Sven Hoffstad Finch (sˈven ˈfɪntʃ) was the husband of Edie Finch, and the maternal great-grandfather of Edith Finch. He was the family member that demonstrated the architectural knowledge that resulted in the creation of the Finch House and the creation of his dragon-shaped slide that crushed him during his son Walter Finch's twelfth birthday two months after his forty-ninth birthday.
Appearance
Despite not really seeing him it looked like he had blonde hair with a beard and often wore working gear, his voice was never heard besides his screams in the comic book.
Personality
Story
It is known that Sven was born on June 17th, 1915 in Norway and when he married a woman named Edie Finch he took his wife's last name, later, the couple had their first daughter, Molly, born on 11th December 1937.
He sailed to America with his wife Edie, his father-in-law Odin and his daughter Molly. During the trip, Odin died at sea at the age of 57 years old and him and Edie buried the man in the new family graveyard, and Sven himself created the new house.
Seven years later, Sven and Edie had their second daughter, Barbara, born on 31st October 1944.
The day of 13th December 1947; his wife Edie sent their daughter Molly to bed without dinner as punishment for an unknown reason. Molly became so hungry, she ate Holly Berries and drank toothpaste which she died from at two days after her tenth birthday.
Sven and Edie had three sons who were two twins, Sam and Calvin, borns on 25th April 1950, and Walter, born on 26th August 1952.
Sven lost his daughter Barbara, who was killed and eaten by a serial killer on her 16th birthday while his wife Edie took Sven himself to the Ospital because he hit a saw table.
Sven lost his second twin son Calvin a year after his daughter Barbara's death, who fell of the swing and into the ocean at the age of only 11 years old.
Sven died two months after his forty-ninth birthday while making a dragon for his son Walter on his 12th birthday on 26th August 1964.
Trivia
- Sven's appearance is rare in the game, only appearing in his daughter Molly Finch's flashback as a cat when looking through an available house window and later in the game as a caricature in a storybook he and Edie wrote and in the comic book written about his daughter Barbara Finch's death. Despite the minor appearances, his impact on the story is the creation of the Finch House by his hand, which is where the entire game takes place along with the transpiring events through Edith's adventures.
- Sven lived from 17th June 1915 – 26th August 1964 making him 49 years old at the time of his death and on the 17th June 2018 he would be 103 years old.