How did the Tesseract end up in Norway during the events of Captain America?
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The film opens with Red Skull breaking into a church and stealing a hidden Tesseract. But why was it there in the first place? Is there a possibility it was a gift to the vikings by Odin himself?
Surely such a powerful object wouldn't be hidden behind a brick wall in Norway. Why wasn't it kept in Asgard along with all the other powerful items that Odin owns?
Best Answer
The opening sequence of Captain America: The First Avenger, combined with the historical information at the start of Thor provides the answer. ~1000 years ago, Asgardians fought the Frost Giants on Earth as part of a cross-realm war. During this war, the Tesseract was lost on the Earth. (Source : Scifi)
So it is clear that Odin didn't give it to anybody intentionally but it was lost on the earth. Human's found it here and hid it in Norway to save it from bad people.
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How did the Tesseract end up in Norway in Captain America?
Odin kept the Tesseract in Asgard for aeons until bringing it to Earth, where it became the source of many legends in Norway. That's where it was found by Red Skull during Captain America: The First Avengers and used to develop Nazi weapons. At the end of that movie it ends up falling into the Arctic Ocean.How did that guy in Norway get the Tesseract?
With HYDRA In 1942, Johann Schmidt, a.k.a. the Red Skull, arrived in T\xf8nsberg to procure the Tesseract from an ancient church. While he initially thought it was located inside the coffin of a long-dead warrior, he soon realized this was a fake and found the real Tesseract hidden in a nearby wall.How did the Tesseract end up in Captain America Winter Soldier?
Captain America defeats The Red Skull in 1945, at which point the Tesseract fell into Arctic waters, where it was recovered by inventor Howard Stark.Explaining the Confusing Tesseract Timeline
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