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Swedish Institute For Dialectology, Onomastics And Folklore ResearchThe Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research, (in Swedish Sprk- och folkminnesinstitutet, but commonly referred to by the acronym SOFI) is a Swedish government agency with the purpose to study and collect materials concerning dialects, folklore and onomastics. The Institute consists of several, originally independent, units, located in different Swedish university towns. The central unit of the Institute is located in Uppsala, with other departments located to Lund, Gothenburg and Ume. The institute is, among other things, responsible for the ongoing publication of Sveriges ortnamn (a dictionary of all Swedish placenames) and Sveriges medeltida personnamn (a dictionary of medieval Swedish personal names). Units of the Institute - The Department of Dialectology, Uppsala (Dialektavdelningen, DA)
- The Archive for Dialects and Placenames in Lund (Dialekt- och ortnamnsarkivet i Lund, DAL)
- The Archive for Dialects, Placenames and Folklore in Gothenburg (Dialekt-, ortnamns- och folkminnesarkivet i Gteborg, DAG)
- The Archive for Dialects, Placenames and Folklore in Ume (Dialekt-, ortnamns- och folkminnesarkivet i Ume, DAUM)
- The Department of Folklore Research, Uppsala (Folkminnesavdelningen, FA)
- The Phonogram Unit, Uppsala (Fonogramenheten)
- The Department of Onomastics, Uppsala (Namnavdelning, NA).
External links Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research
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