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CLICK HERE FOR LANGUAGE SOFTWARE. Books: |DANISH|FINNISH|ICELANDIC|NORWEGIAN|SWEDISH| YOUR DICTIONARY: Find links to dictionaries for your Scandinavian language here. Also has an index of specialty dictionaries, among them genealogy. SKOLDATANÄTET, the Swedish Schoolnet, features dictionaries with translations to between Swedish and a number of other languages, among them Finnish. If you want to find out about the language of the Vikings, visit ROB'S OLD NORSE PAGE, where you'll find a lot of interesting etymological and linguistic information. Today's Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese languages all have their origins in Old Norse. (Finnish is, however, related to Hungarian). The site has a section about English words of Norse origin. THE OLD NORSE LANGUAGE is another site about the language of the Old Norse Sagas. Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are very similar in many ways, but some words have different meaning in the three languages. There is this joke about when a Swede asked a Norwegian to take him to a fun place and was taken to a deserted beach! That's because the Swedish word for fun, "rolig", means "quiet" in Danish and Norwegian. The ODIN SKANDINAVISK ORDBOG, with 10,000 similar-sounding and -looking words of different meaning in the three languages, can help you avoid such embarrassing episodes. CONCORDIA LANGUAGE VILLAGES in Minnesota are summer language camps for youth between the ages of 7 and 18. Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish camps are included. The VASA ORDER offers scholarships to enable Vasa youth to attend the Swedish language village Sjölunden.
Language Software: |DANISH|FINNISH|ICELANDIC|NORWEGIAN|SWEDISH| VASA ORDER OF AMERICA, originally an organization for Swedish immigrants, now welcomes as members persons over 14 years of age who have an interest in Scandinavian culture. Here are some Vasa Lodge websites: BALTIC LODGE, DISTRICT LODGE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST NO. 15, SCANDINAVIAN and SÖDRA SVERIGE (Southern Sweden, has English version). For more Lodge sites, see the different Districts in the LODGE DIRECTORY at the main Vasa website. AMERICAN SCANDINAVIAN SOCIETY brings cultural, educational, artistic and musical events with a Nordic touch to the New York metropolitan area. SONS OF NORWAY welcomes as members persons with roots in any of the Scandinavian countries FINNISH AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY. Welcomes anyone interested in Finland as member. SCANDINAVIA NOW is an English language internet newspaper. SCANDINAVIA NEWS is part of the World News Network. For newspapers in English from a specific country, click on one of these links: Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, or Swedish. You can find more newspapers at ONLINE NEWSPAPERS, with links to newspapers from all over the world, indexed by country. Most are native language newspapers, but some are in English. You can make prepaid low-rate long distance calls to your Scandinavian country from your cell phone or any other phone thru the LDPOST company. Click on one of these links to find out more: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, LDPOST Homepage. THE DANISH PIONEER. Danish-American newspaper in published in USA. In English. THE COPENHAGEN POST is a Danish Newspaper in English The DANISH ROYAL FAMILY. Photos and information. In Danish. INSTITUTE OF MIGRATION. Research relating to Finnish international and internal migration. UUTISET Newspaper in Finnish, English, Swedish and Russian versions. ICELANDIC NATIONAL LEAGUE OF NORTH AMERICA AFTENPOSTEN and NORWAY POST have Norwegian news in English. THE NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION NORWAY'S ROYAL FAMILY. Photos and information. Available in English and Norwegian. Neat SWEDISH ICONS for your desktop, plus links, clipart and info. THE SWEDISH AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY The SWEDISH ROYAL COURT. Photos and information about the Swedish royal family, the royal palaces, and more. You can choose English or Swedish by clicking on the flag at the bottom of the entrance page. SCANDINAVIAN PLACES IN THE U.S. California: THE HOUSE OF PACIFIC RELATIONS AT BALBOA PARK , San Diego, is the home of 17 cottages representing 27 different nations. The cottages are open on Sunday afternoons, and from March they take turns holding Lawn Programs featuring traditional music and dance, costumes, arts, crafts and ethnic foods. THE HOUSE OF DENMARK and THE HOUSE OF FINLAND also have their own websites. SCANDINAVIUS: Directory of Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian & Swedish culture and commerce connections in the San Francisco Bay Area SOLVANG, a Danish village near Santa Barbara. THE NORDIC SCHOOLNET. Partly in English SCANDINAVIAN-WEBSITES.COM: A directory of websites related to Scandinavia. |
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THE NORDIC PAGES: Selected resources for the Nordic countries The NORDIC COUNCIL works for the common good of the Scandinavian Countries. SCANDINAVICA.COM is another starting point with lots of links. THE AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION promotes educational and cultural exchange between the United States and Scandinavia.
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