User:Frodlekis

Frodlekis ~ ᚠᚱ᭷ᚦᛚᛂᚴᛁᛋ ~ 𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌹𐍃 ~ 𐌀𐌓𐌏𐌃𐌋𐌄𐌊𐌉𐌔 ~ 𐤐𐤓𐤏𐤃𐤋𐤄𐤊𐤉𐤎 ~ פֿראָדלעקיס
ᚃᚏᚑᚇᚂᚓᚉᚔᚄ ~ Фродлекис ~ フロドレキス ~ Ֆրոդլեկիս ~ فرودليكيس ~ ᕓᕈᑦᓚᑭᔅ ~ फ्रॉडलेकिस

this is my little wiki home

Frodlekis in a nutshell

sv-N	Den här användaren har svenska som modersmål.

en-4	This user has near native speaker knowledge of English.

es-3	Esta persona tiene un conocimiento avanzado del español.

ca-1	Aquest usuari té un coneixement bàsic de català.

fr-1	Cette personne dispose de connaissances de base en français.

yi-1	דער באניצער האט א גרונטיקע ידיעה אין יידיש.

Hello! I am Frodlekis, a Swedish Wikipedian living in Barcelona since 2022. I have been contributing to Wikimedia projects since 2006, mainly to the Swedish Wikipedia and the Swedish Wiktionary. For many years, my activity was focused primarily on Wiktionary; since 2025, I have once again devoted most of my time to Wikipedia.

On the Swedish Wiktionary, I was for many years one of its most prolific contributors: I have created more than 78,000 entries and made more than 200,000 edits. Since 2025, I have once again devoted most of my activity to Wikipedia, following my curiosity and often gravitating towards subjects that receive little coverage or that lie at the margins of better-known fields.

I am particularly fond of articles that lead readers towards unexpected places and allow them to discover connections between periods, cultures and seemingly distant parts of the world. I try to make what I write neutral, well-sourced and, however modestly, contribute to broadening the diversity of knowledge available on Wikipedia.

To me, an encyclopedia should not merely convey information: it can also awaken curiosity and foster a greater understanding of human diversity. That is what I try to contribute by writing here.

— And what does Frodlekis mean? My username is inspired by the old Swedish word frodlek, “wisdom, good sense”, to which I added the ending -is because I thought it sounded rather cute and playful.

“All the world's misfortunes stemmed from the countless untruths, both deliberate and unintentional, which people told because of haste or carelessness.”~ Michael Ende, Momo

“The sun turns black, the earth sinks into the sea;
the bright stars fall from the sky.”
~ Völuspá

My interests

My articles can be about virtually anything, but there are certain subjects I keep returning to:

languages, linguistics, etymology, lexicography and onomastics;
cultural and linguistic history;
European prehistory and archaeogenetics;
Old Norse religion, polytheism, historical paganism and Neopaganism;
Jewish history and culture;
ethnic, linguistic, religious and sexual minorities;
LGBT culture and queer culture;
Catalonia, Barcelona and the Catalan cultural sphere;
India, Indian religions and Indian cinema;
traditional music, folk music and dance;
regional Swedish history, especially Västergötland;
underrepresented subjects on Wikipedia and thematic gaps that suddenly become irresistible to me.

Wikimedia

I began contributing to Wikimedia on 4 December 2006. For many years, my main project was the Swedish Wiktionary, where I am an administrator. Since 2025, my activity has been focused mainly on the Swedish Wikipedia, where I was also elected an administrator in October 2025.

Over the years, I have created tens of thousands of lexicographical entries and more than a thousand encyclopedic articles. My activity has gone through different phases and, in a way, reflects how my interests have changed as I have grown older, lived in different places and encountered new influences from the world around me. In my early years, I mostly wrote about Japan and aquarium fish, two major interests of my adolescence, as well as Eurovision and popular culture. During my university years, linguistics, LGBT culture and theatre increasingly came to the fore; and over the years, my curiosity has led me towards the history of religions, minorities, Catalonia, India, prehistory and cultural heritage. I suppose the list will continue to change as I do.

Outside Wikimedia

Besides Wikipedia and Wiktionary, I am interested in traditional music and dance. I play the violin and have a particular interest in the musical heritage of Västergötland. I also dance both Swedish traditional dances and swing.

I enjoy moving between languages, countries and different cultural worlds, and that probably explains to a large extent why my contribution history looks like the result of leaving an encyclopedia open for twenty years and following every blue link that happened to look interesting.