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The Nordic Noir in Translation Database 2000–2020

SND-ID: 2024-410.

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Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Karl Berglund - Uppsala University, Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen orcid

Jesper Gulddal - University of Newcastle orcid

Stewart King - Monash University orcid

Research principal

Uppsala University rorId

Description

This dataset contains bibliographic records of (in theory) all translations of Nordic crime fiction for adults, written in any of the five main Nordic languages (Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish) and published in translation during the period 2000–2020. The dataset is delimited to include only first edition translations published in print book form.

The dataset was originally published in DiVA and moved to SND in 2024.

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Topic and keywords

Research area

General literary studies (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Keywords

Nordic noir, Crime fiction, Translations, Sociology of translation, Literature

Publications

Berglund, K., Gulddal, J., & King, S. (2024). On top of the world : Mapping the Nordic crime fiction boom based on translation data. In Translation Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/14781700.2024.2333737
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14781700.2024.2333737
URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-526618
SwePub: oai:DiVA.org:uu-526618