EU

Europeiska unionen
Europeiska unionen#Swedish

EU; initialism of Europeiska unionen (“European Union”)


Japan

From Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).


Bahrain

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Bhutan

Probably ultimately from Tibetan བོད (bod, “Tibet”), traditionally considered to be derived via Sanskrit भोट-अन्त (bhoṭa-anta, “end of Tibet”).

Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)


Bangladesh

From Bengali বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś), from বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengali”) + দেশ (deś, “country”).


Belize

Borrowed from Spanish Belice (atttested since 1677) as the name of the Belize River, probably from Mayan/Mopan Maya beliz (“muddy water”).


euro

euro (indefinite nominative singular)
euron (definite nominative singular)
euro (indefinite nominative plural)
eurona (definite nominative plural)
euros (genitive indefinite singular)
eurons (definite genitive singular)
euros (genitive indefinite plural)
euronas (definite genitive plural)


Djibouti

Djibouti (a country in East Africa)
Djibouti (the capital city of Djibouti)


Argentina

From Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus; in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river").


Afghanistan

Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


Bolivia

From Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan statesman; Bolívar's own name derives from the village of Bolibar in Spanish Biscay. Its name comes from the Basque bolu (“windmill”) and ibar (“valley”).

Simón Bolívar
Ziortza-Bolibar
sv:Bolivia


Botswana

From Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana.


Nicaragua

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Kiribati

Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)


Swaziland

(historical) Swaziland (The former name of Eswatini, a country in Southern Africa)


Nigeria

Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)


Qatar

Qatar (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Guatemala

/ɡʉːatɛ²mɑːla/

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Mauritius

Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


Kuwait

Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Singapore

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)


Andorra

Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)


Oman

Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Angola

From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola (“(kingdom of) Angola”), from Kimbundu ngola, title held by native kings at the time of the Portuguese colonization in the 15th century AD.


Israel

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)


Jamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Nauru

Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)


El Salvador

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Zimbabwe

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.


Nepal

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)


Anguilla

Borrowed from Latin anguilla (“eel”), from an uncertain Romance language original.

Anguilla (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean Sea)


Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)


Sudan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Uganda

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).


Martinique

administrative region
administrative region

Martinique (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, in the Caribbean)


Aruba

Aruba (a dependent territory of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Liechtenstein

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Liechtenstein n (genitive Liechtensteins)

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


Brunei

Probably ultimately from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa), which referred to the island of Borneo (a likely cognate to Brunei).


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)


Jan Mayen

Jan Mayen (an island in Norway in the Arctic Ocean)


Iran

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


San Marino

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Niue

Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)


Mayotte

territorial collectivity
territorial collectivity

Mayotte (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar)


Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau n (genitive Guinea-Bissaus)

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


Dominica

Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Somalia

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)


Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia (an island and country in the Caribbean; capital: Castries)


Burma

From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).


Palau

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Fiji

Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)


Burkina Faso

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Benin

From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Portugal

Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)


Costa Rica

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)


Bermuda

From the name of Juan de Bermudez, the Spanish explorer who discovered the islands in 1515. See Bermúdez.

Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)


Grenada

Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Barbados

From Portuguese barbados (“bearded ones”), from barba (“beard”), due to the dense hanging moss or vines in the island.

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Malta

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)

Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


Eritrea

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


Samoa

Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)


Jordan

From Old Swedish Iordan. Cognate with Old Danish Jordanus (partially latinized).

Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)


England

→ Finnish: Englanti

From Old Swedish England, Engeland, Engelandh.


dollar

dollar (indefinite nominative singular)
dollarn (definite nominative singular)
dollar (indefinite nominative plural)
dollarna (definite nominative plural)
dollars (genitive indefinite singular)
dollarns (definite genitive singular)
dollars (genitive indefinite plural)
dollarnas (definite genitive plural)


Taiwan

Republic of China
Republic of China#English

Taiwan, Republic of China (a country in East Asia)


Georgia

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)


bank

bank (indefinite nominative singular)
banken (definite nominative singular)
banker (indefinite nominative plural)
bankerna (definite nominative plural)
banks (genitive indefinite singular)
bankens (definite genitive singular)
bankers (genitive indefinite plural)
bankernas (definite genitive plural)

→ Elfdalian: baunka

→ Finnish: pankki

From Dutch bank, German Bank or Low German bank, all from Italian banco, from Old High German banc, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

a bank (financial institution, branch of such an institution)


Western Australia

Western Australia n (genitive Western Australias)

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

Western Australia (a state of Australia)


South Australia

South Australia n (genitive South Australias)


Ottawa

Ottawa (a city in Ontario, Canada; capital city of Canada)


svenska

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


älv

älv (indefinite nominative singular)
älven (definite nominative singular)
älvar (indefinite nominative plural)
älvarna (definite nominative plural)
älvs (genitive indefinite singular)
älvens (definite genitive singular)
älvars (genitive indefinite plural)
älvarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse elfr, from Proto-Germanic *albī (“river”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål elv, German Elbe.


Hawaii

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.


Amsterdam

Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)


Madrid

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

autonomous community
autonomous community

Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)

Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)


London

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


dal

dal (indefinite nominative singular)
dalen (definite nominative singular)
dalar (indefinite nominative plural)
dalarna (definite nominative plural)
dals (genitive indefinite singular)
dalens (definite genitive singular)
dalars (genitive indefinite plural)
dalarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish dal, from Old Norse dalr.


Aachen

From German Aachen, from Latin aquae (“waters, i.e. sources”), referring to the scared springs associated with the Celtic god Granus.

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Kiev

Kyiv (The capital city of Ukraine and the administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast)


Edinburgh

Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)

City of Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh#English

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)


Los Angeles

Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)


Turin

Turin (the capital city of Piedmont, Italy)

Turin (a metropolitan city of Piedmont, Italy)


Frankfurt

Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)

Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)


Barcelona

Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)


Tunis

Tunis (The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia)


Oslo

Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)


Tokyo

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)


Hamburg

Hamburg (the second-largest city in Germany)

Hamburg (a state of Germany containing the city of the same name)


Jerusalem

Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)


New York

New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States)


Berlin

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)


Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)


Sofia

Ultimately of Ancient Greek origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1380 as Sophia.


Holland

Holland (a traditional region in the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland)

Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)


Bretagne

Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)


Reykjavik

Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”), equivalent to rökars + vik.


Boden

The dative plural Bodom is attested 1543, a definite form of the plural of boden, from bod (“shed, shack”), possibly referring to shacks in the village.

