Sven is the stoic Voltron Lion Force member who is the initial pilot of the Blue Lion.
- Full name[1]: Sven Holgersson
Fiction
Voltron: Defender of the Universe continuity
Sven was part of the scout team, under Keith's command, sent by the Galaxy Alliance to Planet Arus. He and the others had witnessed a massive bombardment by Doom, and he was captured along with the others. [2]
After escaping from Planet Doom, he and the others made contact with Princess Allura and Coran in the Castle of Lions. He was assigned to be the pilot of Blue Lion.[3][4]
Sometime later, he had rescued Lance from an attack by Haggar, and ended up seriously injured. Eventually, he was transferred to a hospital on another planet. [5]But Doom attacked that planet, and Sven was captured and taken as a slave to Planet Doom.
He later reunited with the Voltron Force when he helped Princess Romelle escape from Planet Doom. Sometime after his escape, he joined Romelle instead of flying Blue Lion or otherwise serving the Voltron Force in a reserve capacity. [6] [7]
He was later part of an advance force, led by Romelle, to conduct operations on Planet Doom prior to the invasion. He was once again seriously injured after a confrontation with Prince Lotor.[8]
Afterward, on a few occasions he would help the Voltron Force in foiling Zarkon's attempt to fill in the power vacuum left behind with the destruction of Planet Drule and its empire, and even flew Blue Lion again during an attack on Galaxy Garrison by Lotor.[9]
Voltron: The Third Dimension
Devil's Due comics continuity
Modern Comics continuity
Trivia
- Sven is actually a composite of two characters in Beast King Golion. Takashi Shirogane was the original Blue Lion pilot who was killed in episode 6, and Ryou Shirogane, Takashi's brother. Since they looked alike, WEP simply decided that Sven would survive the events of episode 6.
- Sven is the only other Voltron Force character (aside from Allura) who has two standard casual outfits- a dark-blue long-sleeved shirt and dark blue pants (worn by Takashi in the original source material) and a light blue shirt and black pants (worn by Ryou in the original source material). He wore the first "Takashi" outfit from episodes 1-6 and every episode after 52 in which he appeared (except episode 60). He wore the second "Ryou" outfit in every episode in which he appeared between 41 and 52 and in episode 60