Erik Hansson

@erikhansson.bsky.social

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German-Swedish translator since 1995. Occasional keynote speaker. Language nerd. Member of SFÖ-SAT (SE), founding & honorary member of DVÜD (DE). 3rd last Curator of Sweden back in 2018. That guy who founded Things Translators Never Say on FB. #xl8

The Berlin-Marzahn concentration camp, circa 1930s. Credit: Landesarchiv Berlin (Berlin State Archive)
Office environment, desk with two laptops. Online activity. Image (C) Tim Sandle.
An arrangement of small squares in various colours, with the word ART.
Summer, sunshine in a park. People on a lawn playing kubb.
Manx choir Caarjyn Cooidjagh performing in a church
Advertisement for International Language Award 2027 with Call For Application.
Cloudberry fruit in Northern Sweden.
Map of Lund, Sweden.
Advertisment for book fair Salon de Livre Francophone d'Accre
Baby watching very seriously. Text: You can't be serious.
Swedish coins and banknotes.
Yellow sticker with black text on a machine: "Caution! This machine has no brain. Use your own."
Two standing young women (one with a cup in her hand), cheering, two young men sitting, clapping their hands and possibly singing.
Two older men in traditional Indian clothing sitting next to a younger man in Western clothing, with notebook on his lap. stockpexel / Shutterstock
Spreadable melt cheese on a tube with small pieces of smoked venison.
Advertisement for European Day of Languages in Graz, Austria, 25 Sept 2026.
Brandenburger Tor in Berlin.
Lecturer Benjamin Storme and PhD candidate Tristan Chopinez at Universiteit Leiden.
Early sunny morning in the tranquil forest, a perfect spot for watching and listening to the first birds of the day. Photo credit: Mathuron NAPOLY/matnapo on Unsplash.
Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti. Credit: Author unknown, University of Bologna, Wikipedia Commons (digitally remastered)
Pregnant woman getting an ultrasound check at a hospital while she is lying on an examination lounger, smiling fondly and holding her partner's arm. Medical staff is focused on the screen.
Child supporting head on a thick gymnastics mat as a first step for a somersault.
Schoolboy in Namibia sitting at a desk, colour pens in his hand, solving a task on a sheet of paper. (c) https://www.namibian.com.na/teach-more-indigenous-languages-at-school/
Alesjaure mountain cabin in the north of Swedish Lapland, blue sky, surrounded by mountains and situated above a remote lake.
Logo of SDL Trados Studio
Group of people outside in the nature practising Nordic walking.
A glass full of small wild strawberries.
Outdoor café on the street in Lyon, France.
Man in a rowboat on a secluded lake far north in Sweden, with a red sky from the midnight sun.
Screenshot of audio link (4 min 44 sec), showing an elderly lady who belongs to the indigenous Nahuat Pipil minority in El Salvador.
A plate of kalops, a traditional Swedish beef stew, slow-cooked with root vegetables and distinguished by its warm, earthy flavour. Red beets and boiled potatoes are added.
Child in front of a computer screen, wearing sensors on their head for detecting brain signals, taking part in an experiment around multilingualism
A child in bookworm age, sitting on the floor reading a book, surrounded by many books to be read soon.
Two typical Swedish butter knives made of wood.
From left: Christina Hedman, Sigrid Slettebakk Berge, Jenny Rosén, Hilde Sollid och Liz Adams Lyngbäck. Photo: Private.
Picture of several open books laid on each other, with a colour pencil in the middle.
Sitting person shown from behind, working with code on a notebook
Picture from a flea market, old wooden boxes with several vinyl records, an interested person holding up one of the records.
Poster for the upcoming Manx language opera in autumn 2026
Snapshot from interview with European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.
Dr Ofa Dewes who was instrumental in the launch of the Maurice Wilkins Centre's Pacific Strategy in February this year is holding a speech.
Typical picture from ancient Egypt, text at the top, persons shown in well-known two-dimensional style
Cartoon similar picture of a mobile phone with different emojis, showing a new kind of punctuation applied by Gen Z. Graphic by Amber Cheng / Staff
Picture of a shoe boundary, an imaginary boundary at the entrance of a school or similar where you have to take off and put your outer shoes.
City Hall of Stockholm.
Digitized picture showing people from above with connecting lines in colour.
Elderly couple sitting at the table in their kitchen enjoying breakfast.
Photo of Emmanuel Macron
Frontpage of the publication A Handy Manual of Etiquette and Parlor Games, dated before 1930
Picture of a several centuries old book, cover slightly broken, next to an old pair of glasses, all presented on a linen cloth
Picture of several so called roundabout dogs, a kind of hand made street art that got popular in Sweden around 2006.
Text: If you're learning German and haven't encountered Falkfaltplanfalschfalter yet, you probably have the wrong teacher.
Picture of a whiteboard in a classroom, with the Estonian alphabet above. Source: Ken Mürk/ERR
Celebrating World Book Day. The writer as critical infrastructure.
A street book stall in Mumbai. Photograph: Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi/REUTERS
Three happy running black and white cows on a meadow after they have been released from winter housing to the pasture.
Ancient reliefs of Indian gods
Buffet at a restaurant: basket of fresh bred, one bowl of pasta salad, one with potato salad, and a huge wooden box with tasty shrimps, decorated with lemon wedges.
Picture of two young women sitting on the stairs chatting.