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| 4.1 | The Finns have culture, too! | AJAX::JJOHNSON | | Mon Dec 30 1985 22:24 | 14 |
| The Finns have culture, too! There's a book out called "Of Finnish
Ways" by Aini Rajanen. You should be able to find it in a random
bookstore (hubby got it for me). I have not read the whole book
yet. It seems to be somewhat amusing to a native, but it does
have chapters about the Finnish geography, history (quite a
few),language and culture in general. It also has some Finnish
recipes.
And talking about food, Beatrice A. Ojakangas has put out "The
Finnish Cookbook" (Crown Publishers Inc., New York) and - if
I remember correctly - a Scandinavian cookbook in the HP series.
It exists, I'm just not sure it was by her. I do remember that
it had a whole section on Danish pastry...
Sirkku
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| 4.7 | Another recommendation for Sj�vall/Wahl�� | MAY20::MINOW | Martin Minow, MSD A/D, THUNDR::MINOW | Mon Jan 12 1987 09:37 | 19 |
| Mannen p� Tacket has been shown in the US -- in fact, it was shown
(uncut, as I recall) on WGBH a few years ago.
Let me also recommend the Sj�vall/Wahl�� books -- they are a series of
ten "detective stories." They were published starting in the mid
1960's. While the first books are more-or-less straight mysteries, they
become a history of the changes that took place in Sweden during the
Vietnam war era -- detailing the urbanization of the country,
centralization of its control, and the alienation between the people and
their leaders -- as seen from a decidedly left-wing perspective. The
series was intended to contain ten books, subtitled "The story of a
crime." At the end, you see that the crime was the change in atmosphere
in Sweden.
Per Wahl��, ill with cancer for many years, died just before publication
of the last book.
Martin.
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| 4.2 | Bonniers svenska ordbok | 16BITS::SAVAGE | Neil @ Spit Brook | Fri Jul 21 1989 10:38 | 18 |
| Group soc.culture.nordic
article 358
From: [email protected] (Leonard Norrgard)
Subject: Re: Insularity of Americans
Organization: Computer Centre, Abo Akademi University
If you know some swedish, and would like to learn more while reading
swedish newspapers & books, watching swedish films (I hear they make
music there too ;-) etc, the "Bonniers svenska ordbok" should be
great for you. It's 744 pages of swedish words with definitions &
explanations, all in swedish. I didn't count, but the cover says it
defines more than 50000 words. Recommended. ISBN 91-34-50727-2 (for the
1986 edition, there might be a new one by now). The old pricetag on the
book says 226 FIM (that's finnish marks).
Leonard Norrgard, [email protected], [email protected], +358-21-654474,
EET.
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| 4.3 | 'The Scandinavians' (somewhat dated) | EAGLE1::BEST | R D Best, sys arch, I/O | Tue Dec 11 1990 18:45 | 30 |
| I'm reading one right now entitled (oddly enough :-)
The Scandinavians
Donald S. Connery
It is a bit dated (c. 1966), but still very enjoyable, and quite
wide ranging.
The author examines critically some common negative American ideas about
Scandinavians (particularly the Swedish) being socialists tending to Soviet
style communism (not even close), Scandinavians not having economic incentive
because of state welfarism (wrong again, with copious statistics to refute it),
and misconceptions about suicide rates in Scandinavia (again with
comparative statistics that do not favor the 'boredom and state coddling'
theories that many Americans smugly cite to assuage their guilty
consciences about the virtues of laissez faire capitalism vis a vis
progressive Scandinavian socio-economic philosophy ;-). (Breathe in)
But it also has some good capsule histories (along with some idiosyncratic
material on Scandinavian historical figures for history buffs), and travel
descriptions of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway. The treatment of Iceland
is smaller.
The style is engaging and well-written, and there are interesting personal
anecdotes. Also there are a number of interviews that shed light on
differences in the legal and medical systems.
I'm now interested in a visit.
/Rich ('25%-Swedish-although-you'd-not-guess-it-from-the-Anglo-name') Best
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| 4.4 | More recommendations | TLE::SAVAGE | | Wed Jul 15 1992 13:13 | 83 |
| From: [email protected]
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
Subject: Re: Swedish books?
