Swedish tongue twisters (tungvrickare)

Sex laxar i en laxask.
Six salmon in a salmon-box.

Packa pappas kappsäck.
Pack daddy's suitcase.

Sju sjösjuka sjömän sköttes av sju sköna sjuksköterskor.
Seven seasick sailors were nursed by seven beautiful nurses.

Klockan sju sitter en sjuk katt på skivan och sjunger.
At 7 o'clock a sick cat is sitting on a disc and singing.

Ebbas pappa, pappas Ebba. Min pappa och min bror bor på Parkgatan i Bårgå.
Ebbas' father, fathers' Ebba. My father and my brother are living on Park Road in Borgå/Porvoo.

Far, Får får får? Nej, inte får får får, får får lamm.
Father, do sheep have sheep? No, sheep don't have sheep, sheep have lambs.

Alternatively you change far (father) to farfar (paternal grandfather), or farfars far (great grandfather), or even farfars farfar (great great grandfather) - Farfar addition suggested by Bernard Asaba

Knut stod vid en knut och knöt en knut, så knöt Knut knuten och så var knuten knuten.
Knut stood by a corner and knotted a knot, so Knut knotted the knot and the knot was knotted

Knut stod vid en knut och knöt en knut. Då kom Knut som bodde vid knuten och sa: Goddag Knut. Vad gör Knut? Jag knyter en knut sa Knut, och så var knuten knuten.
Knut stood at a corner and knotted a knot. Then Knut, who lived at the corner, said: Hello Knut. What Knot? I knotted a knot said Knut, and so the knot was knotted.

Droskkusken Max kuskar med fuxar och fuskar med droskkusktaxan.
The horse cab driver Max drives with chestnut horses and cheats with the horse cab fee.

Kvistfritt kvastskaft.
Knag-free broomstick

Ställ det i stället i stället.
Put it in the rack instead

Flyg, fula fluga flyg, och den fula flugan flög.
Fly, ugly fly, and the ugly fly flew.

Sjutusen sjuhundrasjuttiosju sjösjuka sjömän sköljde sina skitiga skjortor i sjön."
Seven thousand seven hundred and seventy seven seasick seamen rinsed their filthy shirts in the sea.

Sjuhundrasjuttiosju sjuksköterskor sköter sjuhundrasjuttiosju sjösjuka sjömän
777 nurses nurse 777 seasick sailors

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