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Swedish is a Germanic language like Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic. A major spelling and grammar reform was introduced in Sweden in 1917. The sections of '''Language Characteristics''', '''Key Words''', and '''Additional Resources''' below are designed to help you find the words you need. <br>  
Swedish is a Germanic language like Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic. A major spelling and grammar reform was introduced in Sweden in 1917. The sections of '''Language Characteristics''', '''Key Words''', and '''Additional Resources''' below are designed to help you find the words you need. <br>  


==Word List==
== Word List ==


Click on the little box next to the word Swedish or English to sort the list by that language. Or, hold down the "ctrl" and "f" keys on your keyboard to search for a specific word. If you are looking for an occupation see [[Sweden Occupations|Sweden Occupations]].<br>
Click on the little box next to the word Swedish or English to sort the list by that language. Or, hold down the "ctrl" and "f" keys on your keyboard to search for a specific word. If you are looking for an occupation see [[Sweden Occupations|'''Sweden Occupations''']].
 
To get help with common abbreviations in Swedish records see: [[Sweden Abbreviations in Family History Sources]].


The entire Swedish to English word list is available in a PDF file [[Media:Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011.pdf|Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011]].
The entire Swedish to English word list is available in a PDF file [[Media:Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011.pdf|Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011]].
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! scope="col" |Swedish
! scope="col" |Swedish
! scope="col" |English
! scope="col" |English
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|abbot
|abbot
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|accismästare]]
|customs officer
|-
|ackuschörska
|a midwife
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|adelsbussar]]
|(military) soldier of lower rank
|-
|-
|adelsman
|adelsman
|nobleman
|nobleman
|-
|-
|arton(de)
|adelssven
|eighteen (eighteenth)
|page (youth); a young nobleman who worked at a royal court
|-
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
|(Latin) pastorsadjunkt; see adjunkt
|-
|adjunkt
|(civil) teacher of 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt/pastoratsadjunkt
|-
|-
|adlig
|adlig
|noble
|noble
|-
|administer, administra
|(Latin) attendant, assistant
|-
|administrator
|(Latin) administrator
|-
|-
|adopterad
|adopterad
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|adressbok
|adressbok
|directory
|directory
|-
|advocat
|lawyer, attorney
|-
|advocatus ecclesiae
|(Latin) lawyer of the assembly
|-
|aedituus
|(Latin) keeper of the sacristy, person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|-
|-
|afton
|afton
|evening
|evening
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
|evening-service preacher
|-
|agent
|agent, representative
|-
|aktor
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|-
|aktris
|actress, female play actor, performer
|-
|akut luftrörsinflammation
|Bronchitis
|-
|aktör
|actor, male play actor, performer
|-
|-
|aldrig
|aldrig
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|alla, allt
|alla, allt
|all
|all
|-
|almsveda
|shingles
|-
|-
|alltid
|alltid
|always
|always
|-
|allvarlig blodbrist
|anemia
|-
|allmänningsbonde
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|-
|allmäningskarl
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|-
|-
|ambarn
|ambarn
|nursing child
|nursing child
|-
|amiral
|admiral (military)
|-
|ammande kvinna
|nursing mother
|-
|anasarcha
|anasarca (a form of edema)
|-
|-
|andra
|andra
|second, others
|second, others
|-
|andfåddhet
|respiratory distress
|-
|andnöd
|respiratory distress
|-
|-
|andtäppa
|andtäppa
|shortness of breath, asthma
|shortness of breath, asthma
|-
|anemi
|anemia
|-
|-
|anfall
|anfall
|seizure(s)
|seizure(s)
|-
|anförare
|leader, chief, commander, captain general, captain (1788)
|-
|angivare
|informer (1788)
|-
|-
|angiven
|angiven
|given, stated
|given, stated
|-
|anklagare
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
|-
|-
|ankom
|ankom
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|annan
|annan
|other
|other
|-
|ansättare
|(military) rammer, service position with ramrods
|-
|-
|antavla
|antavla
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|anteckning
|anteckning
|note, annotation, remark
|note, annotation, remark
|-
|apostem
|swelling, boils, or growths of some sort
|-
|apotekare
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|-
|-
|april
|april
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|worker, laborer
|worker, laborer
|-
|-
|arkiv
|arbetskarl, arbk.
|archive
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
