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3 unusual facts about Modern Swedish


Modern Swedish

An early linguist and author was Georg Stiernhielm, who is today almost universally labelled "Father of Swedish Poetry".

Bellman was a Stockholm poet of the late 18th century whose poetry represented the drinking habits of the time.

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While Swedish spelling was an entirely personal business in the Catholic Middle Ages, its gradual standardization (known as Modern Swedish) started in 1526 with the translation of the New testament of the Bible (Gustav Vasa Bible), as part of the Lutheran reformation.



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Martha Eriksdotter

However, her existence has been doubted by some modern Swedish historians that think she was just made up by Charles VIII or his chroniclers to provide him with a more impressive background.

Martin Kayongo-Mutumba

In 2003 Mutumba collaborated on the book "Svartskallar – Så funkar vi" (Blackheads – How we work) where 11 young people from multicultural and minority backgrounds talk about what it is like to be of immigrant background in modern Swedish society.

Nór

Nór's new kingdom is now said to have been what is south-eastern Norway today, as it extended from Jötunheim mountains in the north to what was later known as Álfheim (roughly the modern Swedish Bohuslän) in the south, the southern border of Nór's land being what is now the Glomma river whose southwestern course is not very far inside the southeastern border of modern Norway.