Sweden
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[edit] Introduction
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[edit] History
Below is a timeline of fandom related events that took place in Sweden.
- During the 1980s, there was wank in the Swedish speaking Lord of the Rings fandom over the quality of the translation. It was so abysmal that fans protested and demanded someone else to re-translate it. After a fire in his house in 1982, the first translator then incoherently said Tolkien fans did it, and that Tolkien was a black-magic Nazi who conspired with traitors. Tolkien responded to complaints saying:
- The enclosure that you brought from Almqvist &c. was both puzzling and irritating. A letter in Swedish from fil. dr. Åke Ohlmarks, and a huge list (9 pages foolscap) of names in the L.R. which he had altered. I hope that my inadequate knowledge of Swedish - no better than my kn. of Dutch, but I possess a v. much better Dutch dictionary! - tends to exaggerate the impression I received. (Swedish Wikipedia)
- The impression remains, nonetheless, that Dr. Ohlmarks is a conceited person, less competent than charming Max Schuchart, though he thinks much better of himself. (Letters, 263) (Swedish Wikipedia)
- On April 8, 2003, the LiveJournal community buffyfan_sweden was created for Swedish fans to discuss Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and Angel in Swedish. [1] As of February 21, 2008, it had 30 members.
- On May 28, 2004, a Swedish language article about Angel was created on Wikipedia. [2]
- On April 3, 2005, a Swedish language article about Andromeda was created on Wikipedia. [3]
- On June 1, 2005, a Swedish language article about Alf was created on Wikipedia. [4]
- On May 7, 2007, a Swedish language article about All My Children was created on Wikipedia. [5]
[edit] Canon Release Dates
Below is a partial timeline of canon release dates in Sweden.
- On October 12, 1984, the Amadeus movie premiered in Sweden. [6]
- On December 7, 1984, Ghost Busters premiered in theaters in Sweden. [7]
- On January 12, 1988, Alf premiered on television in Sweden. [8]
- On October 27, 1988, The Bill premiered on television in Sweden. [9]
- On November 7, 1988, Airwolf debuted on television in Sweden. [10]
- On February 3, 1989, the movie Alien Nation premiered in theaters in Sweden. [11]
- On February 23, 1990, Ghost Busters II premiered in theaters in Sweden. [12]
- On December 1, 1990, The Simpsons premiered on television in Sweden. [13]
- On November 27, 1994, Lois and Clark premiered on television in Sweden. [14]
- On April 13, 2000, Futurama debuted on television in Sweden. [15]
- On August 2, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Sweden. [16]
- On May 14, 2001, Stargate premiered on television in Sweden. [17]
- On June 11, 2001, Queer as Folk, the British version, premiered on television in Sweden. [18]
- On September 2, 2001, Gilmore Girls premiered on television in Sweden. [19]
- On September 3, 2001, CSI premiered on television in Sweden. [20]
- On September 10, 2001, Andromeda premiered on television in Sweden. [21]
- On February 10, 2002, Smallville premiered on television in Sweden. [22]
- On January 14, 2005, Firelfy premiered on television in Sweden. [23]
- On May 19, 2005, 4400 premiered on television in Sweden. [24]
[edit] Fans
Below is a list of members of fandom from Sweden.
[edit] Fanzines
Below is a partial list of fanzines published in Sweden.
- Dark Lord was first published in Sweden in 1979. The Star Wars fanzine would run for five editions, before going out of print in 1981. Jonas Soderblad was the publisher.
- The Star Wars fanzine Sarlacc was published in in 1996 in Denmark and Sweden by Bert-Olof Lundin, Karl Rydholm, and Pia Rasmussen.
[edit] Fandoms
[edit] X-Files
"In Sweden, X-Files fandom correlated with Internet use. Early ISP:s such as Algonet experienced that logins went down to zero as TV4 syndicated X-files at 9 pm." [25]
[edit] Conventions
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[edit] External Links
[edit] See Also
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[edit] Sources
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