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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encyclopedias may provide information on all branches of knowledge or treat a specific topic comprehensively, usually in articles arranged alphabetically. They often contain articles of great interest for genealogical research—including those about towns and places, prominent people, minorities, and religions. They can also give information about record-keeping practices, laws, customs, commerce, costumes, occupations, and archaic terminology.

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:

Sweden - Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Also see Sweden Language and Languages.

Encyclopedias

• Nordisk familjebok : encyklopedi och konversationslexikon, 3rd edition. Stockholm, Sweden: AB. Familjebokens förlag, 1923-1934. FS catalog book 038.7 N758 v. 1-20, At various libraries (WorldCat); Online at: Project Runeberg 1st & 2nd editions

Dictionaries

Online Historical Dictionaries

• 1788 Svenskt och Engelskt Lexicon, by Gustaf Widegren. Stockholm: Johan A. Carlbohm, 1788. Online at: Google Books
• 1814 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
• 1829 Swedish and English Pocket Dictionary, by Carl Deleen. Örebro: N.M. Lindh, 1829. Online at: Google Books
• 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: Google Books, Katharina and Stig-Ove Wisberg's website
• 1872 Svensk-Engelsk Hand-Ordbok, by Victor Emanuel Öman. Örebro: Abr. Bohlins Boktryckeri, 1872. Online at: Google Books
• 1889 Svensk engelsk ordbok, by Carl Gustaf Björkman. Söner, Stockhholm: P.A. Norstedt, 1889. Online at: Google Books
• Förvaltningshistorisk ordbok (Administrative Historical Dictionary) at Svenska litteratursällskapet

Modern Dictionaries

Online

• Norstedts English-Swedish - Swedish-English Dictionary
• Språkrådet English - Swedish, Swedish - English Dictionary at Folkets lexikon (The People's Dictionary)
• The Dictionary of the Swedish Academy at Svenska Akademiens Ordlista (Swedish Academy)
• Svenska Akademiens Ordbok

Not Online

• Swedish Genealogical Dictionary, comp. by Phyllis J. Pladsen, Joseph C. Huber and Eric B. Pladsen. White Bear Lake, Minnesota: Pladsen Sveria Press, c2000. FS catalog book 948.5 D27ph 2000; At various libraries (WorldCat).

Swedish Word List

• Swedish Word List

Swedish to Swedish

• Svenska Akademiens Ordbok