A town and municipality of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden


berg

berg (indefinite nominative singular)
berget (definite nominative singular)
berg (indefinite nominative plural)
bergen (definite nominative plural)
bergs (genitive indefinite singular)
bergets (definite genitive singular)
bergs (genitive indefinite plural)
bergens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse bjarg, berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

De besteg berget


norsk

norsk (comparative norskare, superlative norskast)

norskare (comparative)
norskast (superlative)
norsk (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
norskare (common-gender comparative indefinite singular)
norskast (common-gender indefinite singular superlative)
norskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
norskare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
norskast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
norska (indefinite plural positive)
norskare (comparative indefinite plural)
norskast (indefinite plural superlative)
norske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
norskare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
norskast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
norske (definite masculine positive singular)
norskare (comparative definite masculine singular)
norskaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
norska (definite positive)
norskare (comparative definite)
norskaste (definite superlative)

Norwegian (of or relating to Norway, Norwegians or the Norwegian language)


Gotland

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


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.

ref

SvOrtLex

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


zloty

zloty (indefinite nominative singular)
zlotyn (definite nominative singular)
zloty (indefinite nominative plural)
zlotyna (definite nominative plural)
zlotys (genitive indefinite singular)
zlotyns (definite genitive singular)
zlotys (genitive indefinite plural)
zlotynas (definite genitive plural)


Ryssland

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Kongo

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo

Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)


Bratislava

Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)


nor

nor (indefinite nominative singular)
noret (definite nominative singular)
nor (indefinite nominative plural)
noren (definite nominative plural)
nors (genitive indefinite singular)
norets (definite genitive singular)
nors (genitive indefinite plural)
norens (definite genitive plural)

Inherited from Old Swedish nor, from Proto-Germanic *narwaz. Cognate with English narrow.


Zürich

Zurich (the capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland)


Bern

Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)


Svartån

svart (“black”) + å (“river”) + -n (“the”)

af

the name of several streams or smaller rivers in different places in Sweden and Finland


Avesta

Originally known as Åvsta. Compound of ave (“widening of a river”) + stad (“town”).

A town and municipality of Dalecarlia County, in central Sweden


golf

golf (indefinite nominative singular)
golfen (definite nominative singular)
golfer (indefinite nominative plural)
golferna (definite nominative plural)
golfs (genitive indefinite singular)
golfens (definite genitive singular)
golfers (genitive indefinite plural)
golfernas (definite genitive plural)
golf (indefinite nominative uncountable)
golfen (definite nominative uncountable)
golfs (genitive indefinite uncountable)
golfens (definite genitive uncountable)

Mexikanska golfen


Linköping

/ˈlɪnːˌɕøːpɪŋ/

From ljung (“heather”) + köping (“market town”).

com

Linköping, a city in Sweden, in the province Östergötland.


Milano

Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)

Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)


strand

strand (indefinite nominative singular)
stranden (definite nominative singular)
stränder (indefinite nominative plural)
stränderna (definite nominative plural)
strands (genitive indefinite singular)
strandens (definite genitive singular)
stränders (genitive indefinite plural)
strändernas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish strand, from Old Norse strǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *strandō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt-.

Gläns över sjö och strand, stjärna ur fjärran. Du som i Österland tändes av Herran.

1891, “Betlehems stjärna (Gläns över sjö och strand) [Star of Betlehem (Shine over sea [most likely in this context, though unusual – see sjö (“lake; sea”)] and shore [Maybe to be understood as "land and sea/water"])]”, Viktor Rydberg (lyrics), Alice Tegnér (music):

Shine over sea and shore, star from [out of] afar. You who in the East ["East-land" – the Orient] were lit by the Lord.


Indonesien

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


geisha

geisha (indefinite nominative singular)
geishan (definite nominative singular)
geishor (indefinite nominative plural)
geishorna (definite nominative plural)
geishas (genitive indefinite singular)
geishans (definite genitive singular)
geishors (genitive indefinite plural)
geishornas (definite genitive plural)


å

From two a’s written on top of each other; compare ä and ö.

The third to last letter of the Swedish alphabet, called å and written in the Latin script.


Norge

Norway (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Oslo)


holm

holm (indefinite nominative singular)
holmen (definite nominative singular)
holmar (indefinite nominative plural)
holmarna (definite nominative plural)
holms (genitive indefinite singular)
holmens (definite genitive singular)
holmars (genitive indefinite plural)
holmarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (see holme). Cognate with Old Norse holmr, Icelandic hólmur, Old Church Slavonic хлъмъ (xlŭmŭ).

islet (especially nearby river or mainland)


Europa

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

Europe, the westernmost part of the Eurasian continent, north of Africa and west of Asia


fjord

fjord (indefinite nominative singular)
fjorden (definite nominative singular)
fjordar (indefinite nominative plural)
fjordarna (definite nominative plural)
fjords (genitive indefinite singular)
fjordens (definite genitive singular)
fjordars (genitive indefinite plural)
fjordarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish fiordher, from Old Norse fjǫrðr, from Proto-Norse *ᚠᛖᚱᚦᚢᛉ (*ferþuʀ), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Doublet of fjärd.


Zaire

(historical) Zaire (A former country (1971–1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


meander

meander (indefinite nominative singular)
meandern (definite nominative singular)
meander (indefinite nominative plural)
meanderna (definite nominative plural)
meanders (genitive indefinite singular)
meanderns (definite genitive singular)
meanders (genitive indefinite plural)
meandernas (definite genitive plural)

From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros).


sard

sard (indefinite nominative singular)
sarden (definite nominative singular)
sarder (indefinite nominative plural)
sarderna (definite nominative plural)
sards (genitive indefinite singular)
sardens (definite genitive singular)
sarders (genitive indefinite plural)
sardernas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Latin sardus. Doublet of sardin and sardell.


Sverige

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

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)


Mexico City

Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)


Belgien

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


Armenien

From Latin Armenia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία (Armenía) (early 5th century BC), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n /Armina/) (late 6th century BC); see it for more. The Old Persian name is an exonym: see հայ (hay) for the native name.

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Australien

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Albanien

From Middle French Albanien, from Old French Albanie (“Albania”), from Medieval Latin Albania, from Vulgar Latin Albanus (“Albanian”), from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανοί (Albanoí, “a southern Illyrian tribe”).

der

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Gibraltar

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)


flod

flod (indefinite nominative singular)
floden (definite nominative singular)
floder (indefinite nominative plural)
floderna (definite nominative plural)
flods (genitive indefinite singular)
flodens (definite genitive singular)
floders (genitive indefinite plural)
flodernas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse flóð, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus. Compare Danish flod, Icelandic flóð, English flood, Dutch vloed, German Flut.


