svenska

svenska (indefinite nominative singular)
svenskas (genitive indefinite singular)
svenskan (definite nominative singular)
svenskans (definite genitive singular)
svenskor (indefinite nominative plural)
svenskors (genitive indefinite plural)
svenskorna (definite nominative plural)
svenskornas (definite genitive plural)

– Är hennes kollega också norska? – Nej, hon är svenska.
– Is her colleague also a [female] Norwegian? – No, she is a [female] Swede. [See vara for why there is no article. "Hon är svensk" also works.]

två svenskor


Öland

By surface analysis, ö + land.
Debated origin.
* Either inherited from Old Swedish øland (“island”), then cognate with English island.
* Or compound of ø (“island”) + land (“land; province”), in the sense "the land of the island". Compare with Södermanland.
Earliest known form attested since 1283 as Medieval Latin Ølandia.

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 387, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages


Gotland

From Old Norse goti + land, "Gute-land." The first element is from Proto-Germanic *gutô, whence Goth.


Sverige

From svea (“of the Swedes”) + rike (“realm”). From Old Swedish Sverghe, Sverighe, Sverike, Sværike. Doublet of Svea rike.

Sverige är ett land som ligger på Skandinaviska halvön i Nordeuropa

Sweden is a country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe

Sverige gränsar till Norge i väster, Finland i öster och Danmark i söder

Sweden borders Norway to the west, Finland to the east, and Denmark to the south

Sweden (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Stockholm)


Lappland

Lapland, a historical province (landskap) in Sweden and Finland or either of the two separate parts of this province which were created as all of Finland was ceded to Russia


svenne

Used by immigrants in Sweden in reference to ethnic Swedes. It originates from a nickname for Sven.^([citation needed])

Är han svenne?

Is he an [ethnic/native] Swede? [see vara for why there is no particle]

en fest med en massa svennar

a party with a bunch of [ethnic/native] Swedes

en typisk svenne

(colloquial, mildly ethnic slur, sometimes derogatory or humorous) an ethnic/native Swede (as opposed to someone with an immigrant background)


Vänern

Inherited from Old Norse Vænir, probably related to Old Norse vænn (“promising”).


svenskspråkig

svenskspråkig (indefinite positive)
svenskspråkigt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
svenskspråkiga (indefinite plural positive)
svenskspråkige (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
svenskspråkige (definite masculine positive singular)
svenskspråkiga (definite positive)

svenskspråkig litteratur

en svenskspråkig skola

in Swedish, Swedish-language, Swedophone

en svenskspråkig bygd i Finland

a Swedish-speaking rural area in Finland

(nominalized) a Swedish speaker, a Swedophone


Norrland

För jag kommer ifrån Norrland. Mitt ställe är Älvsbyn [hard to make out]. Jag springer alltid omkring med ett kikarsikte i min syn. Har ni sett Jägarna, då vet ni vad jag menar. Jag tjuvskjuter renar. Spelar ingen roll om de har spenar.

(Can we date this quote?), Cho San Elite (lyrics and music), “Norrlands siesta”:

Because I come from Norrland. My place is Älvsbyn. I'm always running around with a rifle scope [telescopic sight] in my sight / vision. If you have seen "The Hunters," then you know what I mean. I poach reindeer. Doesn't matter if they have teats.


Skåne

[ˈskʰoə̯ˌnɛ]

From Old Norse Skáney, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō.

Scania (province of Sweden occupying the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula)


Vättern

Vättern, Sweden's second and Europe's sixth largest lake


svenskhet

svenskhet (indefinite nominative singular)

Riksföreningen för svenskhetens bevarande i utlandet

The Royal Society for Swedish Culture Abroad (founded 1908, the Swedish name was changed in 1979)

Swedishness, the quality, state or characteristic of being Swedish.


osvensk

osvensk (indefinite nominative singular)

(archaic) a non-Swede, a person not from Sweden


Götaland

Inherited from Old Swedish Götaland. From the archaic genitive plural göta, formed of götar (“Geats”) + land (“land”). First attested in 1540.

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Götaland in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)


karolin

karolin (indefinite nominative singular)
karolins (genitive indefinite singular)
karolinen (definite nominative singular)
karolinens (definite genitive singular)
karoliner (indefinite nominative plural)
karoliners (genitive indefinite plural)
karolinerna (definite nominative plural)
karolinernas (definite genitive plural)

Caroleans
Charles XII of Sweden
sv:Carolin (mynt)

The first sense comes from medieval Latin carolinus, from the given name Carolus.
The second sense, derived from Carolus as the Latinized form of the name of king Charles XII of Sweden, was first used in 1769, 51 years after his death in 1718. It was also popularized by a collection of short stories titled Karolinerna (1897) by Verner von Heidenstam.

a Swedish coin from the 17th and 18th centuries

En stund förflöt, hvarunder Elisabeths grå ögon skarpt och oafvändt följde hvarje den minsta rörelse i karolinens fårade och ärriga anlete.

1874, Svenska Familj-Journalen, volume 13:

A while passed, under which Elisabeth's grey eyes sharply and uninterrupted followed every smallest move in the Carolean's wrinkled and scarred face.


Kebnekaise

Kebnekaise (The highest mountain in Sweden)


Öresund

English: Öresund

German: Öresund

From Old Norse ura suti (“in the ear-sound”), akin to Danish Øresund, Norwegian Bokmål Øresund, Norwegian Nynorsk Øresund and Icelandic Eyrarsund.

Oresund (a strait in Northern Europe, which separates Denmark and Sweden)


Öresundsbron

English: Öresund Bridge

German: Öresundbrücke

Icelandic: Eyrarsundsbrúin

Norwegian:

Bokmål: Øresundsbroen

Norwegian Nynorsk: Øresundbrua

Öresund (“Öresund”) + -s- (“interfix”) + bro (“bridge”) + -n (“definite singular suffix”), akin to the Danish Øresundsbroen.


