Hi 

Im looking for following books:

Title:  Pippi Långstrump går om bord
Author: Astrid Lindgren
Language: 
        Swedish
Remark: 
im looking for swedish original. i cant buy this book in a bookstore 
cause im in Stuttgart (south germany) and here arent any swedish books at 
all.

Title:  Grabben i graven bredvid
Author: Katarina Mazetti
Language: 
        German
Remark: 
it's a swedish book and im looking for a german translation.
i dont know if this book was already translated to german or not. 
so if any german translation exists then meaning of the title might be a 
bit different

i tried to search for both these books on amazon and ebay but i didnt find it.
searching through google didnt give me any links where to buy them.
i didnt amek any extensive search. (+ i wanna try this google.answers 
stuff :)

I also accept if you gimme a contact to anyone who's selling these books

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Bost

Dear bost,

Swedish books are indeed not easy to obtain outside of Sweden, and the
fact that most Swedish online bookstores do not accept orders from
foreign countries does not make the whole thing easier. However, I
managed to locate two possible sources for Astrid Lindgren's "Pippi
Långstrump går ombord" for you.

First, here is general information on the editions of this book
currently available in Sweden:

- Hardcover version. Publisher: Rabén & Sjörgen Bokförlag. ISBN
9129528038

- Softcover version. Publisher: Rabén & Sjörgen Bokförlag. ISBN
9129654440

- Hardcover version, reprint of 1946 first edition. Publisher: Rabén &
Sjörgen Bokförlag. ISBN 9129621372

The first source is a German online bookstore specialized in importing
Swedish books. They explicitly promise: "Wir sind ein Importeur
schwedischer Bücher (...) und können alle in Schweden erschienenen und
aktuell lieferbaren Bücher für Sie bestellen." (= We are importer of
Swedish books and can obtain all books published in Sweden and
currently in print). Here is contact information for the company:

Mitterauer Buchhandel
Ludwig-Zeller-Str. 53
83395 Freilassing
Phone: +49(0)170-9606281
E-Mail: fbm@magnet.at
Website: http://members.nextra.at/mitterauer/

The second source is the only Swedish online bookseller I found who
accepts orders from outside Sweden. They offer all three versions of
"Pippi Långstrump går ombord", hard- and softcover as well as the
historic reprint:

Akademibokhandeln
Almqvist & Wiksell International
P.O. Box 7634
S-103 94 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone: + 46 8 613 61 00
Fax: + 46 8 24 25 43
E-Mail: info@city.akademibokhandeln.se
Website: http://www.akademibokhandeln.se/

Contact for export orders:
Export Customer Service
Phone (switchboard): + 46 8 613 61 00
Phone (direct): + 46 8 613 61 22
E-mail: export@city.akademibokhandeln.se

The hardcover version costs 134.00 Swedish Crowns, the softcover and
the reprint 100.00 Crowns each (excluding shipping):

Product information link, hardcover version:
http://www.akademibokhandeln.se/db/owa/main.getBook?cisbn=9129528038

Product information link, softcover version:
http://www.akademibokhandeln.se/db/owa/main.getBook?cisbn=9129654440

Product information link, historic first edition reprint:
http://www.akademibokhandeln.se/db/owa/main.getBook?cisbn=9129621372

As for your second request, Katarina Mazetti's "Grabben i graven
bredvid": Yes, this book has already been translated to German and
published in Germany. The German title is "Der Kerl vom Land". Here is
full information:

Katarina Mazetti: "Der Kerl vom Land"
Published by Piper, 2001
201 pages, softcover
ISBN: 3-492-23460-7
Price: EUR 7.90

It should be no problem to order this book at any bookstore or from
Amazon.de:
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3492234607/qid%3D1040412106/302-9812551-3564043

Source:

Schwedische Literatur, by Malte Ahrholdt, 2002
http://www.ahrholdt.de/schweden/literatur.html

Deutsche Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main, Online Database
http://www.ddb.de/

Alfabeta Bokförlag AB
http://www.agentur-literatur.de/verlage/001.html

Search terms used:
"schwedische bücher"
://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=%22schwedische+b%C3%BCcher%22&meta=lr%3Dlang_de
"Grabben i graven bredvid"
://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=%22Grabben+i+graven+bredvid%22&btnG=Google-Suche&meta=lr%3Dlang_de

Hope this is what you were looking for!
Fröhliche Weihnachten,
Scriptor

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Request for Answer Clarification by bost-ga on 26 Dec 2002 09:37 PST

Just two more things scriptor:

- tell me please how much time you spent on this task and do you take
this
  google answering stuff seriously or you do it just for fun ?

- i see you're speaking german and probably also swedish. i started to
study swedish language just a couple of months ago... so if you can
gimme any good
tips, hints or whatever else usefull for
learning/travelling/visiting/living
swedish/in sweden or if you come from sweden just go ahead and say it
loud and
clear :) 
be sure i'll finacialy appreciate it (if i find it usefull of course
:)

thanx again

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Bost

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Clarification of Answer by scriptor-ga on 26 Dec 2002 10:50 PST

Dear bost,

First, I would like to say that I'm very happy about your aprreciation
for my work. Then, I will try to answer your questions:

1. Researching and writing the answer took me approximately 70
minutes. And yes, I take working for Google Answers very seriously,
while it is also lots of fun, of course.

2. I am very, very sorry - my Swedish is extremely limited, virtually
non-existant. For this question, I found out the correct Swedish
original titles of Pippi Langstrump and the Mazetti novel by looking
at the entries in the Deutsche Bibliothek database. So I won't be of
any help for you when it comes to learning Swedish. I hope this is not
too dissapointing for you.

Best regards,
Scriptor

im fully satisfied