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 Wikinfo | Swedish language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Swedish is a one of the Scandinavian languages, a sub-group of the Germanic group of the Indo-European language family.
Swedish is the national (but not official) language of Sweden, mother tongue for the Sweden-born inhabitants (7,881,000) and acquired by nearly all immigrants (1,028,000) (figures according to official statistics for 2001).
Swedish is the official language of the small autonomous territory of the Åland Islands, under sovereignty of Finland, protected by international treaties and Finnish laws.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Swedish_language   (1271 words)

  
 Swedish 101 > Swedish Language > History
Old East Norse is in Sweden called Runic Swedish and in Denmark Runic Danish, but until the 12th century, the dialect was the same in the two countries.
A change that separated Old East Norse (Runic Swedish/Danish) from Old West Norse was the change of the diphthong æi (Old West Norse ei) to the monophthong e, as in stæin to sten.
Old Swedish is the term used for the medieval Swedish language, starting in 1225.
www.101languages.net /swedish/history.html   (1640 words)

  
 Swedish Information Center - swedish babes
Swedish is also notable for the voiceless swedish names dorso-palatal velar fricative, a sound found in many dialects, including the more swedish bitters prestigious forms of the standard language.
Swedish is the national language of Sweden, the first language for the overwhelming majority of roughly eight million Sweden-born inhabitants and acquired by one million immigrants.
Rinkeby Swedish (after Rinkeby, a heavily segregated suburb of northern Stockholm) is a common name for swedish bikini varieties of Swedish spoken by second and third generation immigrants, especially among younger speakers, primarily in western suburbs of Stockholm and to a lesser degree in Malmö and swedish nudists Gothenburg.
www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_P_-_S/Swedish.html   (5443 words)

  
 Swedish
Swedish is one of the official languages of the European Union.
Swedish has a voiceless palato-velar fricative, known as the sje-sound, which is found in all varieties of the language.
Swedish is considered to be a Category I language in terms of difficulty for speakers of English.
www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/december/Swedish.html   (1152 words)

  
 Decorating With Swedish Country Antiques
The Swedish museum authorities have to look at documentation and pictures to ascertain if there are similar pieces in their museums.
For those who have a Swedish heritage, one is suddenly in touch with his or her roots.
Old Swedish costumes are often hung on the wall in place of a tapestry.
www.go-star.com /antiquing/swedish.htm   (1555 words)

  
 The Miracle of Swedish Bitters
She took 1 tablespoon of Swedish Bitters in a small amount of water and drank half of it before and half of it after a meal.
I fetched Swedish Bitters and before the parents had clothed the girl, I was ready with the compress and applied it while the girl was carried to the car.
Swedish Bitters, together with Shepherd's Purse, finely cut, macerated in rye whisky or vodka are kept in place for 10 days, heals muscular atrophy and serious muscular disorders; four cups of Lady's Mantle tea and six sips of Calamus root tea a day remedied it.
www.swedishbitters.com /healing_miracles.htm   (5756 words)

  
 Behind the Name: Swedish Names
From the Old Norse name Ingigerðr, which was derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with garðr meaning "enclosure".
From the Old Norse name Ingólfr, which was derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with úlfr meaning "wolf".
From the Old Norse name Ingvarr, which was derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with arr meaning "warrior".
www.behindthename.com /nmc/swe.php   (1046 words)

  
 Swedish Translation - Translate Swedish Language Translator
Swedish is the national language of Sweden, mother tongue for the Sweden-born inhabitants (7,881,000) and acquired by nearly all immigrants (1,028,000) (figures according to official statistics for 2001).
Swedish is the language of the land Islands, an autonomous province under the sovereignty of Finland.
Swedish is the de-facto national language of Sweden, but it does not hold the status of an official language there.
www.translation-services-usa.com /languages/swedish.shtml   (763 words)

  
 Decorating with Swedish Painted Furniture
Swedish artists found reference to these floral sprays in the book of I Kings in the Bible so they used them in the their paintings.
Many were painted extremely ornately to represent a new bride-both in the complexity of the design to look like her wedding garment and in the shape of the clock to represent a woman's body shape.
Many of the old ones can still be found, but the majority of them are painted, either in the ornate style with initials, dates and floral sprays, or in the Gustavian white and gold style.
www.go-star.com /antiquing/swedish_antiques.htm   (1356 words)

