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Swedish Institute For Dialectology, Onomastics And Folklore Research




The Institute consists of several, originally independent, units, located in different Swedish university towns. The central unit of the Institute is located in Uppsala , with other departments located to Lund , Gothenburg and Umeå .

The institute is, among other things, responsible for the ongoing publication of ''Sveriges ortnamn'' (a dictionary of all Swedish placenames) and ''Sveriges medeltida personnamn'' (a dictionary of medieval Swedish personal names).


UNITS OF THE INSTITUTE

  • The Department of Dialectology, Uppsala (Dialektavdelningen, DA)

  • The Archive for Dialects and Placenames in Lund (Dialekt- och ortnamnsarkivet i Lund, DAL)

  • The Archive for Dialects, Placenames and Folklore in Gothenburg (Dialekt-, ortnamns- och folkminnesarkivet i Göteborg, DAG)

  • The Archive For Dialects, Placenames And Folklore In Umeå (Dialekt-, ortnamns- och folkminnesarkivet i Umeå, DAUM)

  • The Department of Folklore Research, Uppsala (Folkminnesavdelningen, FA)

  • The Phonogram Unit, Uppsala (Fonogramenheten)

  • The Department of Onomastics, Uppsala (Namnavdelning, NA).



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