Svenska Akademiens ordbok

Svenska Akademiens ordbok (Swedish: [ˈsvɛ̂nːska akadɛˈmiːns ˈûːɖˌbuːk]), abbreviated SAOB, is a historical dictionary of the Swedish language published by the Swedish Academy. It is the Swedish counterpart of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) or the Deutsches Wörterbuch (DWB).

Edited by

• Theodor Wisén 1884
• Knut Fredrik Söderwall 1892
• Esaias Tegnér Jr. 1913
• Ebbe Tuneld [sv] 1920
• Pelle Holm [sv] 1942
• Sven Ekbo [sv] 1957
• Anders Sundqvist [sv] 1978
• Hans Jonsson 1979
• Lars Svensson 1993
• Anki Mattisson 1999
• Marianne Gellwar 2015
• Christian Mattsson 2015

Original title

Ordbok över svenska språket utgiven av Svenska Akademien

CountrySweden

LanguageSwedish

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Svenska Akademiens ordbok

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Edited by	Theodor Wisén 1884 Knut Fredrik Söderwall 1892 Esaias Tegnér Jr. 1913 Ebbe Tuneld [sv] 1920 Pelle Holm [sv] 1942 Sven Ekbo [sv] 1957 Anders Sundqvist [sv] 1978 Hans Jonsson 1979 Lars Svensson 1993 Anki Mattisson 1999 Marianne Gellwar 2015 Christian Mattsson 2015
Original title	Ordbok över svenska språket utgiven av Svenska Akademien
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish
Publisher	Swedish Academy
Published	1893–2023[1][2]
No. of books	39
OCLC	1063333686
Website	www.saob.se

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Work on the dictionary started in 1787. The first edition was published in 39 volumes between 1898 and 2023, in Swedish alphabetical order, and contains over 500,000 entries.^[1] Updating of the earlier volumes, A to R, is expected to continue until 2030.^[1] The last volume was printed in about 500 copies. The 39 volumes total 33,111 pages.^[1] The searchable web version has been available since 1997. Citations date back to 1521.^[1]