Reception of J. R. R. Tolkien Midgårds Fylking or Uppsala Tolkien society, was founded in Uppsala Sweden 1973, and is today the largest Tolkien society in Sweden. It's a closed society, but members of other Tolkien societies can sometimes visit. Official homepage in Swedish. In Denmark, Tolkien became well known in the 1970s and has considerably influenced Danish language fantasy literature since. In 1977, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark illustrated "The Lord of the Rings". There are two Danish Tolkien societies; Bri, the Danish Tolkien Society, and Imladris, which is a virtual community. "The Hobbit" appeared in Norwegian translation in 1972 and "The Lord of the
Tolkien family trustee of The Tolkien Trust for 80 million USD accusing them of exploiting Middle-earth characters to promote online gambling. Michael George Reuel Tolkien (born 1943) is a British poet. He is the grandson of J. R. R. Tolkien, being the eldest son of Michael H. R. Tolkien. Michael Tolkien was educated at The Oratory School in Oxford and then Ampleforth College. He studied English and Classics at St Andrews University and later a B.Phil. at Oxford. He taught as Head of English at Uppingham School until 1992. He has several volumes of published poetry including "Taking Cover", "Outstripping Gravity" and