Svea rike

Doublet of Sverige. Cognate with Old English Swēorīċe.

(solemn or poetic) Synonym of Sverige (“Sweden”).


stormaktstiden

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stormaktstiden c (genitive stormaktstidens)

(historical) the Era of Great Power (time period of the Swedish Empire, between 1611 and 1721)


blågul

blågul (comparative blågulare, superlative blågulast)

blågulare (comparative)
blågulast (superlative)
blågul (indefinite positive)
blågulare (comparative indefinite)
blågulast (indefinite superlative)
blågult (indefinite neuter positive singular)
blågulare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
blågulast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
blågula (indefinite plural positive)
blågulare (comparative indefinite plural)
blågulast (indefinite plural superlative)
blågule (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
blågulare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
blågulast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
blågule (definite masculine positive singular)
blågulare (comparative definite masculine singular)
blågulaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
blågula (definite positive)
blågulare (comparative definite)
blågulaste (definite superlative)

/²bloːˌɡʉːl/

blå (“blue”) + gul (“yellow”). Senses related to Sweden are from the country's flag.

2022 May 28, “Dubbel blågul parkoursuccé i Montpellier [Swedish double success in Montpellier parkour]”, in Hallands Nyheter, Falkenberg, Sweden:

Swedish (relating to Sweden or its culture)


gutniska

gutniska (indefinite nominative singular)
gutniskas (genitive indefinite singular)
gutniskan (definite nominative singular)
gutniskans (definite genitive singular)
gutniskor (indefinite nominative plural)
gutniskors (genitive indefinite plural)
gutniskorna (definite nominative plural)
gutniskornas (definite genitive plural)


medelsvensson

medel (“average”) + Svensson (a common Swedish surname)

af

a Joe Average (typical, conventional Swede)


svennig

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svennig (comparative svennigare, superlative svennigast)

svennigare (comparative)
svennigast (superlative)
svennig (indefinite positive)
svennigare (comparative indefinite)
svennigast (indefinite superlative)
svennigt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
svennigare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
svennigast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
svenniga (indefinite plural positive)
svennigare (comparative indefinite plural)
svennigast (indefinite plural superlative)
svennige (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
svennigare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
svennigast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
svennige (definite masculine positive singular)
svennigare (comparative definite masculine singular)
svennigaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
svenniga (definite positive)
svennigare (comparative definite)
svennigaste (definite superlative)

Han tyckte fredagsmys med tacos var svennigt men trevligt
He thought cozy Friday with tacos was "Sveny" but nice

– Säg till dem, chica.
– Det var det svennigaste "chica" jag hört!

2024 November 28, 26:32 from the start, in IFS – invandrare för svenskar, season autumn 2024, episode 8 (television production), spoken by Kaeli Abdi and Ahmed Berhan, via Sveriges Television:

– Tell them, chica.
– That’s the most Swedish-sounding "chica" I’ve ever heard!

(often derogatory) like or associated with a stereotypical ethnic/native Swede


Svärje

(colloquial, humorous) Synonym of Sverige (“Sweden”)


Svedala

Metonymic sense perhaps from initial sound similarity to "Sverige" or "Sweden."

vara tillbaks i Svedala


Sverigevän

Sverigevän (indefinite nominative singular)
Sverigeväns (genitive indefinite singular)
Sverigevännen (definite nominative singular)
Sverigevännens (definite genitive singular)
Sverigevänner (indefinite nominative plural)
Sverigevänners (genitive indefinite plural)
Sverigevännerna (definite nominative plural)
Sverigevännernas (definite genitive plural)

Sverige (“Sweden”) + vän (“friend, supporter”)

af

someone (foreign) who is fond of and/or supports Sweden, a friend of Sweden, a Swedophile

(colloquial, chiefly ironic and derogatory, politics) a member or supporter of the Sweden Democrats (or a person perceived as holding similar views)


sverigesvensk

sverigesvensk (indefinite nominative singular)

a Swede (as opposed to a member of the Swedish-speaking population in Finland)


vattusvensk

vattusvensk (indefinite nominative singular)

By surface analysis, vatten (“water”) + -u- + svensk (“Swede”).

surf

(Finland, colloquial, derogatory) a Swede (as opposed to a member of the Swedish-speaking population in Finland)


rikssvensk

rikssvensk (indefinite positive)
rikssvenskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
rikssvenska (indefinite plural positive)
rikssvenske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
rikssvenske (definite masculine positive singular)
rikssvenska (definite positive)

of or relating to Sweden (as opposed to Finland, from the perspective of the Swedish-speaking population in Finland)

of or relating to Swedish as spoken in Sweden (as opposed to Finland Swedish)


rikssvensk

rikssvensk (indefinite nominative singular)


svennerasist

svennerasist (indefinite nominative singular)
svennerasists (genitive indefinite singular)
svennerasisten (definite nominative singular)
svennerasistens (definite genitive singular)
svennerasister (indefinite nominative plural)
svennerasisters (genitive indefinite plural)
svennerasisterna (definite nominative plural)
svennerasisternas (definite genitive plural)

From svenne (“ethnic Swede”) + rasist (“racist”).

af

(slang, derogatory) (an invective against) an (allegedly) racist ethnic/native Swede


Sverigebilden

Sverige (“Sweden”) + bild (“image”) + -en (definite), "the image of Sweden"

Är det här bra för Sverigebilden?

Swedish Institute
sv:Sverigebilden utomlands


svensktalande

svenska (“Swedish”) + talande (“speaking”)