---
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: image
    dtype: image
  - name: text
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 1438457626.5
    num_examples: 24508
  download_size: 1438550844
  dataset_size: 1438457626.5
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-*
license: apache-2.0
task_categories:
- image-to-text
language:
- sv
tags:
- OCR
- blackletter
- swedish
- newspapers
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
---

# Dataset Card for Dataset Name

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This is a dataset for swedish fraktur from the 19th century. The transcriptions were made by Språkbanken and converted into a text-line
dataset by the Swedish National Archives

## Dataset Details

### Dataset Description


- **Curated by:** Språkbanken, The Swedish National Archives
- **Language(s) (NLP):** Swedish
- **License:** [More Information Needed]

## Uses

### Direct Use

Train textline-based OCR models for swedish 19th century blackletter

## Dataset Structure

{
  "image": Image(),
  "text": str
}

## Dataset Creation

### Source Data

[Original dataset from Språkbanken - svenska tidningar 1818-1870](https://spraakbanken.gu.se/resurser/svenska-tidningar-1818-1870)

#### Who are the source data producers?

[Språkbanken](https://spraakbanken.gu.se/)

## Dataset Card Authors 

Erik Lenas

## Dataset Card Contact

erik.lenas@riksarkivet.se