The following articles have been tagged with "Tolkien":
Society: 18 Dec 12
A woman in eastern Sweden wants to take legal action after film officials translated the name of a dwarf in The Hobbit into her own “noble” Swedish name.
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Lifestyle: 17 Aug 12
An entire hobbit-like village will be built on the island of Muskö in the Stockholm archipelago, in a business venture giving visitors and residents the opportunity to live close to nature and in a self-sustainable environment.
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Lifestyle: 18 Jul 12
A 21-year-old student from Gothenburg has drawn the adulation of Lord of the Rings fans across the world by plotting the entirety of the books' family tree, most recently adding a timeline and map to the “eternal” project.
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Lifestyle: 3 Jan 12
No outsider is privy to what goes on behind locked doors when the Nobel committee decides the winner of Sweden's prestigious literature prize - not until fifty years later when the documents become public at the Nobel Library in Stockholm.
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Society: 3 Dec 10
Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt has landed a role in the sequel to Lord of the Rings, according to media reports.
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Politics: 28 May 04
Plans for a 'Göran Persson museum' send out the wrong message in another tricky week for the prime minister.
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