Official Swedish dictionary completed after 140 years

Swedish Academy Dictionary (SAOB) is Swedish equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary

The definitive record of the Swedish language has been completed after 140 years, with the dictionary’s final volume sent to the printer’s last week, its editor said Wednesday.

The Swedish Academy Dictionary (SAOB), the Swedish equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary and drawn up by the Swedish Academy which awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, counts 33,111 pages across 39 volumes.