Wikipedia:Projekt Fredrika

Projekt Fredrika aims to improve the representation of Swedish Finland on Wikipedia and Wikidata, in Swedish and in other languages.

By Swedish Finland we refer to historical, linguistic and cultural phenomena connected to the Finland Swedes and to their societal role in Finland. This is reflected in Wikipedia articles about people, places and organisations, as well as in core encyclopaedic articles about Finland, the Swedish language and the history of Finland.

The project is organised by the registered association Projekt Fredrika rf and operates through Wikipedia project pages in seven languages: Swedish, Finnish, English, German, French, Estonian and Russian.

The project’s activities include:

identifying gaps in representation and coverage
improving existing articles and creating new ones
developing structured data in Wikidata
analysing how historical content is presented and interpreted

The project is based on the view that Wikipedia and Wikidata are, in practice, central platforms for how history is represented and used, including in AI-based systems.

All interested contributors are welcome to participate. If you have ideas or suggestions, you are welcome to write on the project’s talk page or contact one of the contributors directly. The project’s chairman Kaj Arnö (meta:User:Cogitato) works pro bono, while meta:User:Robertsilen serves as a paid project manager.

The project is named after Fredrika Runeberg (née Tengström), regarded as Finland’s first female journalist and a pioneer of Finnish historical fiction. She is also known for her societal contributions and as the wife of Finland’s national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg.

Since 2022, Projekt Fredrika has been primarily funded by Society of Swedish Literature in Finland and Svenska Kulturfonden.

From 2019 to 2021, the project was funded by Svenska Kulturfonden, Amos Anderson's Foundation (then operating under the name Konstsamfundet), Svenska Folkskolans Vänner and the savings bank foundations of Nagu and Ingå.

Subprojects

/KAJ about KAJ (group)

Key articles

Places

Culture

Karl Emil Tollander Prize | Society of Swedish Authors in Finland

Biographies

Gustaf Mannerheim | Linus Torvalds | Tove Jansson | Jean Sibelius

List of shame

The following articles are in dire need of improvement.

Articles that need translation

Working with the group

We welcome all interested parties to collaborate on articles about Swedish Finland. Feel free to suggest key articles for improvement, new categories, articles to be translated, etc.

Native Swedish speakers working on Projekt Fredrika

Contributors to English Wikipedia on Projekt Fredrika

Funding

The project is partially funded through the Finland Swedish cultural foundations Svenska Kulturfonden, Konstsamfundet and Svenska Folkskolans Vänner.
As part of the funding, User:Lina Fredrika earns her salary July 2019 until July 2020.

Target language versions of Wikipedia

The primary goal is Swedish Wikipedia, where many phenomena in Sweden are currently covered in more depth than equivalent phenomena in Swedish Finland.
The secondary goal is Finnish Wikipedia, which frequently covers Swedish Finland better than Swedish Wikipedia; that said, omissions exist also in the other direction, and Projekt Fredrika aims at covering those omissions.
English and French Wikipedia are relevant as a lingua franca for many other languages.
German Wikipedia is relevant because of close historical ties starting from the Hanse.
Estonian and Russian Wikipedia are relevant because of close historic ties since over a thousand years.
Norwegian and Danish Wikipedia are relevant because of common Scandinavian roots.