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- Swedish literature refers to literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden. For example, both Birgitta of Sweden (fourteenth ...37 KB (5,478 words) - 16:22, 12 January 2024
- projects. This is due to the fact that the Swedish colonies were fewer and ... in Africa and in the Americas, the Swedish East India Company was established ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
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- }|IPA=IPA: |lang=Swedish: |langfi=Finland Swedish: |fi=Finland Swedish pronunciation: |pron=pronounced |*=Swedish pron.: |=|Swedish pronunciation ...409 bytes (45 words) - 22:22, 25 July 2023
- Selma Lagerlöf was an early twentieth century Swedish writer and the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. She is best known for ...641 bytes (107 words) - 23:04, 25 July 2023
- November 20, 1858 – March 16, 1940) was a Swedish author. She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first ...500 bytes (81 words) - 21:10, 27 July 2023
- February 19, 1859 – October 2, 1927) was a Swedish chemist and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. He determined that reactions ...927 bytes (135 words) - 20:20, 23 April 2022
- Moldavia Polish-Ottoman War (1620–1621) Polish-Swedish Wars War against SigismundBattle of Stångebro Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629)Polish-Swedish ...5 KB (511 words) - 14:56, 7 October 2023
- November 14, 1907 – January 28, 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring ...890 bytes (124 words) - 23:35, 30 October 2023
- (wife, woman), Norwegian viv (wife, woman, girl), Swedish viv (woman), Faroese vív (wife, woman), Icelandic víf (woman). ==Noun== ...1 KB (180 words) - 19:40, 30 September 2023
- (food), Dutch voedsel (food), Danish føde (food), Swedish föda (food), Icelandic fæða, fæði (food), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 or fōdeins ...2 KB (198 words) - 23:43, 25 June 2023
- Acker (field, acre), Norwegian åker (field) and Swedish åker (field), Icelandic akur (field), Latin ager (land, field, acre, countryside), Ancient ...1 KB (186 words) - 20:12, 5 March 2024
- Längte, Längt (length), Danish længde (length), Swedish längd (length), Icelandic lengd (length). ==Noun== length (countable and uncountable ...2 KB (215 words) - 20:46, 5 March 2024
- * Swedish |group4 = T–Z |list4 = * Tagalog * Tamil * Taos * Turkish * Ubykh * Ukrainian * Upper Sorbian * Uyghur * Vietnamese * Welsh ...5 KB (471 words) - 00:38, 18 February 2023
- Schwert (sword), Danish sværd, Norwegian sverd, Swedish svärd (sword), Icelandic sverð (sword), Old East Slavic свьрдьлъ or svĭrdĭlŭ (drill). ...2 KB (202 words) - 00:16, 1 February 2024
- , German Sang (“singing, song”), Swedish sång (“song”), Norwegian Bokmål sang (“song”), Norwegian Nynorsk song (“song”), Icelandic ...2 KB (212 words) - 15:44, 1 September 2023
- of arms), Danish våben (weapon, coat of arms), Swedish vapen (weapon, coat of arms), Norwegian Bokmål våpen (weapon), Icelandic vopn (weapon). ...2 KB (222 words) - 19:28, 31 March 2024
- , Danish klædning (clothing, dress, attire), Swedish klädning (dress). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething. ...2 KB (223 words) - 19:17, 31 March 2024
- German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari. ===Noun=== singer (plural singers) # person who sings, is ...2 KB (188 words) - 15:37, 1 September 2023
- , German Leder (leather), Danish læder (leather), Swedish läder (leather), Icelandic leður (leather). ==Noun== leather (countable and uncountable ...2 KB (236 words) - 22:39, 30 April 2024
- Cognate with Dutch scheppen, German schaffen, Swedish skapa (“create, make”), Norwegian Bokmål skape (“create”). Doublet of -ship. ...2 KB (257 words) - 23:31, 31 August 2023
- projects. This is due to the fact that the Swedish colonies were fewer and ... in Africa and in the Americas, the Swedish East India Company was established ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
- grün, Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk grøn, Swedish grön, Norwegian Bokmål ... German Low German grönen, German grünen, Swedish gröna, Icelandic gróna. ...5 KB (709 words) - 20:08, 30 September 2023
- Raoul Gustav Wallenberg (born August 4, 1912, exact date of death is disputed) was a Swedish diplomat and a member of the influential Wallenberg ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:37, 8 December 2022
- winter (winter), German Winter (winter), Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian vinter (winter), Icelandic vetur (winter). ==Noun== winter (countable ...2 KB (303 words) - 20:13, 30 September 2023
- peril), German Gefahr (danger, risk, hazard), Swedish fara (danger, risk, peril), Latin perīculum (danger, risk, trial), Albanian frikë (fear, danger ...2 KB (321 words) - 00:07, 1 February 2024
- Old High German maz (food), Icelandic matur, Swedish mat, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 or mats. A -ja- derivation from the same base is found in Middle ...2 KB (318 words) - 20:09, 31 July 2023
