#Project Runeberg

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

3 Mosebok 26:12 Jag skall vandra mitt ibland eder och vara eder Gud, och I skolen vara mitt folk.

(I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.) — Leviticus 26:12 | Svenska 1917 (SVN1917) The Bible or The Holy Scripture — containing — The Canonical Books of The New Testament in accordance with that of the King in 1917. This is release 3.7 from Project Runeberg of the Bible. Cross References: Genesis 3:8; Genesis 17:7-8; Exodus 6:7; Exodus 29:45; Numbers 5:3; 2 Corinthians 6:16

[tristealven]

— A. E. Nordenskiöld, The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe (1881)

[arnekleivsvollen]

Norsk litteratur i utlandet

Lesing på målspråket ditt er en av de beste måtene å øke ordforrådet. Hvis du lærer norsk og bor utenfor Norge, har du sikkert allerede lagt merke til at det kan være vanskelig å finne norskspråklige bøker. Dette gir mening, siden at norsk snakkes ikke ofte utenfor hjemlandet og nordmenn kan finne informasjon på engelsk når de reiser utenlands.

Altså, hvordan kan en finne norske bøker? Det kommer an på hvor du bor. Jeg er heldig å bo i USA der mange folk har norske røtter, særlig her i Washington, så er det mulig å finne noen norske ting her og der. Du må bare vite hvor du skal lete.

Gratis e-bøker

Dette er den enkleste måten å finne norskspråklige bøker med en gang. Det finnes mye norsk litteratur tilgjengelig gratis på nettet, men de fleste bøkene pleier å være klassiske verk med gamle danske skrivemåter. Her er noen nettsteder:

Gratis norske e-bøker

Project Gutenberg. Browse by language: Norwegian

Projekt Runeberg: Catalog by language

UiO: Henrik Ibsens skrifter

Det er også mulig å lese e-bøker fra nasjonalbiblioteket hvis du har en norsk IP adresse. Dessverre kan du ikke nedlaste dem, men du kan lese dem på bibliotekets nettsted. Ikke så dårlig med en nettbrett, ikke sant?

Norske bokhandler på nett

Her er noen populære norske bokhandler på nett. De selger e-bøker og sender papirkopier til utlandet. Dessverre med en fraktkostnad på rundt $23 USD kan det bli veldig dyrt å importere bøker fra Norge, og du kan ende opp med å betale mellom $60-$70 for bare én bok. Det er ikke så dårlig hvis du kjøper flere bøker om gangen.

Ebok.no [bare e-bok]

Bokkilden bokhandel

Haugen bok

Universitetsbiblioteket

Finn nærmeste universitet med en avdeling for skandinaviske studier og du kan bla gjennom biblioteket gratis. Hvis du ikke er student, kan du dessverre ikke sjekke ut bøker, men du kan lese dem der. Noen universiteter kan tillate låne privilegier til de som har gitt en donasjon til universitetet. Be en bibliotekar om mer informasjon.

Fjernlånsystemet i USA

Selv om mange folk her i Seattle har norske røtter, er det dessverre vanskelig å finne norske bøker i bibliotekene. Det er heldigvis mange varianter av norsk litteratur tilgjengelig i Minnesotas bibliotekene, og gjennom fjernlånsystemet kan du få dem sendt til ditt lokale bibliotek helt gratis. Spør bibliotekaren om hvordan du kan bruke systemet. Du kommer til å trenge bokas ISBN, og jeg bruker denne norske bokhandelen for å finne det.

Lokal Sons of Norway Kapittel

The Sons of Norway er en organisasjon som fremmer norsk kultur i USA og Canada. Hvis det er en kapittel i nærheten av deg, kan du vurdere å bli medlem. I tillegg til alle de mange morsomme arrangementene, er det også vanlig for SON kapitler å ha et bibliotek for medlemmene.

Håper dette kan hjelpe noen! Hvis du kjenner andre måter å finne norske bøker i utlandet, er du snill å legge det til denne posten.

Hvis du snakker norsk på et mer avansert nivå og legger merke til noen feil i teksten min, er du velkommen til å rette meg. Det hjelper meg med å lære. 😊

[princessvictoriamelita]

Engaged Royal couple. Princess Ingeborg of Denmark and Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland. July 1897.