  
 Swedish Vallhund Club of America: History
The Swedish Vallhund was bred to work on farms and ranches and originally herded cattle.
The SV was known as Svensk Vallhund, Swedish Vallhund, where "Vallhund" meant "herding dog." In 1964, with the Swedish standard revised, the breed became known as Vastgotaspet after the Swedish province Vastergotland in which the revived breeding program originated.
Swedish Vallhunds are playful, friendly, and marvelous with children, adults and other animals.
www.swedishvallhund.com /svcahx.html   (977 words)

  
 Small Wooden Antiks
The shelf is quite old and the painting on it newer but wonderful.
This is a very beautiful old vanity mirror from Sweden, with a drawer on the front and a lovely mercury mirror that has been scratched over time, but just wonderful.
Swedish furniture, carpets, wall coverings and much more could be added to make it an amazing place for decorating needs.
www.swedishcountry.com /old_smalls.htm   (1062 words)

  
 Swedish language : Swedish (language)
Swedish had been the language of government in Finland for some 700 years, when Finnish go equal status in 1892, following Russian strivings to isolate the Grand Duchy from Sweden.
Since an education reform in the 1970s Swedish has been a compulsory subject in Finnish schools, and mandatory in the final examinations - in Finnish derogatory referred to as Pakkoruotsi.
The written language is uniform, with very few exception: Adjectives are typically conjugated according to (real) gender in Southern Sweden, not at all in high-prestige varieties in the rest of Sweden, but sometimes according to numerus in Finland.
www.findword.org /sw/swedish-(language).html   (1482 words)

  
 The quest for Swedish cuisine
She took potato pancakes from the hot griddle, put them on a plate with three slices of thick bacon and handed it across the high counter: "Help yourself to all the lingonberries you want," she said, pointing to the biggest bowl of bright red lingonberry preserves I had ever seen.
Called "Treasured Recipes from our American and Swedish Kitchens," it was written by women who emigrated from Sweden and by their daughters.
It has recipes for Swedish brown beans, yellow pea soup, klimps (dumplings), flaskpannakka (bacon pancakes), fruit soup, potatis korv (potato sausage), pepparkakor (ginger cookies), several herring dishes, and one lone recipe for meatballs.
www.post-gazette.com /food/20010923swedish0923fnp5.asp   (1397 words)

  
 The Allotment System, the old Swedish system financing the Army, Rolf Ströms Genealogy Site
The infantry system, in Swedish: "rothållnings-systemet ", was built up with obligation for the counties and provinces to provide an infantry regiment consisted of 1.200 soldiers (except for a few regiments).
The Swedish unit "hemman" was an estimated unit to provide the living of one family, a homestead.
It was the counties and the cities near the coast which was organised to sent marines, "båtsmän", to the navy.
hem.passagen.se /mrwalker/military_b.htm   (1606 words)

  
 Swedish Corporate Law
The Swedish Ministry of Justice is not going to do an official translation.
According to the old law the relevant time was the time of the shareholders’ meeting or board meeting where the change was decided.
Under the old act the only provision for “pre-emptive rights” allowed in the articles of association was a provision stating that a buyer of shares in the company was obliged to offer the shares to the other shareholders.
swedishcorporate.blogspot.com   (1350 words)

  
 Six-Year-Old Swedish Girl
I didn’t meet Svea until she was 64 years old.
But in the back of her mind was always that six-year-old girl thinking the Swedish thoughts of what was in her future as she waited for her father to pick her family up and take them home.
And it is that girl, that Swedish girl, whose life in Brockton we are gathered here today to mourn and celebrate.
mysite.verizon.net /tet15/svea/6yrold.html   (585 words)

  
 Old Swedish NDERF Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
An 11-year old's pneumonia NDE that also had elements of a precognitive knowing because she saw her death from heart failure the next night.
They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up.
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people.
www.nderf.org /Swedish/index3.html   (2361 words)

  
 IN/ET: Old Swedish Social Democrats
The Swedish Government must now be reminded of its commitments, in case =
- The Swedish Government is to pay heed to the Resolutions No 966 and =
Swedish government should immediately demand a re-negotiation of the =
www.hamline.edu /apakabar/basisdata/1996/04/25/0023.html   (1186 words)

  
 24-year old Swedish Au Pair seeks AuPair job
She is a non-smoker with previous Au Pair experience that has a driver's license and is willing to do housework.
I used to work as a nanny for a Swedish family of five in Malibu/Santa Monica.
You have to "test-work" many times to prove that you can handle such a big event and there are only approximately 150 vacancies, so it is kind of hard to get the job.
www.greataupair.com /showprofile.cfm/locatorID/252119   (601 words)

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