''Norrländsk uppslagsbok'' (shortened NU) is a

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scholarly

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on the

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Norrland Norrland (, "Northland", originally ''Norrlanden'' or "the Northlands") is the northernmost, largest and least populated of the three traditional lands of Sweden, consisting of nine provinces. Although Norrland does not serve any administr ...

in northern

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. The encyclopedia was issued in the years 1993–1996, at first by the publishing house

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(''Good Books'') according to its model, the

Nationalencyklopedin ''Nationalencyklopedin'' (; "The National Encyclopedia" in English), abbreviated NE, is a comprehensive contemporary Swedish-language encyclopedia, initiated by a favourable loan from the Government of Sweden of 17 million Swedish kronor in 19 ...

, and with Kari Marklund as

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. Production of the encyclopedia was made in cooperation with

Umeå University Umeå University ( sv, Umeå universitet; Ume Sami: ) is a public research university located in Umeå, in the mid-northern region of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present borders. As of 2015 ...

. As of the second volume, the publishing was taken over by Norrlands Universitetsförlag and Lars-Erik Edlund became editor-in-chief. Foundation for the Promotion of Knowledge about Norrland () was responsible for the remaining volumes, a foundation made up by Umeå University, the former Högskolan i Luleå, former Mitthögskolan and former Högskolan i Gävle/Sandviken as well as

Royal Skyttean Society The Royal Skyttean Society () is a scholarly and scientific academy with its seat in the northern Swedish university town of Umeå. It is one of the 18 Royal Academies in Sweden and was founded on 29 April 1956, taking its name from the 17th centu ...

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and Kempestiftelserna.

Volumes

* Volume 1: A - Gästg, chief editor: Kari Marklund, assistant editors: Lars-Erik Edlund,

Tore Frängsmyr Tore Lennart Frängsmyr (8 July 1938 in Skellefteå – 28 August 2017 in Uppsala) was a Swedish historian. He was the first holder of the Hans Rausing professorship in the history of science at Uppsala university. According to J.L. Heilbron, Frä ...

, 1993 * Volume 2: Gästr - Lanz, chief editor: Lars-Erik Edlund, assistant editor: Tore Frängsmyr, 1994 * Volume 3: Lapp - Reens, chief editor: Lars-Erik Edlund, assistant editor: Tore Frängsmyr, 1995 * Volume 4: Regio - Övre, chief editor: Lars-Erik Edlund, assistant editor: Tore Frängsmyr, 1996

External links

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