When Mikael Reuter worked at the University of Helsinki (and also for a short while after) his main area of research was Swedish phonetics, particularly the pronunciation of Swedish in Helsinki. Above all, he researched the quality of vowels and the relative duration of sounds and syllables.

I have surprisingly few concrete memories from my student days. Of course, I remember many nice teachers and their lectures. The memory of the challenge of listening to Wednesday morning lectures on Latin syntax after a night at the student nation has also remained with me.

During his student days Mikael Reuter was active in the Swedish-speaking School Student Union of Finland, first as a board member and then as the secretary general. During his time at the Union, he forged his first Nordic contacts.

One of the questions, aside from language planning and maintenance, with which I have most strongly grappled is Nordic linguistic cohesion. Even at the Swedish-speaking School Student Union of Finland, I felt that Nordic cohesion was important, and while working at the University Student Union that feeling was further strengthened.

Mikael Reuter has published dictionaries, numerous books and hundreds of columns. For his significant work in the promotion of Fenno-Swedish and Nordic language cooperation he has been awarded many prizes and honours. In this article, we have compiled a list of his publications and the prizes and honours awarded to him.