Lars Aronsson
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Swedes
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programmer
Programmer
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and consultant
Consultant
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, and the founder of two Swedish web sites: the free electronic book archive Project Runeberg
Project Runeberg
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and the Swedish language
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
wiki
Wiki
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Susning.nu
Susning.nu
Susning.nu was a Swedish language wiki, started in October 2001 by Lars Aronsson . In its first three years , Susning.nu ran as an open wiki that anyone could edit...
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Aronsson was awarded "IP-priset" 2007 for his work with Project Runeberg, Susning.nu and Wikimedia Sverige. He was also attracted attention for his work with OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap
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