Lars Erik Aronsson (born 19 March 1966) is a Swedish

programmer A programmer, computer programmer or coder is an author of computer source code someone with skill in computer programming. The professional titles Software development, ''software developer'' and Software engineering, ''software engineer' ...

and

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, and the founder of two Swedish web sites: the free electronic book archive

Project Runeberg Project Runeberg () is a digital cultural archive initiative that publishes free electronic versions of books significant to the culture and history of the Nordic countries. Patterned after Project Gutenberg, it was founded by Lars Aronsson and ...

and the

Swedish language Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language from the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, making it the G ...

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Susning.nu.''Visionär med oviss framtid''
Computer Sweden. Published 2003-04-11. Aronsson was awarded "IP-priset" 2007 for his work with Project Runeberg, Susning.nu and Wikimedia Sverige. He has also attracted attention for his work with

OpenStreetMap OpenStreetMap (abbreviated OSM) is a free, Open Database License, open geographic database, map database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. Contributors collect data from surveying, surveys, trace from Ae ...

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External links

Aronsson's home page
Swedish computer specialists 1966 births Living people People from Örebro {{europe-compu-bio-stub