Oscar Carl Wilhelm, called Prince Carl, was born at Arvfurstens Palace in Stockholm, Sweden on February 27, 1861. He was the third of four sons of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and Princess Sophia of Nassau.

Despite the fact that neither was the heir to a throne, the prospect of another Danish-Swedish royal union was an exciting one to the families of the couple and citizens of their respective countries.  On their 50th wedding anniversary, Carl admitted that their marriage had been completely arranged by the couple’s fathers. Ingeborg added, “I married a complete stranger!”

Carl and Ingeborg had a comfortable family life, dividing their time between Arvfurstens Palace in Stockholm and summers in Fridhem, Sweden. Despite the difference in their ages (Carl was 17 years older than Ingeborg), the two were happy and well-suited to one another.

The couple had four children born between 1899 and 1911, among them, Märtha, Crown Princess of Norway and Astrid, Queen of Belgium.

Photograph enhanced by me.

Source: Project Runeberg.

[stormbear]

Free Book Resources

The Classics

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The Online Books Page: The University of Pennsylvania hosts this book search and database.

Project Gutenberg: This famous site has over 27,000 free books online.

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Classic Book Library: Genres here include historical fiction, history, science fiction, mystery, romance and children’s literature, but they’re all classics.

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FullBooks.com: This site has “thousands of full-text free books,” including a large amount of scientific essays and books.

Free online textbooks, lecture notes, tutorials and videos on mathematics: NYU links to several free resources for math students.

Online Mathematics Texts: Here you can find online textbooks likeElementary Linear Algebra and Complex Variables.

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FreeScience.info: Find over 1800 math, engineering and science books here.

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byGosh: Find free illustrated children’s books and stories here.

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Bored.com: Bored.com has music ebooks, cooking ebooks, and over 150 philosophy titles and over 1,000 religion titles.

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Plays: Read Pygmalion, Uncle Vanya or The Playboy of the Western World here.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: MIT has made available all of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories.

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John T. Cullen: Read short stories from John T. Cullen here.

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KEIMENA: This page is entirely in Greek, but if you’re looking for modern Greek literature, this is the place to access books online.

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Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum: Access many Latin texts here.

Project Runeberg: Find Scandinavian literature online here.

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Poetry

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A Celebration of Women Writers: The University of Pennsylvania’s page for women writers includes Newbery winners.

Free Online Novels: These novels are fully online and range from romance to religious fiction to historical fiction.

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Authorama: Books here are pulled from Google Books and more. You’ll find history books, novels and more.

Prize-winning books online: Use this directory to connect to full-text copies of Newbery winners, Nobel Prize winners and Pulitzer winners.

[thelanguagecommunity]

this post is meant to be a directory of every resource I come across for Estonian. it will be a continuous work in progress so thank you for your patience! if you have any issues or things to add, please reply to this post!

info

estonian language [pdf]

estonica

fun facts

"in estonian, we don't say..."

introduction by @ayearinlanguage

introduction to estonian by @uralangs

playlist of samples

wikipedia

alphabet

keyboard - branah

blogs

the estonian language blog

courses

basic course in estonian [pdf]

bliubliu

book2

eesti keele instituut

english-estonian dictionary

i kinda like languages - introduction to estonian

memrise

oneness

peace corps - language competencies for peace corps volunteers in the republic of estonia [scans]

dictionaries

lingvozone

ses finnish-estonian dictionary

forums

unilang

grammar

overview of the locative system

literature

list of estonian poets

logoslibrary [virtual library]

overview of estonian literature

project gutenberg [virtual library]

runeberg [virtual library]

wikisource [virtual library]

media

ted talks

movie & tv recommendations

letterboxd

music recommendations

list of estonian-language singers

phrasebooks & travel guides

loecsen [audio phrasebook]

wikivoyage

pronunciation

forvo [pronunciation dictionary]

ipa key

pronunciation guide

quizzes & exercises

digital dialects [vocab games]

radio

sbs radio

social media

estonian learning [discord]

wikipedia

speaking tips

common estonian slang

tumblrs

@estonian-is-horrible

@fuckyeahestonia

@lets-speak-estonian

@official-estonia

verbs

to be

vocabulary

babadada [vocabulary tool]

body parts

colors

compass directions

countries & nationalities

days of the week

europe

family / family

flowers / flowers

frequency lists

months & seasons

numbers

swadesh list

youtube

let’s learn estonian [playlist]

[lennyprgs]

For the folks learning Norwegian

Guys, I don’t know if this was posted already, but I found out about something really cool. So there are now audiobooks on Spotify!!! I was browsing on Reddit and found some folktales in Norwegian and I also managed to find the scripts.