- an impossible object, first created by the Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd ... The Penrose triangle was first created by Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd ...8 KB (1,193 words) - 23:03, 17 March 2024
- Alfred Bernhard Nobel (October 21, 1833 - December 10, 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer, and the inventor ...8 KB (1,208 words) - 18:04, 20 July 2023
- Jöns Jakob Berzelius (August 20, 1779 – August 7, 1848) was a Swedish chemist. Adversity in childhood fostered within Berzelius an independent ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 21:46, 4 October 2022
- or himins (heaven, sky), Old Swedish himin, Old Danish himæn and probably also (in another variant form) Old Saxon himil, Old Dutch himil (modern ...3 KB (405 words) - 23:10, 29 August 2023
- Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (July 29, 1905 – September 18, 1961) was a Swedish diplomat and the second secretary-seneral of the United ...15 KB (2,373 words) - 07:44, 12 January 2024
- High German wite (wood), Danish ved (wood), Swedish ved (firewood), Icelandic viður (wood). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (a wood, tree), ...3 KB (391 words) - 16:29, 31 August 2023
- the Commonwealth and Sweden (Polish-Swedish union), and succeeded for ... After he had been deposed in 1595 from the Swedish throne by his uncle ...20 KB (2,908 words) - 15:22, 7 October 2022
- Low German Weder, German Wetter, Danish vejr, Swedish väder, Norwegian Bokmål vær, Norwegian Nynorsk vêr, Icelandic veður; also more distantly ...3 KB (421 words) - 22:57, 29 December 2023
- with Selma Lagerlöf, a famous Swedish author at the time, which ... own death, Lagerlöf intervened with the Swedish royal family to secure their ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 16:12, 11 November 2022
- from the special distinction passed by the Swedish Parliament in 1634) was ... when he was 31, beginning the Polish-Swedish War (1625–1629). He intervened ...20 KB (3,242 words) - 02:41, 27 July 2023
- , Danish and Norwegian Bokmål sommer (summer), Swedish sommar (summer), Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic sumar (summer), Welsh haf (summer), Armenian ...4 KB (481 words) - 21:39, 29 September 2023
- Svante August Arrhenius (February 19, 1859 – October 2, 1927) was a Swedish chemist and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 00:32, 27 February 2023
- ; née Ericsson; November 14, 1907 – January 28, 2002) was a Swedish ... (Centre Party), who became a member of the Swedish parliament. ...33 KB (4,278 words) - 23:35, 30 October 2023
- Swedish literature refers to literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden. For example, both Birgitta of Sweden (fourteenth ...37 KB (5,478 words) - 16:22, 12 January 2024
- Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (/ˈlɑːɡərlɜːf, -lɜːv/, US also /-lʌv, -ləv/, Swedish: [ˈsɛ̂lːma ˈlɑ̂ːɡɛˌɭøːv]; November ...31 KB (4,475 words) - 21:12, 27 July 2023
- but against her brother's will, the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus. ... Sigismund was well inclined towards the Swedish King, but he had become ...22 KB (3,602 words) - 04:10, 6 November 2022
- Sweden, in response to a request from the Swedish king Björn at Hauge for ... Ansgar also devoted his energy to the Swedish mission, spending two ...11 KB (1,722 words) - 05:16, 31 July 2023
- against two different imperial models, the Swedish U.S. Library of ... has shifted from being a province in the Swedish Empire to an autonomous ...27 KB (3,890 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- European words: Icelandic fjörður, Swedish fjärd (for Baltic waterbodies ... for bays, bights and narrow inlets on the Swedish Baltic Sea coast, and in ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- Johan August Strindberg (January 22, 1849 – May 14, 1912) was a ... * Swedish People at Work and Play, social history, 1881-1882 ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 18:29, 21 August 2023
- Älgtest). In an advertising campaign, the Swedish car manufacturers Volvo ... signs may be bought. In the mid 1990s, the Swedish postal service issued a ...18 KB (2,884 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- leader, to defend their northwest lands from Swedish and German invaders. After the Swedish army had landed at the confluence of the rivers Izhora and ...15 KB (2,202 words) - 14:33, 18 July 2023
- aeroplanaktiebolaget" (translates to Swedish Aeroplane Limited), thus ... Aeroplan Aktie(B)olaget" (The Swedish Aeroplane Company), and ...20 KB (2,871 words) - 20:36, 17 April 2023
- time, opportunity), Danish time (hour, lesson), Swedish timme (hour), Norwegian time (time, hour), Faroese tími (hour, lesson, time), Icelandic tími ...5 KB (711 words) - 22:41, 31 July 2023
- [[Image:Swedish CV9040.JPG|thumb|right|Swedish Combat Vehicle 90, a modern IFV.]] Modern IFVs are well-armed infantry carriers that allow the ...10 KB (1,555 words) - 03:51, 15 August 2023
- The concept of allotropy was originally devised by the Swedish scientist Baron Jons Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848). The term allotropy is derived ...5 KB (685 words) - 08:09, 23 July 2023
