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ipa-3 ə This user has an advanced understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Cyrl-3 Д This user has an advanced understanding of the Cyrillic script.

- This user is a translator from Swedish to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

This editor is a Labutnum and is entitled to display this Book of Knowledge with Coffee Cup Stain, Cigarette Burn, Chewed Broken Pencil, and Sticky Note.

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My name is Peter Isotalo. I was born in Moscow in 1980 and currently live in Bandhagen, a suburb of Stockholm. I have a bachelor's degree with a major in history. I've also studied Chinese, linguistics and ethnology, all at Stockholm University (SU). I have the equivalent of a Swedish master's degree in archival science from SU.

I mostly work on history-related articles, but have ventured into other areas within the humanities, with occasional forays into other topics.

I have been active on Wikipedia since January 2005.

Major contributions

• Swedish language
  • Standard Swedish
  • Swedish phonology
  • Swedish Language Council
• Reuben Sturman
• Scandinavism (built up from a mere redirect to Scandinavia)
• medieval cuisine
  • regional cuisines of medieval Europe
  • entremet
  • subtlety
  • potage
  • sop
  • whitedish (later merged with blancmange)
• Aztec cuisine
• early modern European cuisine
• Ancient Egyptian cuisine
• Andean cuisine
• Valrhona
• horse artillery
• Vasa (ship)
• smoking
• Diderot Effect
• Anna Maria Rückerschöld
• Bartmann jug
• Dalarö wreck
• Dirty Diaries
• Mary Rose
• Anthony Roll
• Mary Rose Trust
• Kronan (ship)
• battle of Öland
• udema
• hemmema
• pojama
• turuma
• archipelago fleet
• Fredrik Henrik af Chapman
• galley (never-ending tinkering...)
  • oared vessel tactics
  • turtle ship
  • actuaria
• vase (heraldry)

Minor contributions

meaningful amounts of new info added

• avocado
• actuaria
• breast
• Cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies
• cookbook
• Dansk Sprognævn
• Danish language
• Finland-Swedish
• Great Zimbabwe
• fast food
• gunboat
• history of beer
• Let the Right One In (film)
• Norn language
• piracy (the Med corsairs)
• self-propelled artillery
• Scanian (linguistics)
• Skåneland
• spices
• Standard Mandarin
• trireme
• Vasa Museum
• voiceless palatal-velar fricative
• Älvsnabben

Copyediting, reviewing and advising

• Battle of Oliwa
• Battle of Shiloh
• Bengali language
• Chinese language
• Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660)
• Domenico Selvo
• Estonian language
• Dutch language
• Elfdalian
• French cuisine
• cyberpunk
• Habsburg Spain
• harpsichord
• history of Africa
• Icelandic language
• Italian cuisine
• John Ajvide Lindqvist
• Joseph Goebbels
• Korean temple cuisine
• Korean cuisine
• language (a truly remarkable effort by Maunus)
• Nafaanra
• Nahuatl
• Norwegian language
• Portuguese language
• Richard O'Connor
• Romanian language
• Sauvignon blanc
• Slovene language
• Turkish language

Articles started

• Allmänna idrottsklubben
• Ancient Egyptian cuisine
• Anna Maria Rückerschöld
• Aztec cuisine
• Bananas!*
• Bartmann jug
• beakhead
• Beate Uhse AG
• Bermeja
• Berth Milton, Jr.
• Berth Milton, Sr.
• Bruce Haack
• Caryocar amygdaliferum
• Dalarö wreck
• Dagens Industri
• Diderot Effect
• Dirty Diaries
• early modern European cuisine
• entremet
• Handling the Undead
• Hans Basbøll
• Hans Villius
• hemmema
• hen (pronoun)
• Ida Gerhardt
• Andean cuisine
• Lennart Hyland
• Lorentz Creutz the elder
• Mary Rose Museum
• Mary Rose Trust
• medieval cuisine
• New Swedish
• Nouvelle Vague (band)
• Ordbog over det danske Sprog
• Obol Investment
• Peter Ladefoged
• Pimps Up, Ho's Down
• quarter gallery
• regional cuisines of medieval Europe
• Sci-Fi Skane
• Shona people
• Siljan Ring
• Snook (band)
• Stockholm Public Library
• Stålhammar
• subtlety
• Taba language
• Tomas Gunnarsson (Genusfotografen)
• Tukang Besi language
• turuma
• udema
• UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database
• Valrhona
• vase (heraldry)
• Västgötalagen
• Waste Land (film) (first meaningful contributions)
• Wilhelm Burgdorf
• Älvsnabben
• Äpplet

Did you know...

