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|  | Encyclopedias may provide information on all branches of knowledgeor treat a specific topic comprehensively, usually inarticles arranged alphabetically. They often contain articles of great interest for genealogical research—including those about towns and places, prominent people, minorities, andreligions. They can alsogive information about record-keeping practices, laws, customs, commerce, costumes, occupations, andarchaic terminology.<br> 
 |  | The Family History Library has general knowledge encyclopedias in the Swedish language and also Swedish-English and English-Swedish dictionaries. They are listed in the catalog under:  | 
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|  | The FamilySearch Library has general knowledge encyclopedias in the Swedish language and also Swedish-English and English-Swedish dictionaries. They are listed in the catalog under:<br> 
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|  | Sweden - Encyclopedias and Dictionaries 
 |  | A good dictionary to use for the translation of Swedish/English or English/Swedish is <u>McKay's Modern Dictionary</u>.  It is available at most college book stores.  | 
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|  | Also see [[Sweden Language and Languages]].   |  | Also see the "[[Sweden Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]" section of this outline.<br> | 
|  | == Encyclopedias ==
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|  | *''Nordisk familjebok : encyklopedi och konversationslexikon,'' 3rd edition. Stockholm, Sweden: AB. Familjebokens förlag, 1923-1934. {{FSC|356258|item|disp=FS catalog book 038.7 N758 v. 1-20}}, {{WorldCat|866136453|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}};  '''''Online at:''''' [http://runeberg.org/nf/ Project Runeberg] 1st & 2nd editions
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|  | == Dictionaries == |  | ==== Websites:  ==== | 
|  | === Online Historical Dictionaries ===
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|  | *'''1788''' ''Svenskt och Engelskt Lexicon,'' by Gustaf Widegren. Stockholm: Johan A. Carlbohm, 1788. '''''Online at:''''' [http://books.google.com/books?id=hIECAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Svenskt+och+Engelsk+Lexikon+1788&source=bl&ots=hqFS9d0VjN&sig=gF2ZdkoIoOtAMTSEDZbL8kr3MNs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=H4wFUK_IM8KOrAHAsajJCA&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Svenskt%20och%20Engelsk%20Lexikon%201788&f=false Google Books]
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|  | *'''1814''' [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/shdd Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD] at The Swedish Genealogy Guide - based on content from ''Swedish, German, French, English Dictionary, Örebro 1814.'' by S.N. Wahrman 
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|  | *'''1829''' ''Swedish and English Pocket Dictionary,'' by Carl Deleen. Örebro: N.M. Lindh, 1829. '''''Online at:''''' [http://books.google.com/books?id=BMEDAAAAQAAJ&dq=Swedish%20and%20English%20Pocket%20Dictionary&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books]
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|  | *'''1850-1855''' ''Ordbok Öfver svenska språket (Dalin's Dictionary),'' Vol. I-II, by Anders Fredrik Dalin. Lund, Sweden: C.W.K. Gleerups, 1898. '''''Online at:''''' [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ordbok_%C3%B6fver_svenska_spr%C3%A5ket/Ny0yAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Google Books],  [http://www.wisberg.se/wisberg.se/pdf/dalin/dalin.htm Katharina and Stig-Ove Wisberg's website] 
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|  | *'''1872''' ''Svensk-Engelsk Hand-Ordbok,'' by Victor Emanuel Öman. Örebro: Abr. Bohlins Boktryckeri, 1872. '''''Online at:'''''  [http://books.google.com/books?id=oOAFAAAAQAAJ&dq=Svensk%20Engelsk%20Ordbok&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books]
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|  | *'''1889''' ''Svensk engelsk ordbok,'' by Carl Gustaf Björkman. Söner, Stockhholm: P.A. Norstedt, 1889. '''''Online at:''''' [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXstAAAAYAAJ&dq=Svensk%20Engelsk%20Ordbok&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books]
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|  | *[http://fho.sls.fi/tidsperiod/svenska-tiden/ Förvaltningshistorisk ordbok (Administrative Historical Dictionary)] at Svenska litteratursällskapet
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|  | === Modern Dictionaries ===
 |  | [http://lexin.nada.kth.se/sve-eng.html English - Swedish, Swedish - English Dictionary]   | 
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|  | *[http://www.ord.se/ Norstedts English-Swedish - Swedish-English Dictionary]
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|  | *[http://lexin.nada.kth.se/sve-eng.htmlSpråkrådet English - Swedish, Swedish - English Dictionary] at Folkets lexikon (The People's Dictionary) 
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|  | *[https://svenska.se/ The Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] at Svenska Akademiens Ordlista (Swedish Academy)
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|  | *[https://www.saob.se/ Svenska Akademiens Ordbok]
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|  | *''Swedish Genealogical Dictionary,'' comp. by Phyllis J. Pladsen, Joseph C. Huber and Eric B. Pladsen. White Bear Lake, Minnesota: Pladsen Sveria Press, c2000.   {{FSC|1130547|item|disp=FS catalog book 948.5 D27ph 2000}}; {{WorldCat|866173749|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.
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|  | === Swedish Word List ===
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|  | *[[Swedish Genealogical Word List|Swedish Word List]]
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|  | === Swedish to Swedish ===
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|  | * [https://www.saob.se/ Svenska Akademiens Ordbok]
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