|arrendator
|arbetsman
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|arjeplogsjukan
|porphyria
|-
|arkebusier
|(military) member of firing squad
|-
|arkebusera
|to shoot by order of the court
|-
|arkibiskop
|(1788) archbishop, |modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|arkiv
|archive
|-
|arklimästare
|(military) gunner, |gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|aromatisk värk
|rheumatism
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|arrendator]]
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|-
|artillerist
|(military) man of the artillery
|-
|artillerikonstapel
|(military) bombardier
|-
|arton (artonde)
|eighteen (eighteenth)
|-
|-
|arton
|eighteen
|-
|-
|arv
|arv
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|arvskifte
|arvskifte
|distribution of an inherited estate
|distribution of an inherited estate
|-
|arvsot
|hereditary illness
|-
|asiatiska influenzan
|asian flu
|-
|assessor
|assessor
|-
|assuradör
|insurer, underwriter
|-
|aterom
|atheroma
|-
|-
|att
|att
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|augusti
|augusti
|August
|August
|-
|augustifeber
|malaria
|-
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|auctioneer, one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|auktor, autor
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
|av
|av
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|avgått med döden
|avgått med döden
|died (departed through death)
|died (departed through death)
|-
|avig börd
|birthing complications
|-
|-
|avliden
|avliden
|deceased, death
|deceased, death
|-
|avisskrivare
|newswriter, gazetteer
|-
|-
|avskedad
|avskedad
|discharged, resigned
|discharged, resigned
|-
|avskedad soldat
|discharged, resigned soldier
|-
|avskrivare (1788)
|transcriber, copier
|-
|avlsag
|postpartum infection
|-
|-
|avsomna
|avsomna
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|avvittring
|avvittring
|assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage
|assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage
|-
|axplockare
|gleaner, gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
|backe
|backe
|hill
|hill
|-
|-
|backstugusittare
|backstuguhjon
|one who owned a small cottage, dugout dweller
|cottager (1788); see backstugusittare
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|backstugusittare]]
|cottager, one who owned a small cottage, dugout, or hut; dugout dweller
|-
|badare
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
|-
|badaremästare
|barber surgeon
|-
|badmästare
|bath-keeper (1889)
|-
|-
|bagare
|bagare
|baker
|baker
|-
|bagaregesäll
|baker's man
|-
|bagarelärling
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|-
|bagaremästare
|master baker
|-
|-
|bakom
|bakom
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|baneman
|baneman
|slayer
|slayer
|-
|banérförare
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|-
|banérherre
|(military) banneret
|-
|banér-riddare
|(military) knight banneret
|-
|-
|baneslag
|baneslag
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|banesår
|banesår
|death wound, mortal wound
|death wound, mortal wound
|-
|bankvaktmästare
|porter, messenger at a bank
|-
|banmästare
|overseer of a railway line
|-
|bankvaktmästare
|porter, messenger at a bank
|-
|banmästare
|overseer of a railway line
|-
|-
|bann
|bann
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|bar barnet
|bar barnet
|carried or held the child (at baptism font)
|carried or held the child (at baptism font)
|-
|barberare
|barber, shaver
|-
|barberarebiträde
|barber's assistant
|-
|barberaregesäll
|journeyman barber
|-
|barberarelärling
|barber's apprentice
|-
|barkare
|tanner (1829)
|-
|-
|barn
|barn
|child(ren)
|child(ren)
|-
|barnafånge
|complications at childbirth
|-
|-
|barnbarn
|barnbarn
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|barnbok
|barnbok
|preconfirmation roll (in Finland)
|preconfirmation roll (in Finland)
|-
|barnbördshus
|maternity hospital
|-
|barnförlossare
|male midwife
|-
|barnförlämning
|polio
|-
|barnkolera
|diarrhea
|-
|barnkoppor
|smallpox
|-
|barnkvävning
|Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), Mother was often blamed for smothering the child. Sometimes the priest held an investigation to determine weather the death was an accident
|-
|-
|barnlös
|barnlös
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|barnmorska
|barnmorska
|midwife
|midwife
|-
|barnmördare
|murderer of a child
|-
|-
|barnpiga
|barnpiga
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|barnsängsfeber
|barnsängsfeber
|perpetual complications or sickness at birth
|perpetual complications or sickness at birth
|-
|Basedows sjukdom
|hyperthyroidism
|-
|-
|befolkning
|befolkning
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|taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion
|taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion
|-
|-
|benröta
|benröta, benbrand, benetter
|bone-rotting disease
