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Among Gnomes and Trolls (Swedish: Bland tomtar och troll), is a popular Swedish folklore and fairy tales annual and children's fairy tale anthology published since 1907. One of the most noted of the early illustrators is artist John Bauer .
Froebel stars as part of Christmas decoration. A Froebel star (German: Fröbelstern) is a Christmas decoration made of paper, common in Germany. [1] In English it does not have a commonly recognised name; it can be referred to as an Advent star, Danish star, German star, Nordic star, Pennsylvanian star, Polish star, Swedish star, Christmas star, or Froebel star. [2]
Cross, ribbon and star of a Commander Grand Cross Collar of the Order of the Polar Star and the badge of the order. The Royal Order of the Polar Star (Swedish: Kungliga Nordstjärneorden), sometimes translated as the Royal Order of the North Star, is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim.
Swedish Translators in North America or STiNA was founded in 2004 [1] with support from the Consulate General of Sweden in New York for the promotion of translation of Swedish into English and coordination with the British equivalent group SELTA (the Swedish-English Literary Translators' Association) and the Swedish cultural institutions.
Swedish title Author Year English title Translator Year Gösta Berlings saga: Selma Lagerlöf: 1891: Gösta Berling's Saga: Lillie Tudeer: 1894 The Story of Gösta Berling: Pauline Bancroft Flach: 1898 The Story of Gosta Berling: Robert Bly: 1962 Paul Norlen: 2009 Jerusalem: Selma Lagerlöf: 1901: Jerusalem: Velma Swanston Howard: 1915 Herr ...
Three Crowns (Swedish: tre kronor) is the national emblem of Sweden, present in the coat of arms of Sweden, and composed of three yellow or gilded coronets ordered two above and one below, placed on a blue background. Similar designs are found on a number of other coats of arms or flags.
Tomas Gösta Tranströmer (Swedish: [ˈtʊ̌mːas ˈjœ̂sːta ˈtrâːnˌstrœmːɛr]; 15 April 1931 – 26 March 2015) was a Swedish poet, psychologist and translator. [1] His poems captured the long winters in Sweden, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature. [2]
The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.