Alaska

Borrowed from English Alaska. From Aleut alaxsxaq (“that toward which the action of the sea is directed”).


Irak

Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Washington

Washington (a state of the United States)

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.#English

Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)


Tyskland

Compound of tysk (“German”) + land (“land”), where tysk share the same origin as English Teuton.
Compare Danish, Norwegian Tyskland, German Deutschland and Dutch Duitsland.

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Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


Europeiska unionen

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Europeiska unionen c (genitive Europeiska unionens)


Katalonien

Catalonia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Österrike

Calque of German Österreich, equivalent to öster (“east”) + rike (“realm, kingdom, country”).


Centralafrikanska republiken

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Centralafrikanska republiken n (genitive Centralafrikanska republikens)

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Algeriet

From French Algérie, from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”).

der

اَلْجَزَائِر


Bulgarien

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Vitryssland

From vit (“white”) + Ryssland (“Russia”), a calque of Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ). Cognate with Danish Hviderusland, Faroese Hvítarussland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, German Weißrussland, Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, English White Russia, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, among others.


Brasilien

From Portuguese Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”).

Brasília är huvudstaden i Brasilien.
Brasília is the capital of Brazil.

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Kroatien

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Spanien

Många svenskar åker på semester till Spanien

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


albanska

albanska (indefinite nominative singular)
albanskan (definite nominative singular)
albanskor (indefinite nominative plural)
albanskorna (definite nominative plural)
albanskas (genitive indefinite singular)
albanskans (definite genitive singular)
albanskors (genitive indefinite plural)
albanskornas (definite genitive plural)


Antarktis

From New Latin Antarctica, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντ- (ant-, “ant-, against, opposed”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”), from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).


Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)


Frankrike

From Middle Low German Frankrīke, from Old Saxon *Frankrīki. The name is a compound of Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“a Frank”) and *rīkī (“kingdom”).
Equivalent to franker (“the Franks”) + rike (“realm”). Compare Danish Frankrig, Dutch Frankrijk, German Frankreich.


ordförande

ordförande (indefinite nominative singular)
ordföranden (definite nominative singular)
ordförande (indefinite nominative plural)
ordförandena (definite nominative plural)
ordförandes (genitive indefinite singular)
ordförandens (definite genitive singular)
ordförandes (genitive indefinite plural)
ordförandenas (definite genitive plural)

ord + förande, being the present participle of föra (“to lead”)


amerikanska

amerikanska (indefinite nominative singular)
amerikanskan (definite nominative singular)
amerikanskor (indefinite nominative plural)
amerikanskorna (definite nominative plural)
amerikanskas (genitive indefinite singular)
amerikanskans (definite genitive singular)
amerikanskors (genitive indefinite plural)
amerikanskornas (definite genitive plural)

amerikan

used both for males and as a gender-neutral form

Hon är amerikanska
She is a [female] American [See vara for why there is no article. "Hon är amerikan" also works.]

två amerikanskor

a female American (female born in, being a citizen of, or inhabiting the United States of America)


amerikansk

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amerikansk (comparative mer amerikansk, superlative mest amerikansk)

mer amerikansk (comparative)
mest amerikansk (superlative)
amerikansk (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
mer amerikansk (common-gender comparative indefinite singular)
mest amerikansk (common-gender indefinite singular superlative)
amerikanskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
mer amerikanskt (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
mest amerikanskt (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
amerikanska (indefinite plural positive)
mer amerikanska (comparative indefinite plural)
mest amerikanska (indefinite plural superlative)
amerikanske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
mer amerikanska (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
mest amerikanska (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
amerikanske (definite masculine positive singular)
mer amerikanske (comparative definite masculine singular)
mest amerikanske (definite masculine singular superlative)
amerikanska (definite positive)
mer amerikanska (comparative definite)
mest amerikanska (definite superlative)

United States of America
United States of America

American; of or pertaining to the United States of America.


Köln

Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)


Slovenien

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


sjö

sjö (indefinite nominative singular)
sjön (definite nominative singular)
sjöar (indefinite nominative plural)
sjöarna (definite nominative plural)
sjös (genitive indefinite singular)
sjöns (definite genitive singular)
sjöars (genitive indefinite plural)
sjöarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish siœr, from Old Norse sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Cognate with English sea.

ocean

very large body of water, such as the Atlantic

Östersjön


Peking

Beijing, Peking (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)


Boo

A community of Nacka, Stockholm, central Sweden.


Ed

From ed (“isthmus”), referring to the isthmus between Stora Le and Lilla Le which the town is situated on.

A town in Dals-Ed municipality, Västra Götaland county, Sweden.


Esse

A former municipality in Ostrobothnia region, Finland.


Montenegro

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Island

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)


Amerika

America (the continents of North America and South America)

United States of America
United States of America#English

(sometimes proscribed) United States of America (a country in North America)


Kuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Moskva

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)


Stare

A småort in Skee socken, Strömstad Municipality, Bohuslän Province, Västra Götaland County, Götaland, Sweden


backe

backe (indefinite nominative singular)
backen (definite nominative singular)
backar (indefinite nominative plural)
backarna (definite nominative plural)
backes (genitive indefinite singular)
backens (definite genitive singular)
backars (genitive indefinite plural)
backarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse bakki (“bank”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô.


fijian

fijian (indefinite nominative singular)
fijianen (definite nominative singular)
fijianer (indefinite nominative plural)
fijianerna (definite nominative plural)
fijians (genitive indefinite singular)
fijianens (definite genitive singular)
fijianers (genitive indefinite plural)
fijianernas (definite genitive plural)


Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)


armenier

armenier (indefinite nominative singular)
armeniern (definite nominative singular)
armenier (indefinite nominative plural)
armenierna (definite nominative plural)
armeniers (genitive indefinite singular)
armenierns (definite genitive singular)
armeniers (genitive indefinite plural)
armeniernas (definite genitive plural)


amerikan

amerikan (indefinite nominative singular)
amerikanen (definite nominative singular)
amerikaner (indefinite nominative plural)
amerikanerna (definite nominative plural)
amerikans (genitive indefinite singular)
amerikanens (definite genitive singular)
amerikaners (genitive indefinite plural)
amerikanernas (definite genitive plural)

Jag är amerikan

I'm an American [See vara for why there is no article]

Amerikaner kommer från USA / Förenta staterna

an American (person born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America)


Seattle

När det regnar i Seattle dör silverlaxar i bäckarna runt stan.

