented in the game. One of them DM'd me on twitter to ask if I'd ever found any sami CC (which I did), so I know there's at least some interest. They really need more representation in media in general, so adding them to The Sims would be HUGE, but the team should please do some good research in this case.
And as much as I love to say we're still vikings here, we're really more their descendants? The area I grew up in really takes pride in our ancestors; the first thing you see upon landing at our airport is "WELCOME TO THE LAND OF VIKING KINGS", there are houses in town with dragons on the roof (it's known as "norwegian dragestil"...please make this a build option, I crave it), there's a statue of Harald HĆ„rfagre, there is a thousand year old stone church, an archeological dig site, as well as a rebuilt viking settlement where we host a festival every year with actual historical viking re-enactors...
Anyway, having some actual viking content in-game like this would be AWESOME. I need it. Give me historically accurate viking tunics and dresses, so I won't have to make custom content of it anymore. If we get a nordic-themed pack, the viking festival should be a thing in game. I guess it's kind of like a renaissance fair, but viking-focused due to the area we're in?
But also, we're still modern people living modern lives. We're not all stuck in the viking age. Having skills in the game inspired by it would be cool as heck though, and would especially come in handy in my savefile where I do in fact attempt to play a proper viking village set one thousand years ago. They don't really have much to do at the moment.
....alright, reading through the actual OP here (that I didn't get a chance to properly read through back at work, I skimmed it), and it looks like I'm gonna have to make a second post with my additional thoughts, because hoo boy this is getting too long already.