Date: 14 Jul 92 19:01:14 GMT
Sender: [email protected] (Usenet News Administration)
Organization: University of Minnesota
In <[email protected]>
[email protected] writes:
>Can anyone suggest some good Swedish novels to read? The university
>library doesn't have much in the way of interesting modern Swedish
>fiction. One of my Swedish friends mentioned a novel about the
>Vikings, but I don't remember its name. "Roeda Oerm"(?) Also,
>I'd appreciate the address of a bookstore, either in the U.S. or
>Sweden, which might be a good source of Swedish books and periodicals.
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Try:
Glada Grisen
489 Woodlawn
Glencoe, IL 60022
I can't find the phone number this second. Ms Ulla Hogg, a native
Swede runs the shop / mail order business, and puts out a nice
catalog. I'm sure she would either carry something that you might like
to read, or be able to suggest something.
The question about "what should I read" is sort of like asking about
Modern American fiction. What do you like? What's your skill level?
Louis Janus
(sometimes part of the Scandinavian Dept., U of Minnesota)
(but not now)
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From: [email protected] (Roger Greenwald)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
Subject: Re: Swedish books?
Date: 14 Jul 92 21:02:36 GMT
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
Another place you might try:
SWEDISH BOOK NOOK
Caller Box 804
New York, NY 10028
And:
Nordic Books
PO Box 1941
Philadelphia, PA 19105
Am I right to guess that you want to read in ENGLISH?
There is a bibliography published each year of Swedish works and works
about Sweden published in other languages (including English). If your
library doesn't have this bibliography, it can get it (and get on the
mailing list) by writing to The Swedish Institute, Box 7434, S-10391
Stockholm, Sweden. By looking through a few years' worth, you can see
which Swedish fiction has appeared in English recently. There is also a
journal (published in Wales, UK) called Swedish Book Review, which will
give you excerpts of works by various Swedish writers (in English),
together with articles about the authors. Your librarian can get this
journal for you too.
... If you can read Swedish, you will certainly have a much better
choice! In that case, you might do better to deal with a bookstore in
Sweden. One obvious choice is Akademika in Stockholm (someone in
Stockholm please correct the name if I mangled it and supply an
address; do they do mail orders, by the way?). There is also a very
good bookstore in Uppsala, the name of which I cannot remember (several
stories, right downtown--can someone supply the name and address?)
I don't know how "modern" you want modern to be, but if you haven't
read "Dv[a:]rgen" (The Dwarf) by P[a:]r Lagerkvist, you have missed a
masterpiece (IMHO).
--
Roger Greenwald
[email protected] (address valid only until 10 August 1992)
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| 4.5 | | SWETSC::WESTERBACK | Mimsy were the borogroves | Wed Jul 15 1992 17:18 | 9 |
| The bookstore referred to is:
Akademibokhandeln
Box 7634
S-103 94 Stockholm
Ph +46 8 214890 (fiction), 211590 (fact)
Fax +46 8 208036
Hans
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| 4.6 | More on Swedish books, from soc.culture.nordic | TLE::SAVAGE | | Fri Jul 17 1992 10:22 | 142 |
| Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
From: u-lchoqu%[email protected] (Lee Choquette)
Subject: Re: What to read in Swedish
Date: 16 Jul 92 09:53:18 MDT
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
In article <[email protected]>
[email protected] writes:
> I lost track of the original thread, but for the fellow that wanted
> suggestions of what to read in Swedish literature, here are some of mine.
> They should be available from most large libraries (...)
And don't forget about interlibrary loan!
> (a) R�da Orm (The Long Ships, as the English translation is called).
> by Bengtsson. I got this today, and second the recommendation. (...)
I also recommend it.
> (c) I like to read children's books, since the Swedish is easy for me.
Have you tried Tove Jansson's Moominvalley series? Although children's
books, they get quite thoughtful and introspective toward the middle
and end of the series, such as _Trollvinter_ (_Moominvalley
Midwinter_), _Mooominpappa at Sea_, _Moominvalley in November_, and
_Tales from Moominvalley_. I can't remember the Swedish titles of the
last three books. BTW, Tove Jansson is a finlandssvensk
(Finno-Swedish?) author, but you shouldn't have any problem reading her
Swedish.
