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Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships
The Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships ( sv, Svenska mästerskapen i längdskidåkning) were first held in Härnösand in 1910. Only men's competitions were offered initially with the first women's competitions introduced subsequently in 1917. Places Main events *Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships 1910, 1910: Härnösand *Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships 1911, 1911: Gävle *Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships 1912, 1912: Bollnäs *Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships 1913, 1913: Östersund *Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships 1914, 1914: Östersund *Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships 1915, 1915: Ludvika *Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships 1916, 1916: Örnsköldsvik *Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships 1917, 1917: Stockholm *Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships 1918, 1918: Sundsvall *Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships 1919, 1919: Saltsjöbaden *Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships 1920, 1920: Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Language
Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, the fourth most spoken Germanic language and the first among any other of its type in the Nordic countries overall. Swedish, like the other Nordic languages, is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is largely dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Written Norwegian and Danish are usually more easily understood by Swedish speakers than the spoken languages, due to the differences in tone, accent, and intonation. Standard Swedish, spoken by most Swedes, is the national language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in the 19th century and was well established by the beginning of the 20th century. While distinct regional varieties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