• ... that Valrhona, a company based in the small town of Tain l'Hermitage in the Rhône Valley in France, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-quality chocolate? (27 September 2005)

• ... that the most common food in medieval cuisine for all social classes was bread and that almond milk and verjuice were among the most common ingredients? (September 18 2006)
• ... that a subtlety was an elaborate medieval dish that was supposed to entertain and surprise diners with extravagant decorations or by imitating other types of food? (October 2 2006)
• ... that many regional cuisines of medieval Europe were heavily influenced by Arab cuisine through contact with Muslim Iberia and Sicily? (March 7 2007)
• ... that maize was the staple of Aztec cuisine, and that maguey worms, spirulina and corn smut were popular Aztec foods? (April 30 2007)
• ... that chocolate was the first non-alcoholic social beverage in early modern European cuisine? (May 2 2007)
• ... that bread and beer were the two basic staples of Ancient Egyptian cuisine? (May 21 2007)
• ... that pachamanca is a Peruvian dish which has its origins in Inca cuisine? (June 8 2007)

• ... that smoking has a history that dates back at least 5,000 years and is one of the most widely practiced recreational activities in the world? (July 20 2007)
• ... that Anna Maria Rückerschöld was an early Swedish cookbook author who also argued that middle class women should be entitled to an education in household matters? (April 12 2009)
• ... that the cargo of the Dalarö wreck, sunk in the Baltic Sea, included coal and several Bartmann jugs? (September 3 2009)
• ... that Dirty Diaries is a collection of Swedish pornographic feminist short films that sparked controversy because it was financed with tax money? (September 27 2009)

• ... that 58 ships (one pictured) of the 16th-century navy of Henry VIII of England were illustrated in the Anthony Roll? (January 4 2010)

• ... that the Mary Rose was a Tudor period warship that sank during the Battle of the Solent in 1545 and was salvaged (pictured) by maritime archaeologists 377 years later? (January 4 2010)
• ... that the Mary Rose Trust, the charitable trust that salvaged the Mary Rose in 1982, played an important part in preserving historical shipwrecks in the UK from exploitation? (January 13 2010)

• ... that the warship Kronan was one of the largest ships in the world when she foundered and exploded with the loss of 800 men at the battle of Öland (pictured) in 1676? (June 1 2010)

• ... that the hemmema (pictured), turuma, pojama and udema, four types of warships designed by naval architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman for the Swedish archipelago fleet in the 18th century, were named after provinces in Finland? (November 8 2010)
• ... that the Siljan Ring, a very large impact crater in central Sweden, has been the site for two attempts at commercial exploitation of natural gas and oil based on the theory of abiogenic petroleum? (July 17 2012)
• ... that if somebody wants to employ a gender-neutral pronoun in Swedish, he/she can use hen? (July 30 2014)
• ... that while language extinction has occurred many times throughout history, it has accelerated in the 20th and 21st centuries?29 September 2014 (piggybacking on Maunus' work)

