Paper short abstract:

A presentation of the journey of Finland´s Swedish-language folklore on to a online resource. How were the materials, collected by the Society of Swedish Literature (SLS), processed for online publication and what is the functionality of the digital resource folkdiktning.sls.fi?

Paper long abstract:

In my presentation I wish to describe the journey of materials related to Finland’s Swedish-language folklore from the field to the archive, and from a printed anthology to becoming an online resource. I will shortly explain why the Society of Swedish Literature (SLS), among others, began to collect information on Finland-Swedish traditions and customs, and how the materials came to be published, first in the comprehensive anthology entitled Finlands svenska folkdiktning and later in the online portal folkdiktning.sls.fi. How, concretely, were the collected materials processed for online publication, and what is the functionality of the digital version? How can the online resource be used to disseminate knowledge of folklore, as well as to increase the recognition of tradition-bearers and of those who went to great trouble in their time to collect the materials from the field? How can the resource be further improved to meet the needs of the users?

I will also present sls.finna.fi, SLS´s page on the national online platform finna.fi. Sls.finna.fi is the main platform SLS uses for publishing archive material online.

Keywords: folklore, oral tradition, Finland-Swedish, traditions, online resources, online platforms, digital publication, collection, archive