2020 December, Caroline Bèchade, “Ny forskning: Bildäck dödar laxar [New research: Car tires kill salmon]”, in SVT Nyheter [SVT News]:

When it rains in Seattle, silver salmon die in the small streams around the city.

Seattle (a city in Washington, United States)


Ystad

From an Old Swedish compound whose second element is equivalent to modern stad (“city”); the first one may be a cognate of English yew, from Proto-Germanic *īwaz, *īhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-.


Hongkong

Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China)


Balkan

Balkan Peninsula (a peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Kiruna

From Finnish Kiiruna, clipping of Northern Sami Gironvárris (“ptarmigan mountain”), a mining mountain near the city which it was named after when it was founded. Giron was Finnishized to Kiiruna, which was Swedishized to Kiruna.

der

Kiruna (a town and municipality of Lapland, in northern Sweden)


Luleå

Luleå (a city and municipality, the capital of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden)


Bagdad

Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)
Baghdad (a governorate of Iraq)


Irland

→ Finnish: Irlanti


bolivian

bolivian (indefinite nominative singular)
bolivianen (definite nominative singular)
bolivianer (indefinite nominative plural)
bolivianerna (definite nominative plural)
bolivians (genitive indefinite singular)
bolivianens (definite genitive singular)
bolivianers (genitive indefinite plural)
bolivianernas (definite genitive plural)


Warszawa

[va̠ɹˈʂɑ̂ːvâ̠]

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.


Ukraina

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


Jemen

Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


afghan

afghan (indefinite nominative singular)
afghanen (definite nominative singular)
afghaner (indefinite nominative plural)
afghanerna (definite nominative plural)
afghans (genitive indefinite singular)
afghanens (definite genitive singular)
afghaners (genitive indefinite plural)
afghanernas (definite genitive plural)

Derived from Persian افغان (afğân, “Afghan”) via Prakrit, from Sanskrit अवगाण (avagāṇa, “Afghan”).

der+

Afghan (a person, chiefly male, from Afghanistan)


Grönland

From Old Norse Grœnland (“Greenland”); corresponds to grön (“green”) + land (“land, country”).

Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)


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

Lapland province, a present day province in Finland


Trinidad och Tobago

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Trinidad och Tobago n (genitive Trinidad och Tobagos)

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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands in the Caribbean)


Marshallöarna

Marshallöarna n (genitive Marshallöarnas)

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Dominikanska republiken

Dominikanska republiken n (genitive Dominikanska republikens)

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Julön

jul (“Christmas”) + ö (“island”) + -n (“the”)


Wallis och Futuna

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Wallis och Futuna n (genitive Wallis och Futunas)


svenne

svenne (indefinite nominative singular)
svennen (definite nominative singular)
svennar (indefinite nominative plural)
svennarna (definite nominative plural)
svennes (genitive indefinite singular)
svennens (definite genitive singular)
svennars (genitive indefinite plural)
svennarnas (definite genitive plural)

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


Danmark

From Old Norse Danmǫrk, from Old East Norse ᛏᛅᚾᛘᛅᚢᚱᚴ (tanmaurk) ("Mark of the Danes", "land of the Danes").

Vi åkte över Öresundsbron till Danmark
We crossed the Øresund Bridge to Denmark

Köpenhamn är Danmarks huvudstad


Cypern

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


Amerikas förenta stater

Amerikas förenta stater n (genitive Amerikas förenta staters)

(formal) United States of America (a country in North America)


tribunal

tribunal (indefinite nominative singular)
tribunalen (definite nominative singular)
tribunaler (indefinite nominative plural)
tribunalerna (definite nominative plural)
tribunals (genitive indefinite singular)
tribunalens (definite genitive singular)
tribunalers (genitive indefinite plural)
tribunalernas (definite genitive plural)

I stadgan får det föreskrivas att tribunalen skall biträdas av generaladvokater.

The Statute may provide for the General Court to be assisted by Advocates-General.

en ledamot av tribunalen


Förenade Arabemiraten

Förenade Arabemiraten n (genitive Förenade Arabemiratens)

Förenade arabemiraten
Förenade arabemiraten#Swedish

Misspelling of Förenade arabemiraten (“United Arab Emirates”).


Maldiverna

Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)


Egypten

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Norden

Nordic countries
Nordic countries#English

Nordic countries (a group of countries in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland along with their dependencies (sometimes excluding Greenland))


Comorerna

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Rare spelling of Komorerna.: Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


Östtimor

East Timor (a country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor)


Georgien

Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)


Jordanien

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Amerikanska Jungfruöarna

Amerikanska Jungfruöarna c pl (genitive Amerikanska Jungfruöarnas)

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands


Amerikanska Samoa

Amerikanska Samoa n (genitive Amerikanska Samoas)

American Samoa (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United States in Polynesia)


kontinent

kontinent (indefinite nominative singular)
kontinenten (definite nominative singular)
kontinenter (indefinite nominative plural)
kontinenterna (definite nominative plural)
kontinents (genitive indefinite singular)
kontinentens (definite genitive singular)
kontinenters (genitive indefinite plural)
kontinenternas (definite genitive plural)

(geology) continent; a large contiguous landmass


Antigua och Barbuda

Antigua och Barbuda n (genitive Antigua och Barbudas)

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Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

Antigua and Barbuda (a country in the Caribbean)


Azerbajdzjan

Borrowed from Russian, as evidenced by the spelling of the word reflecting the transliteration of Russian Азербайджан (Azerbajdžan); the Russian ж (ž) is transliterated as ⟨zj⟩ in Swedish. From Persian آذربایجان (Âzarbâyjân), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ). See English Azerbaijan for more.

transliteration

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)

Azerbaijan (a region in northwestern Iran)


Vatikanstaten

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Vatikanstaten c (genitive Vatikanstatens)

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


Bosnien och Hercegovina

Bosnien och Hercegovina n (genitive Bosnien och Hercegovinas)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


boliviansk

boliviansk (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
bolivianskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
bolivianska (indefinite plural positive)
bolivianske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
bolivianske (definite masculine positive singular)
bolivianska (definite positive)


bolivianska

bolivianska (indefinite nominative singular)
bolivianskan (definite nominative singular)
bolivianskor (indefinite nominative plural)
bolivianskorna (definite nominative plural)
bolivianskas (genitive indefinite singular)
bolivianskans (definite genitive singular)
bolivianskors (genitive indefinite plural)
bolivianskornas (definite genitive plural)