Appreciation

• 
  A Rosetta Barnstar for stepping up to the plate and translating a Swedish article on Ben oil so that the material could be added to the English WP article. Waitak 13:35, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[1]
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  I, MacGyverMagic, hereby award you with an Epic Barnstar for your work on Medieval cuisine - a truly marvellous article which will no doubt be featured on Did You Know pretty soon. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:24, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[2]
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  A nice cookie for you becuase I could not find a dish of eels in hypocras sauce. In appreciation of your work on Medieval cuisine, Tom Harrison ^Talk 01:59, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[3]
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  This barnstar is awarded for notifying a steward about Robdurbar's vandalism and blatant misuse of his administrator tools, stopping a vandal with sysop tools from doing further damage. Jesse Viviano 03:03, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[4]
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  I, User:Quadell, award you this Golden Wiki for your outstanding contributions to the smoking article. Great job! We need more writers like you![5]
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  I, Durova, am pleased to award the imperial triple crown jewels to Peter Isotalo in recognition of his outstanding contributions to mainspace articles. Durova^Charge! 15:28, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[6]
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  Peter, for all the work you have done on Medieval cuisine, this gourmand/history lover would be most pleased if you accept this barnstar. Cheers and thanks for the great article. L0b0t (talk) 16:20, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[7]
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  For heroic work on the Mary Rose article and particularly for getting those fantastic photos released by the Mary Rose Trust, together with coverage in the press. Brilliant work! Simon Burchell (talk) 00:01, 17 February 2010 (UTC)[8]
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  You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Medieval cuisine. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:22, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[9]
• 
  For your excellent review of Language, which went a long way towards improving the article. I am still planning to revisit the last point in your review, but it takes a little more time to find out to do it properly. Thanks for being so helpful and conducting the review in the spirit of collaboration! ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 12:48, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[10]
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  No message... stop.. a dog for you ...stop...hope you will like it...stop... Hafspajen (talk) 19:49, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[11]
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  Now where did I put that pie. A pie that made me think of you. The first time I was reading of this kind of pies, it was in your article, Middle age cuisine with filling made of of meat, fruits and nuts.... Hafspajen (talk) 13:42, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[12]
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  Thank you for your contribution to the Swedish phonology article, as well as the other things (like audio samples). It proves to be very helpful. Wlad Sokolowskiy (talk) 14:09, 12 July 2014 (UTC)[13]
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  Often, defending innocent people is the hardest job - only the bravest will have the courage... Hafspajen (talk) 16:57, 12 July 2014 (UTC)[14]
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  Have never done anything like this before, but You deserve it. Not only for lingvistics. Boeing720 (talk) 09:30, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[15]
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  For your outstanding contributions to Ship related articles in 2014 you are hereby awarded this Ships Barnstar. Congratulations! For the Military history Wikiproject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 07:21, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[16]
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  For your 2014 contributions to multiple history related articles you are hereby award this Epic Barnstar. Congratulations! For the Military history Wikiproject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 07:21, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[17]

		The Blondin award of good balance
		You have been presented with the prestigious Blondin Award for walking the tightrope with grace amongst the interwikis. The image represents the amazing Charles Blondin carrying Jimbo Wales safely across the Niagara Falls. Bishonen | talk 09:57, 16 March 2014 (UTC).[18]

ships, language and cuisine in history
Thank you, Peter, for using your advanced language skills for quality articles on history, such as Kronan, Swedish language and Medieval cuisine, for fighting vandalism and raising understanding for the Swedish Wikipedia, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:57, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[19]

Quotes

It is the nature of man to build the most complicated cage of rules and regulations in which to trap himself, and then, with equal ingenuity and zest, to bend his brain to the problem of wriggling triumphantly out again.

— Barbara Henisch, Fast and Feast: Food in Medieval Society

What the... That's like asking a flock of gulls about where to find something to eat!

— Swedish satirist Jan Berglin about the fact that Wikipedia is written by its own readers

The foundation of this website is to allow all the world's know-it-alls to meet in an ever-lasting joust where everyone is a winner; the know-it-alls can satisfy their self-importance by writing about what they know, everyone else get to share in their knowledge when they feel like it, and neither is forced to socialize.

Useful links

• Danish dialect samples at Statsbiblioteket
• Norwegian dialect samples - of limited value due to not being normal conversation
• University of Victoria IPA lab - plenty of sound samples
• Linguistic Discovery

Gallery

• 
  An apple Danish from Vete-katten in Stockholm (featured on The Colbert Report)
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  Pölsa, an integral part of northern Swedish cuisine, the Scandinavian equivalent of haggis
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  Homemade vegetarian borscht
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  From my trip to Vancouver: scenic Deception Pass
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  A very photogenic tunnel at Frankfurt Airport
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  The great pelouse in front of the Copper Tents in Hagaparken on June 6 2007
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  Riot police and Nazi demonstrators on 6 June 2007
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  Depiction from the Anthony Roll of the Galley Subtle, prestige ship of Henry VIII
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  A rare free image from inside Vasa
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  Image of the Mary Rose undergoing conservation, generously donated by the Mary Rose Trust
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  A very nice color drawing of the hemmema Oden
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  Ulrika Dahl, Swedish queer activist and scholar par excellence

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