Svenska Akademiens ordbok

Svenska Akademiens ordbok (Swedish: [ˈsvɛ̂nːska akadɛˈmiːns ˈûːɖbuːk]), abbreviated SAOB, is a historical dictionary of the Swedish language published by the Swedish Academy. It is the Swedish counterpart of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) or the Deutsches Wörterbuch (DWB).

Svenska Akademiens ordbok

Volumes of Svenska Akademiens ordbok
Edited by	Theodor Wisén 1884 Knut Fredrik Söderwall 1892 Esaias Tegnér Jr. 1913 Ebbe Tuneld [sv] 1920 Pelle Holm [sv] 1942 Sven Ekbo [sv] 1957 Anders Sundqvist [sv] 1978 Hans Jonsson 1979 Lars Svensson 1993 Anki Mattisson 1999 Marianne Gellwar 2015 Christian Mattsson 2015
Original title	Ordbok över svenska språket utgiven av Svenska Akademien
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish
Publisher	Swedish Academy
Published	1893–2023[1][2]
No. of books	39
OCLC	1063333686
Website	www.saob.se

A complete set of Svenska Akademiens ordbok, as of late 2014. The majority of the volumes remain unbound in this set.

Work on the dictionary started in 1787. The first edition was published in 39 volumes between 1898 and 2023, in Swedish alphabetical order.^[1] Updating of the earlier volumes, A to R, is expected to continue until 2030.^[1] About 200 hardcopy sets, totalling 33,111 pages, have been printed.^[1] The searchable web version has been available since 1997. Citations date back to 1521.^[1]

See also

• Svenska Akademiens ordlista — the Swedish Academy's single-volume spelling dictionary

References

1. "Official Swedish dictionary completed after 140 years". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
2. Bohm Nilsson, Helena (2021-12-17). "Efter 140 år – här skrivs sista sidan i Svenska Akademiens ordbok". Sveriges Television. Retrieved 2022-03-23.

External links

• Svenska Akademiens ordbok
• The Swedish Academy – Official site (in English)