Scandinavian Literature, Swedish literature
Swedish literature proper began in the late Middle Ages when, after a long period of linguistic change, Old Swedish emerged as a separate language. The foundations of a native literature were established in the 13th century. The oldest extant manuscript in Old Swedish was the V�stg�talagan (�Law of West Gotland�), part of a legal code compiled in the 1220s. These legal documents
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