Quirrel and Scandinavia?

[Susan Miller]

No: HPFGUIDX 87518

I was re-reading SS/PS lately and noticed that Quirrel seems to have 
at least some contact with Scandinavia. 

One - he has some talent with trolls. I looked up references for 
trolls on the Internet and discover that these are particularly 
Scandinavian legendary creatures and are quite common in Scandinavian 
lore.

Two - he somehow got hold of a "rare" Norwegian Ridgeback egg to lose 
to Hagrid in the Hogshead. Surely, he must have gotten this egg from 
somewhere near Norway.

This got me thinking. Where else have we come across relics from the 
North? It occurs to me to wonder if old Quirrel might have something 
to do with Durmstrang. The Lexicon implies that Durmstrang may be in 
Eastern Europe, but we have no information other than that it is 
cold, the winters are cold and students and teachers often have 
Slavic sounding names. Scandinavia could be in the running for the 
location of Durmstrang.

Do any of our Northern readers have any other information that might 
connect Quirrel with a northern country or with Durmstrang?

CV