What is Swede-L, and who can participate?

Swede-L subscription and list how-to's  

Rules which govern Swede-L

Swede-L Admin Team

Swede-L food discussions & recipes 

Swedish: the language

Genealogy research specific to Swedish roots

Swede-L recommends these sites 
Links to sites created by Swede-L-ers
Karin's annotated Swedish links

Comments about Swede-L from its participants:

Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 
From: David Fagerburg <dandmf@tricon.net >

Hi all!

... By the way, while I am in the process of thanking for these replies [Re: Swedish meatball receipes], I really should add a belated thanks to the whole list, not just for being a generally agreeable list, but also for inspiring in me the confidence and also mentioning emmigration records. I used that info and confidence that I could actually make sense of the Swedish records to finally be able to find my grandmother's mother's emmigration record from Malmö (same grandmother with the meatball receipe). Without this list, I would not have tried as my Swedish is limited to what is in a dictionary and what is cognated to German. So, thanks Swede-listers! 

Date: Saturday, April 18, 1998
From: SSG <sgajjar@hotmail.com>

I think that this list it very useful. I've subscribed to it for over a year. I've personally learned a lot from it's contents. The contents of this list or any other such lists, are like a TV. If something offends you, you switch the channel. Same here, don't like the subject! don't read it! That's why God invented the "Del" key on your keyboard!

Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998
From: "Maria Pollard" <pollard@iglou.com>

Hi Swede-l:ers,

I agree. To me the list has been helpful in times of homesickness. Like PunkWalrus wrote, if the topics are boring I just don't bother reading them or responding to them. Many people decide to unsubscribe because of that reason, but then I think they miss a lot of the interesting topics that have been, and will be, discussed. Most of the time there's nice information that I believe everyone can find beneficial, when interested in things Swedish. So, again I'd like to thank my friend Brent Wilson for bringing the list to my attention approx. six months ago.
Vänliga Hälsningar från svenskan Maria.

Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 
From: Alice<DHandAH@aol.com>

Greetings to all,
I would just like to thank each and everyone one of you for the help in finding my relatives in Nykoping. Thanks to the "Origin Of The Species" and some through readers, I have located three cousins alive and well in Nykoping and Norrkoping.

When I joined the "List" I thought I would learn about Sweden and the customs of my grandfather's country. I had no expectations of finding relatives still alive. What joy you all have brought to me! Thank you again. I only wish that all of you searching for lost relatives or information on family genealogy will be blessed as I have.

Forever Grateful,
Alice