Here is the audio & the script. Enjoy!

P.s. There are more scripts than audio recordings if I manage to find more I will update this post.

P.s.2: In the Project Runeberg site, there are many more books no only in Norwegian, but also in the other Scandinavian languages.

[floatingsideways]

Jenny Nyström - Fredrik Sander's 1893 edition of the Poetic Edda, whose illustrations were reprinted with Erik Brate's 1913 translation, which in turn is published by Project Runeberg. Information that Jenny Nyström is indeed the author is found here:http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/medieval/saga/pdf/209-kuhn.pdf

[fennoscandiclinguist]

Runebergsdagen vocabulary in Swedish

Inspired by (mostly just directly translated from) @languagesandshootingstars​ ‘s Finnish language version.

Johan Ludvig Runeberg - Johan Ludvig Runeberg (x) Runebergsdagen - Runeberg Day; Runeberg’s birthday Femte februari - fifth of February Finländsk* - Finnish* Poet(en) / diktare(n) - poet Nationalpoet(en) - national poet Dikt(en) - poem Fänrik Ståls sägner - The Tales of Ensign Stål (x) Vårt Land - Our Land (x) Nationalsång(en) - national anthem Flaggdag(en)** - flag day** (x, x) Museum (museet) - museum Staty(n) - statue Minnesmärke(t) - memorial Projekt Runeberg - Project Runeberg (x) Runebergspriset - Runeberg Prize (x) Runebergstårta - Runeberg torte (x) Bakelse(n) - pastry Mandel(n) - almond Arrak(en) - arrack Rom(men) - rum Hallonsylt(en) - raspberry jam

*The adjective “Finnish” can be translated as either “finsk” or “finländsk”. Generally, finländsk is the preferred inclusive term, referring to everything and everyone belonging to Finland. “Finsk” can also have this meaning, but it’s also used for the linguistic/ethnic group of (white) Finnish-speaking Finns, so it’s safer to use “finländsk” if you want to be inclusive or want to refer to nationality rather than ethnicity/language.

**A flag day in northern Europe is a day in the calendar when all public institutions hoist the flag. Private citizens are also encouraged to, and some do, but the majority of people probably don’t even own a flag. Flags are generally not hoisted on other days, unless there is something special to celebrate (for example, it is common to hoist your flag when your children graduate, or similar occations). Do not confuse the term with Flag Day (x) in the United States, which is one specific day.

[norsesuggestions]

Här ska Jan få se på e lita jänta, å det e, som heter duga, sa hon. Där stod han nu och höll mellan sina händer någonting, som var varmt och mjukt och inrullat i en stor schal. Schalen var så pass undanviken, att han såg det lilla rynkiga ansiktet och de små vissna händerna. Han stod och undrade vad kvinnfolken menade att han skulle ta sig till med det här, som barnmorskan hade lagt i famnen på honom, då han fick en stöt, så att både han och barnet skakade till. Den kom inte från någon av de andra, men om den gick från den lilla flickan över till honom eller från honom till den lilla flickan, det kunde han inte reda ut för sig. Strax efteråt började hjärtat klappa i bröstet på honom, såsom det aldrig förr hade gjort, och med detsamma var han inte längre frusen, och inte kände han sig ledsen och bekymrad och inte ond heller, utan allt var bra. Det enda, som oroade honom, var, att han inte kunde begripa varför det skulle dunka och slå på det sättet i bröstet på honom, då han varken hade dansat eller sprungit eller klättrat i branta berg.

from the book “Kejsarn av Portugallien” Selma Lagerlöf. published in 1914. chapter “det klappande hjärtat”.

