Several countries have in the past banned ruling queens, but lacked any requirement that the king be male. This led to King Anna of Poland, and King Mary of Hungary.
Simo Häyhä was a Finnish sniper in WWII who, with over 700 kills in 105 days, can be thought of as the most deadly human in history. The Russians refered to him as The White Death.
Iceland: "You continental fools think I'm small and powerless, but I'll show you the power of my volcanoes! Mwahahahaha!"
Sweden: "Argh! That giant ash cloud! This will ruin all the flight schedules for weeks!"
Norway: "Cancelled flights? Airplanes burn a lot of fuel... I hope this won't drop oil prices."
Denmark: "Ooh... That deep red sunset sure is beautiful. The colour of my flag."
Finland: "There's something in the air, or maybe not. Need another beer to be sure."