Publications, awards, and honours

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.

Publications

Så här ska det låta. Om finlandssvenska och språkriktighet, 2014
Finlandssvensk ordbok (with Charlotta af Hällström-Reijosen) 2000, latest edition 2008
Svensk uttalsordlista ( with Jamima Löfströmin), 1994
Översättning och språkriktighet 1991, latest edition 2006
The manual Att förstå varandra i Norden (with Catharina Grünbaumin) 1986, latest edition 2013
The language column “Reuters ruta” in Hufvudstadsbladet 1986–2013, a total of around 730 columns (a selection of which are published is the series Reuters rutor 1–3 (1992, 1996, 2007)
The licentiate thesis Kvantitet i Helsingforssvenskan 1982 (unpublished)

Awards and honours

Finland prize of the Swedish Academy 2015 (Svenska Akademiens Finlandspris 2015)
The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (SLS) prize from the Ingrid, Margit and Henrik Höijer fund (for the book Så här ska det låta. Om finlandssvenska och språkriktighet) 2015
Medal for participation in 40 successive annual language meetings, Nordic language meeting, Stockholm 2014
Hedershugo (honorary membership of the Hugo Bergroth Society) 2014 Honorary member of the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (SLS) 2014
Sweden’s Order of the Polar Star, 1st class, 2006
Honorary member of the Finnish Association of Translators and Interpreters 2005
Honorary title of Verkligt språkråd, Hugo Bergroth society, May 17, 2003
The Allt vad vi äga samman plaque, the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (SLS), February 5, 2003
Knight of the Order of the Finnish Lions (1st class) December 6, 2002
Honorary PhD, Umeå University, October 10, 2001
Waldemar von Frenckells stiftelse Foundation prize 2000
Bronze medal of merit of the Swedish Assembly of Finland 1995
Language planning award of the Swedish Academy 1998
Finnish Association of Translators and Interpreters gold medal of merit 1987
Order of the White Rose of Finland, December 6, 1987

By Written by Mikael Reuter (Tomas Sjöblom ed.), translated by Matthew Billington

Mikael Reuter

Born May 17, 1943, Helsinki

Master of Arts 1969 (Scandinavian languages), Licentiate 1982, University of Helsinki

Head of the department of Swedish 1992–2008, Institute for the Languages of Finland
Senior researcher (specialised in Swedish for public administration) 1987–92
Researcher (department of Swedish) 1976–87
Teaching assistant in Scandinavian languages 1970–76, University of Helsinki
Secretary General of the Swedish-speaking School Student Union of Finland 1963–64

Research themes
At university primarily the phonetics of Swedish in Finland, particularly the variety spoken in Helsinki. Later, more generally the relationship of Fenno-Swedish to Swedish in Sweden.

Publications, awards and honours

Photo: Peter Slotte
Written by Mikael Reuter (Tomas Sjöblom, ed.)
Translated by Matthew Billington