> Astrid Lindgren's are my favorite, especially the Emil books. (...)
_Br�derna Lejonhj�rta_ (_The Brothers Lionheart_) is a good juvenile
adventure about two brothers from the city who wind up in a medieval
land. It has a significant element of fantasy, but it's more down to
earth than, say, the movies Arnold Schwarzenegger used to act in. The
English translation is pretty good as translations go.
> (d) I haven't read any in the original, but I rather like
> some of the stories of Selma Lagerl�f (...)
They also have lots of the "funn� you were talking about. I've read
_Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige_ ("Nils Holgersson's
wonderful journey through Sweden"?), a long children's book well known
for its discussion of Swedish geography, and I'm now working on _G�sta
Berlings saga_ ("The Tale of G�sta Berling"?), an epic work about a
defrocked priest. Both books are pretty episodic and take long breaks
from the narrative to cover an old legend or to talk about the
countryside. There's a movie of G�sta Berling, but it's edited down to
half its original length, and even the original version apparently
tried to cram too much into four hours. I was thoroughly confused by
the edited version.
Also check out _Svenska sagor_ (_Great Swedish Fairy Tales_), with some
terrific illustrations by John Bauer.
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. . [email protected]. . . . . . from 600 miles away . . . . . . .
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
From: [email protected] (Tomas Eriksson)
Subject: Re: What to read in Swedish
Sender: [email protected] (Usenet)
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1992 11:29:46 GMT
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (raymond thomas pierrehumbert) writes:
>
>I lost track of the original thread, but for the fellow that
>wanted suggestions of what to read in Swedish literature,
>here are some of mine.
And a few more from me.
>(b) Anything by Karin Boyer (poems, or her dystopian novel,
>Kailocain (or something like that, I can't remember just now).
Karin Boye (no r). Kallocain.
>(d) I haven't read any in the original, but I rather like
>some of the stories of Selma Lagerl�f
Selma is definitely a must-read if you want to go into Swedish
literature in some depth. She is depicted on the new Swedish 20 kronor
banknote. The first woman on a Swedish banknote?
Another must-read for those that go in-depth is August Strindberg. He
has written a lot, and several of his novels are very famous, e.g.
Hems�borna ("The Hems�ites"?), R�da rummet (The Red Room),
Tj�nstekvinnans son (Son of the *-Woman; * should be serving or working
or something like that; perhaps Homemaid???).
>Swedish literature is extensive and deep, and seems to
>be largely unknown and unappreciated in the rest of the
>world. Don't know why.
Probably because Swedish isn't one of the largest languages in the
world.
Another author who should interest americans who know Swedish is
Vilhelm Moberg. He's written about 19th century Swedish emigrants
going to the USA. The first book is called Utvandrarna (The Emigrants)
and the second is called Invandrarna (The Immigrants).
The best-selling Swedish author of recent years has probably been Jan
Guillou with his "Coq Rouge" series. Just recently, the seventh book
has been released. He's written one per year since 1986. This series
is about a Swedish agent in the military intelligence, commander Carl
Gustav Gilbert Hamilton. The books are very violent and bloody, and
betrays a certain fascination for weapons and "creative murders" on Mr.
Guillou's part. I also wouldn't call them totally realistic, but they
*do* sell!!! One of them was made into a movie, starring Stellan
Skarsg�rd as Hamilton; the follow-up is coming to Swedish cinemas in a
month or two; "The Democratic Terrorist" where he spends much of the
book in (West) Germany, infiltrating a terrorist organization.
A third book was filmed as a TV series, and was IMHO not very good, at
least not compared to the movie. The first book in the series is called
"Coq Rouge". A few of the books are probably less interesting now after
the sad demise of the Soviet Union. I guess you would also know more
than a little about Swedish politics and society to fully understand
these books. Guillou uses quite a lot of current events and many of the
politicans and other people in the books have only slightly changed
names of real people in those positions, e.g. Carl Hamiltons boss in
the books is commodore Samuel Ulfsson, while there is a real commodore
Ulf Samuelsson heading a part of the Swedish military intelligence...
