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By Gail Hueting |
Please direct all comments or requests for information to
Kathleen Kluegel, Interim Germanic Languages Librarian (333-4942)
kkluegel@illinois.edu
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Biographical directories
Scandinavia
MFICHE 920.48 Sca63 (Reference)
Scandinavian Biographical Archive. London ; New York : K.G. Saur, c1989. 847 microfiches.
Microfiche set. Divided into section A, Denmark, Iceland, and Norway and B. Finland and Sweden. Excludes some of the major biographical dictionaries but brings together many smaller and more obscure sources.
Q.920.048 Sca63 apx. (Reference)
Scandinavian Biographical Index. London ; New Jersey : K.G. Saur, 1994. 4 v.
Index to Scandinavian Biographical Archive in one alphabetical index. Gives dates and a brief identification of each person included.
Denmark
Q. 839.8109 T918 (Modern Language Reference)
Twentieth-century Danish writers. The Gale Group: Farmington Hills, MI, 1999.
Volume 214 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Biographies of some of the most prominent Danish writers - both nationally and internationally - with special attention to their literary development.
920.489 D234 (Main Stacks)
Dansk Biografisk Handeleksikon. København: 1920. 20 pts. in 2 v.
Brief biographical entries.
920.0489 D2341 1979 (Reference)
Dansk biografisk leksikon. 3. udg. / redaktør Sv. Cedergreen Bech. København : Gyldendal, 1979-1984. 16 v.
Thorough biographies of figures from the earliest times to the 1980s. Comprehensive name index (including references to articles only in earlier editions) and chronological index.
920.489 K858 (latest vol. in Reference)
Kraks Blå Bog. Virum: Krak.
Current biography for Denmark.
Iceland
920.0491Ol1 (Main Stacks)
Pall Eggert Olason, Islenzkar Æviskrar fra Landnamstimun til Arsloka 1940. Reyjjavik : Islenzka Bokmenntafelag, 1948-1952. 5 v.
National biographical dictionary of Iceland to 1940. Biographees are listed under forename in the Icelandic style.
Norway
920.481N81 (Reference)
Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Kristiania : E. Bull, 1921- 19 v.
Substantial, signed articles on ca. 5,000 prominent Norwegians from the earliest times to the mid-twentieth century. Includes bibliographies. Later volumes published: Oslo: Aschehoug.
Sweden
920.485Sv2 (Reference)
Svensk Biografisk Lexikon. Stockholm : Bonniers, 1917- 20 v.
Includes long signed articles, bibliographies, and many portraits. Vol. 10 includes a chronological index to the first ten volumes.
920.485 V54 (latest vol. in Reference)
Vem är det? Stockholm: Norstedts.
Current biography for Sweden.
Encyclopedias
Danish
038 N7582 (Main Stacks)
Nordisk Konversations Leksikon. 1960-1969. København: [s.n.], 1960-1969. 10 v.
Chiefly short entries, many illustrated with line drawings or photographs. Articles on countries and scientific fields are longer.
038 Sa35 (Reference)
Salmonsens Konversations Leksikon. 2. udg. København : Schultz, 1915-1930. 26 v.
Still the standard Danish encyclopedia. Includes bibliographies, maps, city plans, illustrations.
Norwegian
038.82 As23 (Reference)
Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store Norske Leksikon. Oslo : Kunnskapsforlaget, 1978-1981. 12 v.
Well illustrated modern Norwegian encyclopedia.
Swedish
038 B644 1991 (Modern Languages Reference)
Bonniers Lexikon. Stockholm : Bonniers, 1993-1997. 24 v.
A new general encyclopedia with many colored illustrations. The set also includes a dictionary and atlas.
038 Sv25 1947 (Reference)
Svensk Uppslagsbok. 2. uppl. Malmö : Förlagshuset Norden, 1947-1955. 32 v.
Balay considers this to be an excellent modern encyclopedia, attractively printed with many illustrations.
Quotation indexes
Danish
808.8 V866 1955 (Main Stacks)
Vogel-Jørgensen, T. Bevingede Ord. København : Gad, 1955.
Based on Georg Büchmann's Geflügelte Worte. Includes author index.
Norwegian
808.8 Ev23b (Main Stacks)
Evensbeyet, Snorre. Bevingede Ord. Oslo : Gyldendal Norsk, 1967.
A reworking of Vogel-Jørgensen's Danish collection. Quotations are usually listed under the first word in the original languages, then in Norwegian translation. No author index.
808.88 N81 1955 (Main Stacks)
Norsk Sitatleksikon. 2. utg. Stavanger : Stabenfeldt, 1955.
Quotations in Norwegian and other languages (given in Norwegian followed by the original form). Arranged alphabetically by catchword subject.
Swedish
839.7 H73b 1948 (Main Stacks)
Holm, Bevingade Ord. Stockholm : Bonnier, 1948.
Quotation dictionary in Swedish. Includes references from the original languages (Latin, German, English) to the Swedish forms.
Online Resources
Sweden's official website. Provides information about Sweden in English as well as other languages.
Site by the Consulate General of Sweden. Lots of information on Sweden and Swedish-American organizations, including a monthly listing of Swedish events and visitors in the U.S.
Provides numerous statistics on many different subjects, including business, eduation, energy, environment, culture, labor market, etc.
Project Runeberg (site may be busy, keep trying)
Project Runeberg is a volunteer effort to create free electronic editions of classic Nordic (Scandinavian) literature and make them openly available over the Internet.
WESS - Scandinavian Studies Web
The Scandinavian Studies Web provides access to scholarly resources in Scandinavian Studies. The resources have been selected and evaluated by academic librarians on the basis of their research value to scholars.
