Scandinavian WWW sites of interest
Links to sites on the Internet which may be useful. This is not an exhaustive list, and is intended to be a starting point for finding out about a particluar subject area.
Sweden | Norway | Denmark | Finland | Iceland
General Resources
The Nordic Pages
The Nordic FAQ
nordunet - Scandinavian related Usenet groups
Yahoo topics on Scandinavian countries
Dictionaries
Differences between the Nordic languages - Invaluable !
Scandinavian dictionary - Danish-Norwegian-Swedish
Logos Multilingual Dictionary - all four Nordic languages and 26 others.
Scandinavian language lexicons - links to various web-based lexicons
Lonely Planet Guides
Media
Nordic news and media - Excellent sites list. Try here first
Many other media sites - Both in Scandinavia and beyond
Culture
Nordic Index of Classical Music
Literature
Project Runeberg - Free electronic library of classical Nordic Literature and Art
University of Kansas - Many literary texts in Scandinavian languages
Database of Nordic Neo-Latin literature
The works of C.M. Bellman - Swedish literature
The selected works of Karin Boye - Swedish literature
The works E.A. Karlfeldt - Swedish literature
History
The World of the Vikings
The Viking Homepage
Miscellaneous
Norwegian Jokes
Swedish Translation mistakes
Swedish Invective
nordunet - Scandinavian related Usenet groups
Mailing lists
There are also some mailing lists which may be of interest:Scand discussion group
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NORWORD - A word or phrase a day in Norwegian. Appropriate for beginner and intermediate students.
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SWEDE-L - Discussion list for anything Swedish.
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Sweden | Norway | Denmark | Finland | Iceland
Exchange Universities | General | Literature | History | Misc
Our Exchange Universities' Sites
Uppsala University - Sweden
Sunet - The Swedish Universities' network
Lund University - Sweden
Växjö University - Sweden
Karlstad University - Sweden
Odense University - Denmark
Åarhus University - Denmark
Åbo Akademi - Finland
Sweden | Norway | Denmark | Finland | Iceland
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Sweden
Country Information
Om Sverige - Official Government site with assorted information on Sweden
The Swedish Page
Map of Sweden
Clickable map of Sweden
Westnet - Good information on Sweden
Frequently Asked Questions on Sweden
The Swedish Institute - Large number of links to factsheets on Sweden, to the Swedish school network and cultural and media sites.
Swedish Information Service - American based service
The Weather in Sweden at the moment
Yahoo country information
Lonely Planet information
Newspapers and Media
Metro - The free newspaper distributed on the Stockholm underground trains. (Weekdays only)
Dagens Nyheter - Daily broadsheet (National)
Svenska Dagbladet - Daily broadsheet (National)
Aftonbladet - Evening paper (National)
Expressen - Evening Paper (National)
Nerikes Allehanda - Swedish Newspaper
Sveriges Television (SVT) - Swedish State Television site
Swedish TV text news - from SVT
TV3 - site under construction
ZTV
Svenska CNN - CNN's Swedish news site
Sveriges Radio (SR) - Swedish State Radio with RealAudio files [needs soundcard]
Swedish magazines - list
Populär vetenskap
Veckans affärer
Forskning och Framsteg - Popular science
Råd och Rön - Consumer magazine
ICA-kurien - Consumer magazine
Swedish - American magazine
Swedish economics magazine
Language
Lexin Swedish English Dictionary - This is an excellent work for beginners, will also work from English to Swedish. It shows forms of words, how words are used in phrases and gives examples of useage.