Tomas
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Tomas Eriksson [email protected]
Surface Force Group, Department of Physical Chemistry,
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Quotation of the week (29), from "The Devil's Disciple" by G. B. Shaw:
"Swindon: What will History say?
Burgoyne: History, sir, will tell lies as usual."
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| 4.8 | Glada Grisen | TLE::SAVAGE | | Fri Feb 25 1994 09:19 | 22 |
| Re: .4:
From: BRENT <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
Subject: Re: Mail-order company for swedish books & cds?
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 21:08:26 -0500
Organization: Delphi ([email protected] email, 800-695-4005 voice)
There is a great little company in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin called Glada
Grisen, Inc. Their address is as follows:
Glada Grisen, Inc.
905 Main Street
Lake Geneva, WI 53147
USA
Telephone: 1-800-688-0905
Fax: 414-248-2875
They have a nice selection of books, CDs and gifts...even some
Scandinavian foods. Check it out.
Brent
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| 4.9 | Visst �r det h�rligt att vara Svensk! | TLE::SAVAGE | | Tue Oct 25 1994 11:06 | 20 |
| To: International Swedish Interest discussion list
<[email protected]>
From: Fredrik Hans Oskar Osterberg <[email protected]>
On Tue, 25 Oct 1994 [email protected] wrote:
> For all of you who read and understand Swedish, I recommend a wonderful and
> very funny book on the subject of Swedish culture. It's by the famous
> humorist Rickard Fuchs and the title is: Visst aer det haerligt att vara
> svensk! (published by Wahlstroem and Widstrand, ISBN 91-46-16084-1).
I agree!!!! This book is great!!!! I don't know if it has been
published in English however, and if so, I doubt that they would have
it at IKEA. A better listing of the swedish "quirks" and "manners" is
hard to get by.
Fredrik
Princeton
New (yuck) Jersey
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| 4.10 | Svensk Mentalitet | TLE::SAVAGE | | Wed Oct 26 1994 14:14 | 17 |
| To: International Swedish Interest discussion list
<[email protected]>
From: Chameleon Translating and Word Processing
<[email protected]>
For a really fascinating description of Swedish mentality, try "Svensk
Mentalitet" by Aake Daun (ISBN 91 29 59303 4). That book contained all
kinds of examples I recognized and explanations I found plausible. On
the other hand, one Swedish language teacher told me that "real"
experts consider Aake Daun a crackpot. I don't know who's right, but I
thought "Svensk Mentalitet" was very informative and interesting to
read. It also contained an entire chapter entitled "Conflict
avoidance", if I remember correctly, _and_ a 15-page summary of the
book in English.
Happy reading!
Eileen
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| 4.11 | Carl Larsson prints and new booklet from SI | TLE::SAVAGE | | Wed Sep 06 1995 16:59 | 21 |
| To: "International Swedish Interest discussion list"
From: [email protected]
Subject: Carl Larsson prints & book of Swedish traditions
The official seller/distributor of Carl Larsson prints in the United
States (authorized by the Sundborn estate) is the American Swedish
Institute, 2600 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55407, tel. 612-871-4907.
A good new booklet about Swedish traditions was put out last year by
the Swedish Institute (in Sweden). It's called "Maypoles, Crayfish and
Lucia: Swedish Holidays and Traditions" by Jan-Oejvind Swahn (ISBN
91-520-0318-3) and costs 50 kronor.
Swedish Institute
Box 7434
S-10391 Stockholm
SWEDEN
fax# 46-8-207248
Henrik Nordstrom
Minneapolis, MN
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| 4.12 | Of Swedish Ways by Lily Lorentz | TLE::SAVAGE | | Fri Dec 15 1995 10:08 | 16 |
| From: "Walter H. Schramm" <[email protected]>
To: List for those interested in things Swedish
<[email protected]>
OF SWEDISH WAYS, Lily Lorentz, 1986 edition published by Gramercy
Publishing Co., distributed by Crown Publishers, Inc., 225 Park Avenue
South, NY, NY by arrangements with Dillon Press. Copyright 1964 by
Dillon Press, Inc.
It covers customs, traditions, folklore, festivals, provers, riddles,
music and many more aspects of Svensk culture.
God Jul!
Walter H. (Wally) Schramm, Wordwright (Ret.)
"Swdish by Marriage!"
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