Swedish Language Council ( Swede. Språkrådet ) is a semi-official body regulating the use and improvement of Swedish . Partly funded by the government of Sweden . The Council regulates through the publication of books with recommendations on the spelling and grammar of the Swedish language and other books on linguistics, intended for a wide audience, the proceeds from the sale of which go to finance the work of the Council. The council also works with the languages of the five official linguistic minorities in Sweden: Finnish , Meyankiel , Yiddish , Gypsy and Sami , as well as .
The Swedish Language Council includes other organizations interested in regulating the Swedish language, such as the Swedish Academy , Swedish Radio , and other organizations representing the interests of journalists, teachers, writers, actors, and translators.
The Council has published the quarterly magazine Språkvård (literally “Care for the Language”) since 1965, which publishes articles on the use and development of the Swedish language, answers to readers' questions on spelling and grammar, as well as guidelines on the use of the Swedish language in various contexts . It currently has over 6,500 subscribers.
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History
Back in the 1930s, the idea arose of creating an organization to regulate the language policy of the Nordic countries , but its implementation was prevented by the Second World War , in which all the Nordic countries, except Sweden, were dragged. At the end of the war, on March 3, 1944, a group of 16 organizations held the first constituent assembly of the organization. Nämnden för svensk språkvård (“Committee for the cultivation of the Swedish language”).
In 1973, the Committee was reorganized and adopted its current name. The Swedish government initially guaranteed the funding of four permanent members of the Council; Currently, funding is not limited to a fixed number of staff, but is determined by the actual needs of the Council. At the same time, the government has the right to appoint the chairman and head of the Council’s secretariat as a sponsor.
The Swedish Language Council was forced to remove the word Ogooglebar from the top 10 list of new Swedish words on Google ’s brand protection claim [1] . The Council expressed its “displeasure” in connection with “Google’s attempt to control the language” [2] .
See also
- Danish language council
Notes
- ↑ BBC News - Google gets ungoogleable off Sweden's new word list , BBC Online (26 March 2013). The appeal date is March 26, 2013. "The language watchdog defines 'ungoogleable', or 'ogooglebar' in Swedish, as it is.
- ↑ Google 'controlling' Swedish language (March 27, 2013).