Bosnien-Hercegovina

Bosnien-Hercegovina n (genitive Bosnien-Hercegovinas)


Madagaskar

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)


Libanon

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Luxemburg

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)

Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


Bouvetön

Bouvet Island (an uninhabited volcanic island and dependent territory of Norway in the South Atlantic Ocean)


Brittiska Jungfruöarna

Brittiska Jungfruöarna c pl (genitive Brittiska Jungfruöarnas)

British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands#English

British Virgin Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean)


Caymanöarna

Cayman Islands (three islands constituting an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea)


Cooköarna

Cook Islands
Cook Islands#English:_Q26988

Cook Islands (An archipelago and self-governing country in Oceania, in free association with New Zealand)


Ekvatorialguinea

Ekvatorialguinea n (genitive Ekvatorialguineas)

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Elfenbenskusten

Elfenbenskusten n (genitive Elfenbenskustens)

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


Falklandsöarna

Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands#English:_Q9648

Falkland Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic)


Filippinerna

(the) Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


australier

australier (indefinite nominative singular)
australiern (definite nominative singular)
australier (indefinite nominative plural)
australierna (definite nominative plural)
australiers (genitive indefinite singular)
australierns (definite genitive singular)
australiers (genitive indefinite plural)
australiernas (definite genitive plural)


Franska Guyana

Franska Guyana n (genitive Franska Guyanas)

French Guiana
French Guiana#English:_Q3769

administrative region
administrative region

French Guiana (an overseas department and administrative region of France in South America)


Franska Polynesien

Franska Polynesien n (genitive Franska Polynesiens)


Grekland

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


bäck

bäck (indefinite nominative singular)
bäcken (definite nominative singular)
bäckar (indefinite nominative plural)
bäckarna (definite nominative plural)
bäcks (genitive indefinite singular)
bäckens (definite genitive singular)
bäckars (genitive indefinite plural)
bäckarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish bækker, from Old Norse bekkr, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰog-. Compare English beck


Kap Verde

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Kirgizistan

Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China)


Kristianstad

Kristianstad (a city in north-eastern Scania, southern Sweden)


Sandefjord

Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian Sandefjord.

ubor

A town and municipality of Vestfold, Norway.


angolan

angolan (indefinite nominative singular)
angolanen (definite nominative singular)
angolaner (indefinite nominative plural)
angolanerna (definite nominative plural)
angolans (genitive indefinite singular)
angolanens (definite genitive singular)
angolaners (genitive indefinite plural)
angolanernas (definite genitive plural)

Angolan (person, chiefly male, from Angola)


antiguan

antiguan (indefinite nominative singular)
antiguanen (definite nominative singular)
antiguaner (indefinite nominative plural)
antiguanerna (definite nominative plural)
antiguans (genitive indefinite singular)
antiguanens (definite genitive singular)
antiguaners (genitive indefinite plural)
antiguanernas (definite genitive plural)

Antiguan; person, chiefly male, from Antigua


andorran

andorran (indefinite nominative singular)
andorranen (definite nominative singular)
andorraner (indefinite nominative plural)
andorranerna (definite nominative plural)
andorrans (genitive indefinite singular)
andorranens (definite genitive singular)
andorraners (genitive indefinite plural)
andorranernas (definite genitive plural)

Andorran; person, chiefly male, from Andorra


palauer

palauer (indefinite nominative singular)
palauern (definite nominative singular)
palauer (indefinite nominative plural)
palauerna (definite nominative plural)
palauers (genitive indefinite singular)
palauerns (definite genitive singular)
palauers (genitive indefinite plural)
palauernas (definite genitive plural)


papuan

papuan (indefinite nominative singular)
papuanen (definite nominative singular)
papuaner (indefinite nominative plural)
papuanerna (definite nominative plural)
papuans (genitive indefinite singular)
papuanens (definite genitive singular)
papuaners (genitive indefinite plural)
papuanernas (definite genitive plural)


panaman

panaman (indefinite nominative singular)
panamanen (definite nominative singular)
panamaner (indefinite nominative plural)
panamanerna (definite nominative plural)
panamans (genitive indefinite singular)
panamanens (definite genitive singular)
panamaners (genitive indefinite plural)
panamanernas (definite genitive plural)


malier

malier (indefinite nominative singular)
maliern (definite nominative singular)
malier (indefinite nominative plural)
malierna (definite nominative plural)
maliers (genitive indefinite singular)
malierns (definite genitive singular)
maliers (genitive indefinite plural)
maliernas (definite genitive plural)


malawier

malawier (indefinite nominative singular)
malawiern (definite nominative singular)
malawier (indefinite nominative plural)
malawierna (definite nominative plural)
malawiers (genitive indefinite singular)
malawierns (definite genitive singular)
malawiers (genitive indefinite plural)
malawiernas (definite genitive plural)


Lund

Lund (a city and municipality of Skåne County, in southern Sweden)


Tromsø

Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark#English

Tromsø (a city and municipality of Troms og Finnmark, Norway)


peruan

peruan (indefinite nominative singular)
peruanen (definite nominative singular)
peruaner (indefinite nominative plural)
peruanerna (definite nominative plural)
peruans (genitive indefinite singular)
peruanens (definite genitive singular)
peruaners (genitive indefinite plural)
peruanernas (definite genitive plural)


paraguayan

paraguayan (indefinite nominative singular)
paraguayanen (definite nominative singular)
paraguayaner (indefinite nominative plural)
paraguayanerna (definite nominative plural)
paraguayans (genitive indefinite singular)
paraguayanens (definite genitive singular)
paraguayaners (genitive indefinite plural)
paraguayanernas (definite genitive plural)


antiguansk

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antiguansk (comparative mer antiguansk, superlative mest antiguansk)

mer antiguansk (comparative)
mest antiguansk (superlative)
antiguansk (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
mer antiguansk (common-gender comparative indefinite singular)
mest antiguansk (common-gender indefinite singular superlative)
antiguanskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
mer antiguanskt (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
mest antiguanskt (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
antiguanska (indefinite plural positive)
mer antiguanska (comparative indefinite plural)
mest antiguanska (indefinite plural superlative)
antiguanske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
mer antiguanska (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
mest antiguanska (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
antiguanske (definite masculine positive singular)
mer antiguanske (comparative definite masculine singular)
mest antiguanske (definite masculine singular superlative)
antiguanska (definite positive)
mer antiguanska (comparative definite)
mest antiguanska (definite superlative)