just thought i would show off the mentioned use of comma to show the melody of the swedish language as used here by Selma Lagerlöf. the text up there is btw about when the main character lays his eyes on his daughter for the very first time. it is pretty sweet actually.

he were being super moody because i were being forced to wait outside during the birth (which where common back then), and it was cold and rainy. also he is full of regret about getting a child at all. and in particular he is feeling anxious about the possibility of a female child.

but then when he could see his new born daughter face for the first time, his heart melted and he were full of the love of a parent.

it is a cute scene, in particular written in a age were children who were assigned female at birth were not as highly valued as male assigned children in swedish society.

[qoute from “kejsaren av portugallien” via projekt runeberg, which is a swedish state run project to make texts who are public domain accesible online. click here for link for fulltext ]

[spraakdel]

Spraakdel’s Basic Swedish Resources

For @kaosteori who asked for some Swedish resources. 

GRUNDLÄGGANDE GRAMMATIK

BASIC GRAMMAR

Björn Engdahl’s Swedish Course (English)

Learning Swedish (English)

Allmän Grammatik (Swedish)

Svensk Grammatik (Swedish) 

ORDBÖCKER

DICTIONARIES

ord.se (Swedish-English dictionary)

Svenska Akademiens ordbok (basically the Swedish OED) 

Folkets lexikon

Folkets ordbok (app based on Folkets lexikon; English and Swedish)

LÄSMATERIAL

READING MATERIAL

8sidor (news in easy-to-read Swedish)

smakprov.se (site with beginning chapters to thousands of Swedish books)

Project Runeberg (basically the Nordic version of Project Gutenberg; books are usually older and/or written in archaic spellings but once you get to a good level there’s a wealth of classics here including Swedish translations of the Eddas and lots of Strindberg)

Språk Tidningen (popular linguistics mag)

Populär Astronomi (popular astronomy mag)

Webtoons (check out the Swedish fanlated comics)

TV-PROGRAM

TV SHOWS

Halvvägs till himlen ‘Halfway to Heaven’ (Personally my fave. Everyone speaks in southern Skånsk dialect, though, and one main protag speaks in Norwegian. So this might be hard to understand at first if you’re used to more standard Swedish.)

Solsidan ‘The Sunny Side’

Intresseklubben (the Swedish version of the British show QI, basically comedians attempting to answer trivia and being smartasses about it)

Parlamentet ‘The Parliament’ (comedy show/politics parody)

Värsta Språket ‘Worst Language’ (discusses Swedish language usage/debates)

Svenska dialektmysterier ‘Swedish Dialect Mysteries’ (discusses Swedish dialects)

Historieätarna ‘The History Eaters’ (show where the hosts dress up and pretend to live as they would in a certain time period in Swedish history, and they make a big deal about the food)

[noshitshakespeare]

So this is kind of about Shakespeare; I read a while ago that Tudor era theatre was considered a novelty to foreigners because it was sort of an English idiosyncrasy, culturally speaking. But when I tried to research other theatre practices in Europe (specifically Scandinavia) I could literally ONLY find things about England. Do you know anything about where I could find info on not-English (specifically like Swedish/Norwegian if you know anything) theatre around 1600?

You’re right that early modern English drama is a rather unique phenomenon, but It’s not that no other country had theatres. In fact, Spain was having what’s called the ‘golden age of theatre’, and produced four times the amount of plays written in England at the time. What was unique about English theatre was more to do with its removedness from many European traditions of theatre. And it's lack of female actors. So while there are many references to older religious drama, the Commedia dell’arte traditions, stocks characters, Aristotlean unities (this was what France was obsessed about) and basic ideas about honour, reputation and hypocrisy in English plays, they aren’t quite as tied down to these stock themes, plots and characters (of course this is a bit of a simplification: Spanish theatre also had lots of different innovations).