Books for learning Swedish
Department of Linguistics at Stockholm University
Culture
Project Runeberg - Classic literary texts, mostly pre-1920
The works of C.M. Bellman - Swedish literature
The selected works of Karin Boye - Swedish literature
The works E.A. Karlfeldt - Swedish literature
Orchestral music
The Official Abba Home Page - All about Abba
Myten om The KLF - An academic paper on The KLF in Swedish
The Official Björk Home Page - All about the diminutive Icelandic superstar
Svensk musik - Swedish music information centre
History
Swedish History
Swedish History
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Museums in Stockholm
Politics
Parliamentary System
Swedish politics and elections
Swedish political parties
Links to the parties
Links to the parties
Links to the parties
Miscellaneous Swedish sites
Links to Scandinavia
List of .se Web sites - Very comprehensive
Swedish Web sites - Comprehensive
Search of Sweden's servers
Information on Stockholm
Calalogue of Swedish E-Mail addresses
ETK phone directory
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Swedish - American magazine
Siljan Fest
Newsgroups
swnet - Swedish related Usenet groups
Swedish pop music Newsgroup
Sweden | Norway | Denmark | Finland | Iceland
Exchange Universities | General | Literature | History | Misc
Denmark
Country Information
Official Information
Yahoo country information
Lonely Planet country information
General and tourism
Weblinks
Map of Denmark
Zoomable map
Newspapers and Media
Daily Newspapers - Link site
Politiken - Daily broadsheet
Politiken weekly
Aktuelt online
Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten
Magazine sites
Danmarks Radio (DR) - Danish State Television
Language
Books for learning Danish
Danish-English/English-Danish dictionary
Culture
Logos Danish Literature - Classic texts pre-1900
Presentation of Modern authors
Danish classic literary texts - esp good for 19th Century.
History
History of Denmark
History of Denmark
Politics
Danish politics - large site
Denmark - politics
Political parties - links
Political parties - links
Faroe islands
General on Faroes
Faroese links
Travel giude
History
Language
Greenland
Greenland guide - Basic facts
Travel guide
Politics
Miscellaneous
Usenet groups
Sweden | Norway | Denmark | Finland | Iceland
Exchange Universities | General | Literature | History | Misc
Norway
General on Norway
Norway Online Information Service - Many pages including literature, history, languages
ODIN - Official government site, also in Norwegian
Origo - University of Oregon
Map of Norway
Yahoo country information
Lonely Planet country information
Media
Newspapers list - includes links to many major papers such as Aftonposten, Dagbladet and Morgenbladet
Dagbladet
VG (Verdens Gang)
Morgenbladet
Norway Daily
Norway Now!
NRK - Norwegian State Television
Language
Learning Norwegian
Norwegian Dictionaries - large monolingual dictionary allowing searches in both Bokmål and Nynorsk
Culture
Norwegian literature outline
History of the Norwegian Languages
Concerts in Norway
Norsk Musikkinformasjon - Norwegian music information centreHistory
Rune typology project - Database of Runic inscriptions found in Bergen, Norway. Only in Bokmaal
History of Norway
History of Norway
History of Norway
History of Norway
Politics
Norway - politics
Political parties
Political parties
Links to political parties
Miscellaneous
University of Oslo - Norwegian University
University of Tromsø - Norwegian University
Norwegian Railway information
Norwegian Costal Steamer homepage - Includes map of Norwegian coastline
Sweden | Norway | Denmark | Finland | Iceland
Exchange Universities | General | Literature | History | Misc
Finland
General on Finland
Official site - many pages with links
Official site - Includes Parliament, news in Swedish, Finnish and English, history, etc.
Yahoo country information
Lonely Planet country information
Åland
General on Åland
Tourist guide
Media
Newspapers and magazines site
Hufvudstadsbladet - Swedish language daily
Helsingin Sanomat - Finnish Newspaper
Language
Books for learning Finnish
Finnish-English/English-Finnish Dictionary
Simple Finnish-English/English-Finnish dictionaries
Culture
Virtual Finland - culture - Arts and literature
Finnish literature
History
History of Finland
History of Finland
History of Finland
FINFO:History
Politics
Finland - politics
20th century politics
Links to political parties
Usenet groups
finet - Finnish related Usenet groups
Sweden | Norway | Denmark | Finland | Iceland
Exchange Universities | General | Literature | History | Misc
Iceland
General on Iceland
Virtually virtual Iceland - Many pages with links
Althingi - Icelandic Parliament
Iceland review
Map
Yahoo country information
Lonely Planet country information
Iceland at your fingertips
Newspapers and Media
Official site - with daily news in English
DV - Icelandic Newspaper
Morgunblaðið - Icelandic Newspaper
Language
Icelandic language resources
Icelandic-English dictionary
Culture
Nordic FAQ - Icelandic literature
Kvikmyndasjóður - All about the Icelandic film industry
History
History of Iceland
Politics
Political background
Links to the political parties
Miscellaneous
Links to Icelandic web pages
Almost all Icelandic Web sites!
Another list of Icelandic Web sites
Sweden | Norway | Denmark | Finland | Iceland
Exchange Universities | General | Literature | History | Misc
Last updated 7 November 1997
N.W.Gilmour@selc.hull.ac.uk
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