Antiguan (of or pertaining to Antigua or Antiguan people)


andorransk

andorransk (comparative mer andorransk, superlative mest andorransk)

mer andorransk (comparative)
mest andorransk (superlative)
andorransk (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
mer andorransk (common-gender comparative indefinite singular)
mest andorransk (common-gender indefinite singular superlative)
andorranskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
mer andorranskt (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
mest andorranskt (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
andorranska (indefinite plural positive)
mer andorranska (comparative indefinite plural)
mest andorranska (indefinite plural superlative)
andorranske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
mer andorranska (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
mest andorranska (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
andorranske (definite masculine positive singular)
mer andorranske (comparative definite masculine singular)
mest andorranske (definite masculine singular superlative)
andorranska (definite positive)
mer andorranska (comparative definite)
mest andorranska (definite superlative)

Andorran (of or pertaining to Andorra or Andorran people)


afghansk

afghansk (comparative mer afghansk, superlative mest afghansk)

mer afghansk (comparative)
mest afghansk (superlative)
afghansk (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
mer afghansk (common-gender comparative indefinite singular)
mest afghansk (common-gender indefinite singular superlative)
afghanskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
mer afghanskt (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
mest afghanskt (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
afghanska (indefinite plural positive)
mer afghanska (comparative indefinite plural)
mest afghanska (indefinite plural superlative)
afghanske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
mer afghanska (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
mest afghanska (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
afghanske (definite masculine positive singular)
mer afghanske (comparative definite masculine singular)
mest afghanske (definite masculine singular superlative)
afghanska (definite positive)
mer afghanska (comparative definite)
mest afghanska (definite superlative)

Afghan (of or pertaining to Afghanistan or Afghan people)


algerisk

algerisk (comparative mer algerisk, superlative mest algerisk)

mer algerisk (comparative)
mest algerisk (superlative)
algerisk (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
mer algerisk (common-gender comparative indefinite singular)
mest algerisk (common-gender indefinite singular superlative)
algeriskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
mer algeriskt (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
mest algeriskt (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
algeriska (indefinite plural positive)
mer algeriska (comparative indefinite plural)
mest algeriska (indefinite plural superlative)
algeriske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
mer algeriska (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
mest algeriska (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
algeriske (definite masculine positive singular)
mer algeriske (comparative definite masculine singular)
mest algeriske (definite masculine singular superlative)
algeriska (definite positive)
mer algeriska (comparative definite)
mest algeriska (definite superlative)


uruguayan

uruguayan (indefinite nominative singular)
uruguayanen (definite nominative singular)
uruguayaner (indefinite nominative plural)
uruguayanerna (definite nominative plural)
uruguayans (genitive indefinite singular)
uruguayanens (definite genitive singular)
uruguayaners (genitive indefinite plural)
uruguayanernas (definite genitive plural)


argentinsk

argentinsk (comparative mer argentinsk, superlative mest argentinsk)

mer argentinsk (comparative)
mest argentinsk (superlative)
argentinsk (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
mer argentinsk (common-gender comparative indefinite singular)
mest argentinsk (common-gender indefinite singular superlative)
argentinskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
mer argentinskt (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
mest argentinskt (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
argentinska (indefinite plural positive)
mer argentinska (comparative indefinite plural)
mest argentinska (indefinite plural superlative)
argentinske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
mer argentinska (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
mest argentinska (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
argentinske (definite masculine positive singular)
mer argentinske (comparative definite masculine singular)
mest argentinske (definite masculine singular superlative)
argentinska (definite positive)
mer argentinska (comparative definite)
mest argentinska (definite superlative)

Argentine (of or pertaining to Argentina or Argentine people)


albansk

albansk (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
albanskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
albanska (indefinite plural positive)
albanske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
albanske (definite masculine positive singular)
albanska (definite positive)


angolansk

angolansk (comparative mer angolansk, superlative mest angolansk)

mer angolansk (comparative)
mest angolansk (superlative)
angolansk (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
mer angolansk (common-gender comparative indefinite singular)
mest angolansk (common-gender indefinite singular superlative)
angolanskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
mer angolanskt (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
mest angolanskt (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
angolanska (indefinite plural positive)
mer angolanska (comparative indefinite plural)
mest angolanska (indefinite plural superlative)
angolanske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
mer angolanska (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
mest angolanska (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
angolanske (definite masculine positive singular)
mer angolanske (comparative definite masculine singular)
mest angolanske (definite masculine singular superlative)
angolanska (definite positive)
mer angolanska (comparative definite)
mest angolanska (definite superlative)

Angolan (of or pertaining to Angola or Angolan people)


Preussen

preussisk

also preusk, prusk, prysk, pryske, pryssisk


Mikronesien

Micronesia (a geographical region of Oceania)

Micronesia (A country consisting of about 2000 islands in Oceania)


Moçambique

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Nederländska Antillerna

Nederländska Antillerna n (genitive Nederländska Antillernas)

Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles


Nordirland

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

Northern Ireland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom; capital: Belfast)


tysk

tysk (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
tyskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
tyska (indefinite plural positive)
tyske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
tyske (definite masculine positive singular)
tyska (definite positive)

From Old Swedish thysker, þȳdisker, thȳdzkir, þȳþisker, thȳdisker, (Old Norse þýðverskr), from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, from *þeudō (“folk”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”).

German (of or pertaining to Germany, Germans, or the German language)


tysk

tysk (indefinite nominative singular)
tysken (definite nominative singular)
tyskar (indefinite nominative plural)
tyskarna (definite nominative plural)
tysks (genitive indefinite singular)
tyskens (definite genitive singular)
tyskars (genitive indefinite plural)
tyskarnas (definite genitive plural)

Jag är tysk
I am German ["[a] German" – see vara for why there is no article]


Kosovo

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Nya Kaledonien

New Caledonia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)


Antwerpen

Antwerp (the capital city of Antwerp province, Belgium)


Nya Zeeland

New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)


Papua Nya Guinea

LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Papua Nya Guinea.wav

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691


Pitcairnöarna

Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Islands#English

Pitcairn Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the southern Pacific Ocean)


Gråbo

A locality in Lerum, Sweden, 30km north east of Gothenburg.


sump

sump (indefinite nominative singular)
sumpen (definite nominative singular)
sumpar (indefinite nominative plural)
sumparna (definite nominative plural)
sumps (genitive indefinite singular)
sumpens (definite genitive singular)
sumpars (genitive indefinite plural)
sumparnas (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: sumppu

From Middle Low German sump and German Sumpf. Probably a doublet of sopp and svamp.


