Early Writings of Carl von Linné.
Carl von Linnés ungdomsskrifter
Significant works of young scholars at times can have great impact on the scholarly community, but remain relatively unknown for a broader public. The early works of Carl Linné (1707-78), annotated journals of his travels in Sweden and abroad, in which he laid the foundation for his efforts to devise a nomenclature for natural genera and species, were never published during his lifetime. The…
Immigration Handbook for Scandinavian Settlers in Canada, with Comprehensive Descriptions of Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and British Columbia.
Officiell handbok innehållande underrättelser angående Canada med särskild hänsyn till provinsen Manitoba och nord vestra territorierna samt Brittiska Columbien såsom fält för skandinaviska nybyggare
This immigration handbook was published by the Canadian Department of Interior in 1889 for the express purpose of recruiting settlers from Sweden. It includes an introduction to Canada and Canadian society, an immigration procedures handbook, and a topographical description of Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, and British Columbia. Special attention is paid to already-existing Scandinavian settlements.
Guide for the Sensible to the Attractions of Europe.
Irshād al-allibā ilá maḥāsin Ūrūbbā (Guide for the sensible to the attractions of Europe) is the travel diary of Muhammad Amin Fikri and his father, ʻAbd Allah Fikri Pasha (died 1889) of their trip to attend the Eighth International Congress of Orientalists held in Stockholm, Sweden, and Christiania (present-day Oslo), Norway, in 1889. ʻAbd Allah Fikri Pasha was a poet and writer of major…
The Garden of the Virgin Mary.
Jungfru Marie örtagård
The 1510 manuscript Jungfru Marie örtagård (The Garden of the Virgin Mary) is the work of an anonymous nun at the Brigittine monastery at Vadstena in eastern Götaland, Sweden, and is the sole surviving source for the Swedish psalms, collects and lessons, hymns, and commentaries used in daily office by the nuns at the monastery. From the late 14th century to about 1530, the…
Fragment of the Old Västergötland Law.
ldre Västgötalagen: fragment
Äldre Västgötalagen (Old Västergötland law) is the oldest legal text written in Old Swedish in Latin script and the oldest of Sweden's medieval provincial laws. The law was formulated around 1220 and was used in Västergötland in western Sweden. This manuscript fragment dates to about 1240. It contains the oldest record of the law and, along with another manuscript in the holdings of the…
Revelations of Saint Bridget of Sweden.
Uppenbarelser
Saint Birgitta (or Bridget) of Sweden (circa 1303--73) was known for her revelations, which she reportedly wrote down in Swedish and then had translated into Latin by one of her two confessors. When she took ill, she changed her usual practice, and dictated her revelations to one of the confessors, who then translated them into Latin. In the manuscript collection at the National Library…
A Dream Play.
Ett drömspel
August Strindberg (1849--1912) was one of Sweden's most important writers. From the 1870s until his death, he was a dominant figure in Swedish literary circles. Internationally, he is known for his plays. Strindberg grew up in Stockholm and studied at Uppsala University. From 1874 to 1882 he worked at the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm. It was there that he acquired much of…
The Old Västergötland Law.
ldre Västgötalagen
Äldre Västgötalagen (Old Västergötland law) is the oldest legal text written in Old Swedish in Latin script and the oldest of Sweden's medieval provincial laws. The law was formulated around 1220 and was used in Västergötland in western Sweden. Manuscript B 59 in the National Library of Sweden is the only complete copy of the law and is Sweden's oldest book. The manuscript is…
Revelations of Saint Bridget of Sweden.
Uppenbarelser
The Revelations of Saint Birgitta (or Bridget) of Sweden (circa 1303--73) is one of the most important and influential works of Swedish medieval literature. According to contemporary sources, Birgitta received her revelations in the form of visions, beginning in the 1340s and continuing until close to her death. Although her revelations related mostly to spiritual matters, they included some messages of a practical and…
The Occult Diary.
Ockulta dagboken
Ockulta dagboken (The occult diary) is a diary kept intermittently for 12 years by the Swedish author and playwright August Strindberg (1849-1912). It comprises more than 300 folio leaves, from the first written in Paris in 1896 to the last entry from Stockholm in 1908. When Strindberg began the diary, his intention was to record characters and incidents that, although seemingly trivial, appeared to…
The Saga of Gösta Berling.
Gösta Berlings saga
Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was one of Sweden's most important writers. In 1909 she became the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, and in 1914 the first woman elected to the Swedish Academy. Her writings were placed in a local setting, but she used them and her national and international prominence to champion much larger issues, including women's suffrage in Sweden…
Revelations of Saint Bridget of Sweden.
