Svenska Akademiens ordlista
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Svenska Akademiens ordlista, abbreviated SAOL, is a dictionary published every few years by the Swedish Academy. It is a single volume that is considered the final arbiter of Swedish spelling. Traditi
The 15 editions of Svenska Akademiens ordlista
Artur Hazelius
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Artur Immanuel Hazelius was a Swedish teacher, scholar, folklorist and museum director. He was the founder of both the Nordic Museum and the Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm.
Svenska Akademiens ordlista
…1791–1862). In 1869 a pan-Scandinavian orthography congress (Nordiska rättstavningsmötet) gathered in Stockholm. Secretary for the Swedish section was Artur Hazelius, who in 1871 published the proceedings of the conference. The Academy was not pleased, and as a countermeasure Johan Erik Rydqvist (1800–1877) published…
Artur Hazelius
Artur Hazelius. From Emil Hildebrand, Sveriges historia intill tjugonde seklet (1910)
Bust of Artur Hazelius at Skansen
Plaque at Skansen