Arkiv för nordisk filologi is an annual academic journal of Old Norse and older Scandinavian studies, published by Lund University. It was established in 1882 and was the first scholarly periodical entirely devoted to the field.
The creation of such a journal was discussed at the 1881 convention on Nordic philology, and it began publication in Christiania (now Oslo) in 1882Arkiv for nordisk filologi, LIBRIS , retrieved June 30, 2013.Arkiv för nordisk filologi, Lund University Centre for Languages and Literature (volume 1, 1882/83) under the editorship of Gustav Storm, as Arkiv för nordisk filologi. It was the first journal devoted entirely to the field of Old Norse studies.V.D., "Arkiv for nordisk filologi", Salmonsens konversationsleksikon, 2nd ed. volume 2, Copenhagen: Schultz, 1915, , p. 99 With the fifth volume, dated 1889, it began a new series, with subsequent issues bearing two volume numbers, and moved to Lund, where it was edited by Axel Kock,F.J., "Arkiv för nordisk filologi", Nordisk familjebok, 19th supplement, Stockholm: Gernandt, 1896, , p. 374 and the spelling was changed to the Swedish för.Title page, Volume 5 (New Series Volume 1), Lund, 1889, at Project Runeberg.
The journal is now published with assistance from the Axel Kocks fond för nordisk filologi. It has appeared annually since 1966; prior to that it published quarterly.Arkiv för nordisk filologi, LIBRIS, , retrieved 30 June 2013. It publishes an annual review of new publications in Scandinavian language studies,"Arkiv för nordisk filologi", Store norske leksikon , retrieved 29 June 2013. Litteraturkrönika; from 1886 to 1948, there was a complete listing, published annually at first, then every three years.Rudolf C. Troike, A Bibliography of Bibliographies of the Languages of the World, Volume 1 General and Indo-European Languages of Europe, Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science 5, 19, Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1990, , p. 129.
Past editors 1883–1888: Gustav Storm 1889–1928: Axel Kock 1929–1937: Emil Olson 1939–1942: Erik Noreen 1944–1967: Karl Gustav Ljunggren 1968–1978: Ture Johannisson 1979–1987: Sven Benson 1988–1996: Bengt Pamp and Christer Platzack 1997–2007: Göran Hallberg and Christer Platzack
References
Further reading Sven Benson. "ANF 100 år". Arkiv för nordisk filologi 1982, pp. 199–204
External links
Archive of Volumes 1–24, 1883–1908 at Project Runeberg Archive of Volumes 1–39, 1883–1923, at HathiTrust Digital Library Arkiv for nordisk filologi at Heimskringla.no