Uppenbarelser
The Revelations of Saint Birgitta (or Bridget) of Sweden (circa 1303--73) is one of the most important and influential works of Swedish medieval literature. According to contemporary sources, Birgitta received her revelations in the form of visions, beginning in the 1340s and continuing until close to her death. Although her revelations related mostly to spiritual matters, they included some messages of a practical and…
Revelations of Saint Bridget of Sweden.
Uppenbarelser
The Revelations of Saint Birgitta (or Bridget) of Sweden (circa 1303--73) is one of the most important and influential works of Swedish medieval literature. According to contemporary sources, Birgitta received her revelations in the form of visions, beginning in the 1340s and continuing until close to her death. Although her revelations related mostly to spiritual matters, they included some messages of a practical and…
Botanical Notebook of Linnaeus.
Botanica. Ex Caroli Linnaei, Philosophia botanica
The Swedish natural scientist Carl von Linné (1707--78) prepared his notes and pen drawings on botanical systems in Stockholm from 1750 to 1751. Also known by his Latinized name of Carolus Linnaeus, Linné was the creator and founder of botanical and zoological taxonomy. He devised a two-part system of Latin names (the so-called binominal nomenclature) for classifying all organisms based on their characteristics, using…
Bible in Old Swedish with Commentaries.
This manuscript contains an abridged version in Old Swedish of the Pentateuch with three connecting short tracts, accompanied by the books of Joshua, Judges, Judith, Esther, Ruth, Maccabees, and Revelation. Translation of the Pentateuch-or paraphrase, as translation in the modern sense of the word occurred only marginally in the Middle Ages-goes back to the early 13th century. The paraphrast is unknown. The three connecting…
Contributor:
Ragvaldi, Nicolaus, 1514 - Beham, Hans Sebald - Budde, Jöns, Active
"Hortus Regius" or Queen Christina's Genealogical Tree with Political Emblems.
Hortus Regius
Hortus Regius (The royal garden) was given to the Swedish queen Christina about 1645 by its creator, the diplomat Shering Rosenhane (1609-63). With this elegant manuscript, Rosenhane wanted to celebrate the first year of the queen's reign. The volume is introduced by a full-length portrait of Queen Christina. Hortus Regius is an emblem book, in which each emblem consists of textual and pictorial elements.…
Contributor:
Holsteyn, Pieter, II, Around - Rosenhane, Schering
Runic Almanac, 1560.
The Runic almanac at the National Library of Sweden belongs to an exclusive group of illustrated almanacs on parchment dating from the late Middle Ages to the 16th century. It has the character of a perpetual calendar, and its content is similar to that of medieval calendars. However, some astronomical data and calculations are written in runes, linking the almanac to the tradition of…
Stockholm.
Heinrich Neuhaus (1833--87) was a German-born map maker and lithographer who worked in Sweden for many years. His largest and best-known work is this panoramic map of Stockholm, which he created in the 1870s using an oblique image in isometric perspective. The buildings on the map are depicted with remarkable accuracy. Neuhaus is reported to have said that in order to produce the map,…
Map of the Northern Realms Including the Kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, Norway.
Carte des courones du nord qui comprend les royaumes de Danemark, Suede, & Norwege
This map of the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden is by the French cartographer Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726). The son of a geographer, de L'Isle began working in the field of cartography at a young age. In addition to learning from his father, he studied mathematics and astronomy with the Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712). This training led de L'Isle to produce…
Map of Sweden.
Charta öfwer Swerige
This map shows the Kingdom of Sweden as it appeared at the end of the 18th century. At the time, the kingdom included present-day Sweden as well as Finland, which, however, was lost to the Russian Empire in 1809. The map is the work of Samuel Gustaf Hermelin (1744-1820), a Swedish industrialist and diplomat who also practiced cartography. Hermelin studied mining at the University…
Contributor:
Hermelin, Samuel Gustaf Benzelstierna - Akrel, Fredrik
Map of the Sea.
The Carta marina of the Swedish geographer and historian Olaus Magnus is one of the earliest accurate cartographic depictions of the Scandinavian peninsula. Drafted in Rome in 1539, by one of the more prominent Scandinavian Catholics in higher ecclesiastical service, it contains detail that is lacking in many other early maps of the region. Originally intended for his Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (A description…
General Map of the Swedish Kingdom.
Generalkarta över svenska riket
In 1683 Swedish cartographer Carl Gripenhielm (1655--94) was appointed the first director of the Swedish Land Survey. Much of Sweden was at that time sparsely populated and not well surveyed. Gripenhielm undertook an ambitious program of mapping and surveying, extending over several decades. The completion of detailed maps of Sweden's agricultural land, forests, and surrounding seas coincided with the country's economic development and its…
Sketch of Mälaren Lake and Neighboring Areas.
