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Writing systems:
abjads |
alphabets |
syllabic alphabets |
syllabaries |
semanto-phonetic scripts
undeciphered scripts |
alternative scripts |
your con-scripts |
A-Z index |
Direction index
Swedish is a North Germanic language with around 9 million speakers in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Norway, Canada and the USA. It is closely related to Norwegian and Danish and is mutually intelligible with them to a large extent, particularly in it's written form.
One of the earliest uses of Swedish as a literary language was "Gustav Vasa's Bible", translated and published in 1540-1 under the patronage of King Gustav Vasa.
Finland was ruled by Sweden from the 12th century until 1809 and during that period, Swedish was the main language of government and education there. Today Finnish and Swedish have equal status as official languages in Finland.
| A a | B b | C c | D d | E e | F f | G g | H h | I i | J j | K k | L l | M m | N n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | be | se | de | e | eff | ge | hå | i | ji | kå | ell | em | en |
| O o | P p | R r | S s | T t | U u | V v | W w | X x | Y y | Z z | Å å | Ä ä | Ö ö |
| o | pe | ärr | ess | te | u | ve | dubbel -ve |
eks | y | säta | å | ä | ö |
The letter Q (ku) is not used in modern Swedish: it was eliminated in the 1906 spelling reform. K is now used instead, except in proper names. Z only appears in foreign loanwords.
A detailed guide to Swedish pronunciation (with audio) can be found at:
http://web.hhs.se/isa/swedish/chap9.htm
Alla människor är födda fria och lika i värde och rättigheter. De är utrustade med förnuft och samvete och bör handla gentemot varandra i en anda av broderskap.
Hear a recording of this text by Anders
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Longer sample text (Tower of Babel)
Swedish language learning materials
Information about the Swedish language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_language
Online Swedish lessons
http://www.personal.psu.edu/adr10/swedish.html
http://www2.hhs.se/isa/swedish/
http://www.filter.ac.uk/database/insightrecord.php?id=41
http://www.ielanguages.com/swedish.html
http://www.sweol.com
Swedish Flashcards
http://www.swedish-flashcards.com
Online Swedish dictionaries
http://www-lexikon.nada.kth.se/skolverket/swe-eng.shtml
http://www.nordskol.org/ordbog/
http://lexin2.nada.kth.se/lexin.html
Swedish Electronic talking dictionaries
http://www.ectaco.com
Sveriges Radio - Radio Sweden
http://www.sr.se
Svenska dagstidningar online / Online Swedish newspapers
http://www.kb.se/TS/Tsonline.htm
Project Runeberg - a volunteer effort to create free electronic editions of classic Nordic (Scandinavian) literature: http://runeberg.org
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