|bone-rotting disease
|-
|benuppmjukning
|rickets, caused by vitamin D deficiencies
|-
|-
|benåd
|benåd
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|bilaga
|bilaga
|supplement, enclosure
|supplement, enclosure
|-
|binnikemask
|tapeworm
|-
|-
|biografi
|biografi
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|biträde
|biträde
|assistant
|assistant
|-
|bleksot
|anemia
|-
|-
|blind
|blind
|blind
|blind
|-
|Blindtarms inflamation
|appendicitis
|-
|-
|bliva
|bliva
|to become
|to become
|-
|blodförgiftning
|sepsis
|-
|blodkastning
|excessive blood flow to a specific area of the body, leading to a build up of blood in that area
|-
|blodkoppor
|no modern term. Infections or sicknesses that cause blood blisters
|-
|blodpropp
|thrombus
|-
|-
|blodsjuka
|blodsjuka
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|blodslag
|blodslag
|cerebal stroke
|cerebal stroke
|-
|blodsot
|presents similar to dysentery but it can refer to several different illnesses
|-
|-
|blodstörtning
|blodstörtning
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|blödning
|blödning
|bleeding
|bleeding
|-
|blödarsjuka
|hemophilia or inability of the blood to clot, causing excessive bleeding from minor injuries
|-
|-
|bo
|bo
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|caution
|caution
|security, deposit (as in bondsman)
|security, deposit (as in bondsman)
|-
|cautionister
|witness
|-
|choret (koret)
|the most eastern part of the church floor plan, usually by the altar
|-
|Christendom, Kristendom
|Christianity, Christian, religious
|-
|-
|circa (ca.) (Latin)
|circa (ca.) (Latin)
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|ej
|ej
|not
|not
|-
|ejusdem
|same day/month
|-
|-
|eldsvåda
|eldsvåda
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|folio
|folio
|page
|page
|-
|folkskollärare
|public school teacher
|-
|-
|fortsättning (forts.)
|fortsättning (forts.)
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|förklara
|förklara
|declared, explained
|declared, explained
|-
|förklaringen
|explanation
|-
|-
|förkylning
|förkylning
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|första gången
|första gången
|first time
|first time
|-
|förstår
|understand
|-
|-
|förstoppning
|förstoppning
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|gata
|gata
|street
|street
|-
|gatehus, gatuhus
|A term used in Southern Sweden for a crofters house similar to a backstuga
|-
|-
|genast
|genast
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|grav
|grav
|grave
|grave
|-
|gravationer (estate inventories)
|claims against another persons estate
|-
|-
|grekisk katolsk
|grekisk katolsk
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|gräns
|gräns
|boundary line, border
|boundary line, border
|-
|gudeligen
|godly
|-
|-
|gudfader
|gudfader
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|hovrätt
|hovrätt
|circuit court of appeal
|circuit court of appeal
|-
|hujus
|this month
|-
|-
|hur
|hur
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|krigsarkiv
|krigsarkiv
|war archive, military archive
|war archive, military archive
|-
|kristendom, christendom
|Christianity, Christian, religious
|-
|-
|kristendomskunskap
|kristendomskunskap
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|kusin
|kusin
|cousin
|cousin
|-
|kunskap
|knowledge
|-
|-
|kvarlåtenskap
|kvarlåtenskap
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|kvinna, kvinnkjön
|kvinna, kvinnkjön
|woman, female
|woman, female
|-
|kvinnoklinik
|maternity hospital/clinic
|-
|-
|kväll
|kväll
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|mantalslängd
|mantalslängd
|tax/census record
|tax/census record
|-
|marasmus
|malnutrition
|-
|-
|marknad
|marknad
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|maskinist
|maskinist
|machinist, engineer
|machinist, engineer
|-
|massel
|small rash, similar to measles
|-
|-
|matros
|matros
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|mördad
|mördad
|murdered
|murdered
|-
|mördare
|murderer
|-
|-
|namn
|namn
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|samtycke
|samtycke
|permission, consent (to)
|permission, consent (to)
|-
|sangliggande
|bedridden
|-
|-
|scharlakansfeber
|scharlakansfeber
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|spridda år
|spridda år
|intermittent years
|intermittent years
|-
|späd
|infant
|-
|-
|stad
|stad
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|stadsförsamling
|stadsförsamling
|city parish
|city parish
|-
|stalldrängen
|stable boy/man
|-
|-
|stamfader
|stamfader
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|strypsjuka
|strypsjuka
|diptheria
|diptheria
|-
|studerande
|student
|-
|-
|stuga
|stuga
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|ålderdomskrämpor
|ålderdomskrämpor
|old age ailments
|old age ailments
|-
|åldersdomssvaghet
|old age weakness or feebleness
|-
|-
|år
|år
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====Alphabetical Order====
====Alphabetical Order====


