''Kulturhistorisk leksikon for nordisk middelalder fra vikingetid til reformationstid'' ('A cultural-historical encyclopaedia of the Nordic Middle Ages, from the Viking Age to the Reformation period') was a major Nordic encyclopaedia. It was multilingual, containing articles in the mutually intelligible languages Swedish, Danish and Norwegian according to the subject matter and preferences of the authors. The work edited by
Ingvar Andersson
Carl Ingvar Andersson (19 March 1899 – 14 October 1974) was a Swedes, Swedish historian and director of the National Archives of Sweden.
Andersson was an associate professor at Lund University from 1928 to 1938 and director of the National ...
(1899-1974) and
John Granlund (1901-1982). The work was primarily intended as a reference work for libraries, museums and archives.
Geographically, the work covers the
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or ''Norden''; literal translation, lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmar ...
and addresses other topics, including German culture. As a ubiquitous reference work, it has been influential across the Nordic region.
The work has a high scientific level and the articles are signed by the authors.
The encyclopaedia was first published in twenty-two volumes over the period 1956–1978 in a collaboration of three publishers: In Sweden, Allhem (
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...
), in Norway
Gyldendal (Oslo), and in Denmark Rosenkilde og Bagger (Copenhagen). The latter press issued a reprint in 1980-1982.
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Danish encyclopedias
Norwegian encyclopedias
Swedish encyclopedias
Finnish encyclopedias
Icelandic encyclopedias