Elsass

Alsace (a region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)


Prag

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


kap

From Old French cap, from Provençal, ultimately from Latin caput (“head”).


träsk

träsk (indefinite nominative singular)
träsket (definite nominative singular)
träsk (indefinite nominative plural)
träsken (definite nominative plural)
träsks (genitive indefinite singular)
träskets (definite genitive singular)
träsks (genitive indefinite plural)
träskens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish þræsk (compare traska), of onomatopoeic origin.

(regional, also in many place names) lake


Mora

A town and municipality of Dalarna County, in central Sweden


Lyon

Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Nora

A town in Västmanland, in central Sweden


Göteborg

From göt (“Geat”) + borg (“fortified castle or city”).


fransk

fransk (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
franskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
franska (indefinite plural positive)
franske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
franske (definite masculine positive singular)
franska (definite positive)

Borrowed from Middle Low German fransch, which goes back, via Old French franceis (French français), to Late Latin Franciscus. This adjective is borrowed from Frankish *frankisk (“Frankish”), which is also the source of English French (Old English Frenċisċ).

en fransk film

franska revolutionen

French (of or pertaining to France or the French language)


oas

oas (indefinite nominative singular)
oasen (definite nominative singular)
oaser (indefinite nominative plural)
oaserna (definite nominative plural)
oas (genitive indefinite singular)
oasens (definite genitive singular)
oasers (genitive indefinite plural)
oasernas (definite genitive plural)

Derived from Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis). Cognate of German Oase, English and French oasis.


Kalifornien

Borrowed from English California, from Spanish California.

California (a state of the United States)


hav

hav (indefinite nominative singular)
havet (definite nominative singular)
hav (indefinite nominative plural)
haven (definite nominative plural)
havs (genitive indefinite singular)
havets (definite genitive singular)
havs (genitive indefinite plural)
havens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish haf, in turn inherited from Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.

segla på havet

I ett hav finns det mycket vatten


Normandie

Normandy (an administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel)


sund

sund (indefinite nominative singular)
sundet (definite nominative singular)
sund (indefinite nominative plural)
sunden (definite nominative plural)
sunds (genitive indefinite singular)
sundets (definite genitive singular)
sunds (genitive indefinite plural)
sundens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥tóm.

Gibraltar sund

(geography) a strait, a sound (relatively narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water at the same level, or going between an island and the mainland or between two islands)


Lübeck

Lübeck (a city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


Malmö

From Middle Danish Malmoghe or Malmhauge (literally “Ore Hill”), a compound equivalent to present-day malm (“ore”) + høj (“hill”); both elements are of Old Norse, earlier Proto-Germanic, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin.


Düsseldorf

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Düsseldorf (the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Sevilla

From Spanish Sevilla, from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /sefela/, “plain, valley”).

der

إِشْبِيلِيَة

Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya)

Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)


Skandinavien

Scandinavia; the countries of Denmark (excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland), Norway and Sweden.


ström

ström (indefinite nominative singular)
strömmen (definite nominative singular)
strömmar (indefinite nominative plural)
strömmarna (definite nominative plural)
ströms (genitive indefinite singular)
strömmens (definite genitive singular)
strömmars (genitive indefinite plural)
strömmarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish strömber, from Old Norse straumr, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srówmos, from *srew- (“to flow”).

stream; any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words


tjärn

tjärn (indefinite nominative singular)
tjärnen (definite nominative singular)
tjärnar (indefinite nominative plural)
tjärnarna (definite nominative plural)
tjärns (genitive indefinite singular)
tjärnens (definite genitive singular)
tjärnars (genitive indefinite plural)
tjärnarnas (definite genitive plural)


alban

alban (indefinite nominative singular)
albanen (definite nominative singular)
albaner (indefinite nominative plural)
albanerna (definite nominative plural)
albans (genitive indefinite singular)
albanens (definite genitive singular)
albaners (genitive indefinite plural)
albanernas (definite genitive plural)

Albanian; person, chiefly male, from Albania.


Västmanland

Västmanland (a historical province in central Sweden, located in the middle of the country somewhat west of Stockholm)


Helsingfors

→ Dutch: Elsenfors

[hɛlsɪŋˈfɔʂː]

From Helsinge fors (literally “Helsinge rapids”), the original name of the rapids (now called Gammelstadsforsen) around which the city was founded. The initial part is probably derived from hals and can be compared to the initial part of Hälsingland and Helsingborg (also spelled Hälsingborg in the past).


Östersjön

Compound of öster (“eastern”) + sjö (“sea”).
From Old Norse Austrsjór.


nomenklatura

nomenklatura (indefinite nominative uncountable)
nomenklaturan (definite nominative uncountable)
nomenklaturas (genitive indefinite uncountable)
nomenklaturans (definite genitive uncountable)

Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra), from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). Doublet of nomenklatur.

bor

номенклату́ра


Indiska oceanen

head

Indiska oceanen c (genitive Indiska oceanens)


Södra ishavet

Södra ishavet c (genitive Södra ishavets)


Norra ishavet

Norra ishavet n (genitive Norra ishavets)


Södra oceanen

Södra oceanen c (genitive Södra oceanens)


Arktiska havet

Arktisk havet n (genitive Arktiska havets)

Arktisk havet (canonical neuter)
Arktiska havets (genitive)


Köpenhamn

Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)


Uppsala

desc

→ Arabic: أُوبْسَالَا (ʔūbsālā)

→ Arabic: أُوبْسَالَا (ʔūbsālā)

→ Armenian: Ուփսալա (Upʻsala)

→ Azerbaijani: Uppsala

→ English: Uppsala

→ Esperanto: Upsalo

→ Estonian: Uppsala

→ Finnish: Upsala, Uppsala

→ French: Uppsala

→ Georgian: უფსალა (upsala), უპსალა (uṗsala)

→ German: Uppsala

→ Greek: Ουψάλα (Oupsála)

→ Hebrew: אוּפְּסָלָה (Upsála)

→ Hindi: उप्साला (upsālā)

→ Inuktitut: ᐆᑉᓴᓚ (oopsala)

