Svenskt biografiskt hand dictionary

First (one volume) and second edition (two volume) envelopes.

The Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon is a Swedish biographical dictionary .

It was published between 1873 and 1876 by Herman Hofberg and a second edition in 1906 by Frithiof Heurlin , Viktor Millqvist and Olof Rubenson . The second edition contained a total of 4,419 articles and over 3,000 portraits of people from the Reformation to the year of publication on 1,445 pages.

The lexicon was electronically recorded by the Runeberg project and is accessible on the Internet.

See also

• Svenskt biografiskt lexicon

Web links

Commons : Images from the Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Swedish)