The History of The Lord of the Rings "The Lord of the Rings". J. R. R. Tolkien conceived the latter as a single volume comprising six "books" plus extensive appendices, but the original publisher split the work into three, publishing two books per volume with the appendices included in the third. The titles proposed by Tolkien for the six books were: Book I, "The First Journey" or "The Ring Sets Out"; Book II, "The Journey of the Nine Companions" or "The Ring Goes South"; Book III, "The Treason of Isengard"; Book IV, "The Journey of the Ring-Bearers" or "The Ring Goes East"; Book V, "The War of the
Translation of The Lord of the Rings into Swedish the same translator. The translation project attracted great interest from both Tolkien fans and Swedish media in general. In 2007 Andersson published a book called "Översättarens anmärkningar" ("The translator's notes") based on his diary during the project. Ohlmarks' translations of "The Lord of the Rings": Andersson and Olsson's translations of "The Lord of the Rings": The various translations of "The Hobbit": Translation of The Lord of the Rings into Swedish The translations of "The Lord of the Rings" into Swedish have been the subject of controversy. Åke Ohlmarks (1911–1984) was a prolific translator, who during his career published Swedish versions