Uppslagsverket Finland [SEP] language of work or name
Uppslagsverket Finland
Uppslagsverket Finland ("Encyclopaedia Finland") is a Swedish-language encyclopedia with a focus on Finland and in particular Finland-Swedish subjects.
The encyclopedia is published by initiative of an association dedicated to this task, "Föreningen finlandssvenska uppslagsverk". The initiative to the publication was taken in 1969, and the first edition was published in three volumes in 1982 to 1985.
A second edition was published by Schildts förlag in five volumes during 2003 to 2007. This edition met with limited sales success,
Suomi suurvaltain politiikassa 1941-44", which is about Finland in the context of great power politics, "Venäjän vallankumous ja Suomi 1917-1920" (2 parts, 1967–71), which is about Russian revolution and Finland, "Between East and West" (1986), furthermore a work on Bobrikov as governor general in Finland, "Imperial borderland" (1995) and a great biography in five parts about president J.K. Paasikivi.
References.
- "Uppslagsverket Finland", 4 (2006)