Moving onto Scandinavia… I know that there’s a long tradition of spoken poetry (like the Icelandic Eddas and the Finnish Kalevala)… but this isn’t really my area of expertise, so I asked a friend of mine who’s a Scandinavian Shakespeare specialist. It’s not his actual area of study either, but he had more of an idea than me, and this is his answer:

That is a good question… I think that plays came with the court culture (particularly with James I and VI his Danish wife Anne) might have sparked something.Having looked around there is at least Andreas Johannis Prytz’s comedy written in 1622 (it’s called ‘En lustigh Comoedia Om den Stormechtighe Sweriges, Göthes, Wendes Konung etc. Konung Gustaf then Första …’) apparently about the tumultuous time of Gustav Vasa. So yes, there were plays around that period. 

Project Runeberg is a good place to look for this kind of stuff (http://runeberg.org/katalog-p.html). It has a chronology of stuff digitalised. The flags are a bit confusing as they refer to language only. The political map was shifty in that period (for example Sigfrid Aron Forsius, a minister and natural scientist was born in Helsinki but wrote in Swedish). Only in the early nineteenth century do you start to get dramatists popping up in conjunction with nationalism, especially in Norway and Finland. 

So there you go! I’m sorry it’s not specifically about Sweden and Norway, but I hope that helps. And thank you for the question. I learnt something today.

[drcalvin]

What is this? Why did I save it? 

Probably from Project Runeberg, the Swedish version of Gutenberg. It’s old Romeo and Juliet script notes?!

[thelanguagecommunity]

this post is meant to be a directory of every resource I come across for Danish. it will be a continuous work in progress so thank you for your patience! if you have any issues or things to add, please reply to this post!

info

about world languages

glottolog

"in danish, we don't say..."

introduction by @ayearinlanguage

playlist of samples

"this user is learning to speak danish" userbox

why danish sounds so funny to scandinavians [video]

world atlas of language structures

alphabet

keyboard

overview of danish orthography

apps

drops

blogs

transparent

courses

babbel

bliubliu

book2

danishclass101

duolingo

mangolanguages

memrise

mondly

routledge - colloquial danish: the complete course for beginners [scans]

teach yourself - danish: a complete course for beginners [pdf]

unilang - danish for beginners

cultural & historical info

acultura's culture tag

dictionaries

travlang

forums

quora

/r/danishlanguage [reddit]

unilang

grammar books & guides

routledge - danish: an essential grammar [pdf]

tsca’s danish grammar in english

grammar points

prepositions

where to not use “ikke”

listening practice

librivox [audiobook library]

lyrikline [poetry library]

transcribing drills

literature

Bible

grimm's fairy tales

list of danish poets

logoslibrary [virtual library]

project gutenberg [virtual library]

Quran [scans]

rosary prayers

runeberg [virtual library]

media

khan academy

lazytown [playlist]

pocoyo [youtube]

ted talks

movie & tv recommendations

letterboxd

music recommendations

disney songs [youtube playlist]

phrasebooks & travel guides

loecsen [audio phrasebook]

useful phrases

wikivoyage

podcasts

one minute danish

pronunciation

forvo [pronunciation dictionary]

pronunciation approximations

soft d’s

stress

quizzes & exercises

babadum [vocab games]

clozemaster

crosswords - lexisrex

digital dialects [vocab games]

internetpolyglot [quizzes]

iteslj [vocab quizzes]

tongue twisters

quia [user-submitted games]

radio

radio in copenhagen

social media

dansk sprog [discord]

tumblrs

@eddermaneme

@livingdanishly

@strangedenmark

@useless-denmarkfacts

@wordsindanish

verbs

100 verbs

beginner’s verbs

conjugator - logosconjugator

conjugator - verbix

vocabulary

aesthetic

animals

babadada [vocabulary tool]

body parts / body parts

candy

christmas

cafe menu

coffee & tea / tea

conversation lubricants

cozy

days of the week

drunkenness

easter eggs

face parts

false friends - german

false friends - swedish

food / food

frequency lists

giving orders

happy occasions

homonyms

icebreakers

interjections

jewelry

job application

kitchen

medical terms [glossary]

mental illness

newspapers

number system / counting

“please slow down”

pick up lines / dating & flirting

rooms

senses

shopping

snow

spring

stars

summer / summer

swearing

trees

writing tips

spelling your name

writing quirks

youtube

learn danish from the streets [playlist]

[linguainfo]

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