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Thirty-nine volumes of the Swedish Academy Dictionary stand as Sweden's answer to the Oxford English Dictionary. And it's just been sent to the printers after 140 years.

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Tags: sweden, language, linguistics, dictionaries, swedish, swedish academy dictionary, oxford english dictionary, history, 16th century, 19th century, swedish academy, researchers, offbeat, author.david mouriquand, source.euronews, short read
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/10/27/the-official-swedish-dictionary-has-been-completed-after-140-years

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Title
You'll never guess how long it took to finish this dictionary
Published
Oct 27 2023
Word count
382 words