Swedish has three additional letters not found in the English alphabet: '''''Å (å), Ä (ä),''''' and '''''Ö (ö)'''''. Alphabetically, these letters come after '''''Z'''. The letter Å (å) was always used in Swedish as a letter of its own (unlike the Aa in Danish and Norwegian). Before 2006 the letter '''W''' was considered a variation of '''V''' and not a letter. Swedish dictionaries, indexes, the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search Place Search] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]], and this word list use the following alphabetical order (after 2006): ''
Swedish has three additional letters not found in the English alphabet: '''''Å (å), Ä (ä),''''' and '''''Ö (ö)'''''. Alphabetically, these letters come after '''Z'''. The letter Å (å) was always used in Swedish as a letter of its own (unlike the Aa in Danish and Norwegian). Before 2006 the letter '''W''' was considered a variation of '''V''' and not a letter. Swedish dictionaries, indexes, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Place Search] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]], and this word list use the following alphabetical order (after 2006):  


A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Å, Ä, Ö  
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Å, Ä, Ö


====Spelling====
====Spelling====
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==Additional Resources==
==Additional Resources==


This word list includes only words ''most commonly found in genealogical sources''. For further help, use a Swedish-English dictionary. Several Swedish-English dictionaries are available at the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.7321.  
This word list includes only words ''most commonly found in genealogical sources''. For further help, use a Swedish-English dictionary. Several Swedish-English dictionaries are available at the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.7321.  


The following dictionaries are also available:  
The following dictionaries are also available:  


*Widegren, Gustaf,&nbsp;Svenskt och engelskt lexicon, efter kongl. Secreteraren Sahlstedts Svenska ordbok, Stockholm 1788, available through [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/1788-swedish-english-dictionary 1788 Swedish English Dictionary]
*Widegren, Gustaf, Svenskt och engelskt lexicon, efter kongl. Secreteraren Sahlstedts Svenska ordbok, Stockholm 1788, available through [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/1788-swedish-english-dictionary 1788 Swedish English Dictionary]
*Wahrman, Sven Niclas.&nbsp;Svenskt och Tyskt - Franskt - Engelskt Hand-lexicon, Örebro 1814, available through the [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/swedish-historical-dictionary-database-shdd Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD]
*Wahrman, Sven Niclas. Svenskt och Tyskt - Franskt - Engelskt Hand-lexicon, Örebro 1814, available through the [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/swedish-historical-dictionary-database-shdd Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD]
*Ernolv, Carl. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23578493&referer=brief_results Svensk-Engelsk Ordbok [Swedish-English Dictionary]]''. Stockholm: Svenska Bokförlaget Norstedts, 1947. ({{FHL|16042|title-id|disp=FHL film 1,124,531 item 12}}).
*Ernolv, Carl. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23578493&referer=brief_results Svensk-Engelsk Ordbok [Swedish-English Dictionary]]''. Stockholm: Svenska Bokförlaget Norstedts, 1947. ({{FSC|16042|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1,124,531 item 12}}).
*Björkman, C.G. ''Svensk-Englesk Ordbok [Swedish- English Dictionary]''. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt, 1889. ({{FHL|549532|title-id|disp=FHL film 1,224,734}}). Swedish spelling was reformed in 1906. Since this dictionary was written in 1889, it shows words as they were spelled before 1906.
*Björkman, C.G. ''Svensk-Englesk Ordbok [Swedish- English Dictionary]''. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt, 1889. ({{FSC|549532|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1,224,734}}). Swedish spelling was reformed in 1906. Since this dictionary was written in 1889, it shows words as they were spelled before 1906.
*For death records: See a list of causes of death in the [http://www.ddss.nu/statistics/deathInfo Demographic Database of Southern Sweden (DDSS)].
*For various online Swedish-related dictionaries, see [http://runeberg.org/tema/dict.html Projekt Runeberg].


Additional dictionaries are listed in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Subject Search|Subject&nbsp;Search]] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] under {{FHL|318796|subject-id|disp=SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES}} or in the&nbsp;[[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search]]&nbsp;under {{FHL|346068|subject-id|disp=SWEDEN - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES}}.  
Additional dictionaries are listed in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Subject Search|Subject Search]] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] under {{FSC|Swedish language - Dictionaries|subject|subject-id=1615546102|disp=SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES}} or in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search]] under {{FSC|Sweden - Language and languages - Dictionaries|subject|subject-id=393683350|disp=SWEDEN - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES}}.  


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