Meler lacvs adiacentivmqve terrarvm delineatio
This engraved map of Lake Mälaren is the only extant copy of one of the first maps printed in Sweden. It was drafted by Andreas Bureus in 1614 and is regarded as a forerunner to his map of the Nordic countries of 1626. It has a dedication in Latin from Bureus to his patron Jacob van Dijk: "This small map I bequeath in the…
New and Detailed Sketch of the Arctic Lands, by Andreas Boreus, the Swede.
Orbis arctoi nova et accvrata delineatio, Auctore Andrea Bureo Sueco
Andreas Bureus (1571--1646) is known as the father of Swedish cartography. He embarked upon a career in the Royal Chancellery in 1602 and was entrusted with several important missions in the service of the state. In 1628 he was assigned the task of founding what was to become the Swedish National Land Survey. In 1624 he was made a member of the Swedish nobility…
Book/Printed MaterialThe Åland Islands. "Appendix [p. 33-35]: Utterances of public men in Sweden and Finland." "Authorities": p. [36]-37.
Book/Printed MaterialEarly Writings of Carl von Linné.
Book/Printed MaterialImmigration Handbook for Scandinavian Settlers in Canada, with Comprehensive Descriptions of Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and British Columbia.
Book/Printed MaterialGuide for the Sensible to the Attractions of Europe. Irshād al-allibā ilá maḥāsin Ūrūbbā (Guide for the sensible to the attractions of Europe) is the travel diary of Muhammad Amin Fikri and his father, ʻAbd Allah Fikri Pasha (died 1889) of their trip to attend the Eighth International Congress of Orientalists held in Stockholm, Sweden, and Christiania (present-day Oslo), Norway, in 1889. ʻAbd Allah Fikri Pasha was a poet and writer of major…
Book/Printed MaterialThe Garden of the Virgin Mary.
Book/Printed MaterialFragment of the Old Västergötland Law.
Book/Printed MaterialRevelations of Saint Bridget of Sweden.
Book/Printed MaterialA Dream Play.
Book/Printed MaterialThe Old Västergötland Law.
Book/Printed MaterialRevelations of Saint Bridget of Sweden.
Book/Printed MaterialThe Occult Diary.
Book/Printed MaterialThe Saga of Gösta Berling.
Book/Printed MaterialRevelations of Saint Bridget of Sweden.
Book/Printed MaterialRevelations of Saint Bridget of Sweden.
Book/Printed MaterialBotanical Notebook of Linnaeus.
Book/Printed MaterialBible in Old Swedish with Commentaries. This manuscript contains an abridged version in Old Swedish of the Pentateuch with three connecting short tracts, accompanied by the books of Joshua, Judges, Judith, Esther, Ruth, Maccabees, and Revelation. Translation of the Pentateuch-or paraphrase, as translation in the modern sense of the word occurred only marginally in the Middle Ages-goes back to the early 13th century. The paraphrast is unknown. The three connecting…
Book/Printed Material"Hortus Regius" or Queen Christina's Genealogical Tree with Political Emblems.
Book/Printed MaterialRunic Almanac, 1560. The Runic almanac at the National Library of Sweden belongs to an exclusive group of illustrated almanacs on parchment dating from the late Middle Ages to the 16th century. It has the character of a perpetual calendar, and its content is similar to that of medieval calendars. However, some astronomical data and calculations are written in runes, linking the almanac to the tradition of…
MapStockholm. Heinrich Neuhaus (1833--87) was a German-born map maker and lithographer who worked in Sweden for many years. His largest and best-known work is this panoramic map of Stockholm, which he created in the 1870s using an oblique image in isometric perspective. The buildings on the map are depicted with remarkable accuracy. Neuhaus is reported to have said that in order to produce the map,…
MapMap of the Northern Realms Including the Kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, Norway.
MapMap of Sweden.
MapMap of the Sea. The Carta marina of the Swedish geographer and historian Olaus Magnus is one of the earliest accurate cartographic depictions of the Scandinavian peninsula. Drafted in Rome in 1539, by one of the more prominent Scandinavian Catholics in higher ecclesiastical service, it contains detail that is lacking in many other early maps of the region. Originally intended for his Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (A description…
MapGeneral Map of the Swedish Kingdom.
MapSketch of Mälaren Lake and Neighboring Areas.
MapNew and Detailed Sketch of the Arctic Lands, by Andreas Boreus, the Swede.