→ Italian: Uppsala

→ Japanese: ウプサラ (Upusara)

→ Korean: 웁살라 (Upsalla)

→ Latin: Upsālia (New Latin)

→ Latvian: Upsāla

→ Lithuanian: Upsala

→ Macedonian: У́псала (Úpsala)

→ Mandarin: 烏普薩拉／乌普萨拉, 乌普萨拉 (Wūpǔsàlā)

→ Mandarin: 烏普薩拉／乌普萨拉, 乌普萨拉 (Wūpǔsàlā)

→ Marathi: उप्साला (upsālā)

→ Mongolian: Өпсала (Öpsala)

→ Ossetian: Уппса́лӕ (Uppsálæ)

→ Persian: اوپسالا (upsâlâ)

→ Polish: Uppsala

→ Portuguese: Uppsala, Upsala

→ Russian: У́псала (Úpsala), Упса́ла (Upsála), У́ппсала (Úppsala), Уппса́ла (Uppsála)

→ Spanish: Upsala

→ Tamil: உப்சாலா (upcālā)

→ Thai: อุปซอลา (ùp-sɔɔ-laa)

→ Ukrainian: Уппса́ла (Uppsála)

→ Veps: Uppsal

→ Yiddish: אופּסאַלאַ (upsala)

/ˈɵpːˌsɑːla/

From Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) + salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr); equivalent to Swedish upp + salar.

com

plural of <i class="Latn mention" lang="non">salr</i>

Uppsala (a city in eastern central Sweden)


Provence

Borrowed from French Provence, from Occitan Provença, from Latin prōvincia.


Korsika

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)


hed

hed (indefinite nominative singular)
heden (definite nominative singular)
hedar (indefinite nominative plural)
hedarna (definite nominative plural)
heds (genitive indefinite singular)
hedens (definite genitive singular)
hedars (genitive indefinite plural)
hedarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish heþ, from Old Norse heiðr, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī, from Proto-Indo-European *kayt-, *ḱayt-.


vulkan

vulkan (indefinite nominative singular)
vulkanen (definite nominative singular)
vulkaner (indefinite nominative plural)
vulkanerna (definite nominative plural)
vulkans (genitive indefinite singular)
vulkanens (definite genitive singular)
vulkaners (genitive indefinite plural)
vulkanernas (definite genitive plural)


Genua

Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)

Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)


nunatak

nunatak (indefinite nominative singular)
nunataken (definite nominative singular)
nunataker (indefinite nominative plural)
nunatakerna (definite nominative plural)
nunataks (genitive indefinite singular)
nunatakens (definite genitive singular)
nunatakers (genitive indefinite plural)
nunatakernas (definite genitive plural)


Bornholm

Bornholm (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea)


Tornedalen

[ˈtʰoə̯ɳəˌdɑːlən]

Torne Valley (the valley around river Torne, at the border of Sweden and Finland)


halvö

halvö (indefinite nominative singular)
halvön (definite nominative singular)
halvöar (indefinite nominative plural)
halvöarna (definite nominative plural)
halvös (genitive indefinite singular)
halvöns (definite genitive singular)
halvöars (genitive indefinite plural)
halvöarnas (definite genitive plural)

halv- (“semi-, half”) + ö (“island”). Compare Danish halvø, Faroese hálvoyggj and Norwegian halvøy.


Haag

The Hague (a city, the administrative capital of the Netherlands)


Baskien

Borrowed from French basque (“Basque”), from Latin Vascō, Vascōnēs pl, a Roman era tribe in the Franco-Cantabrian region of southern Europe who were ancestors of the current Basque population.

Basque Country (region in northern Spain and southwestern France)

autonomous community
autonomous community

Basque Country (an autonomous community of Spain)


källa

källa (indefinite nominative singular)
källan (definite nominative singular)
källor (indefinite nominative plural)
källorna (definite nominative plural)
källas (genitive indefinite singular)
källans (definite genitive singular)
källors (genitive indefinite plural)
källornas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish kælda, from Old Norse kelda.

Från en säker källa som även angav sina källor har jag fått veta att Nisses pizzeria är en källa till god kebabsås

From a reliable source, who also gave his sources, I've learned that Nisse's pizzeria is a source of tasty kebab sauce

en inspirationskälla

a source (of information, or other things)

Källvatten tas från en källa

a spring (where groundwater naturally emerges)

Nilens källa

(mathematics) a source; a point where the divergence of a vector field is positive


klippa

klippa (indefinite nominative singular)
klippan (definite nominative singular)
klippor (indefinite nominative plural)
klipporna (definite nominative plural)
klippas (genitive indefinite singular)
klippans (definite genitive singular)
klippors (genitive indefinite plural)
klippornas (definite genitive plural)

Segla mot klipporna där borta

en brant klippa
a steep cliff/rock (depending on context – describes both images)

a cliff, a rock (a cliff, or a rock formation with a cliff or cliffs (a steep rock formation, put differently) – compare how "up on the cliff" makes sense for not being on the actual cliff in English)


Viborg

From vi (“sanctuary, sacred area”) + borg (“fortress, castle; city”), from Old Norse vé + borg via Old Swedish borgh.


Vänern

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


Asien

Asien är världens största kontinent och har 4,432 miljarder invånare

Asia is the world's largest continent and has 4.432 billion inhabitants


Haparanda

From Finnish Haaparanta, meaning aspen strand.

a town and municipality in northern Sweden at the border against Finland. Known locally and in Finland also by its Finnish name Haaparanta


Brahestad

From the surname of Per Brahe the Younger + stad. Compare the surname Brahe.


Uleåborg

/ʉːlɛɔˈbɔrj/

Compound of Ule (name of a river) + å (river) + borg (castle)

North Ostrobothnia
North Ostrobothnia#English

Oulu (a city in North Ostrobothnia, Finland)


Sachsen

Borrowed from German Sachsen and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō.


München

Munich (the capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany)


kulle

kulle (indefinite nominative singular)
kullen (definite nominative singular)
kullar (indefinite nominative plural)
kullarna (definite nominative plural)
kulles (genitive indefinite singular)
kullens (definite genitive singular)
kullars (genitive indefinite plural)
kullarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse kollr, from Proto-Germanic *kullaz.

Det växer träd uppe på kullen

backen på sidan av kullen


Donau

Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2850 km from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania)


Schweiz

Folk blandar ofta ihop Sverige med Schweiz

People often mix up Sweden and Switzerland

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Antarktiska oceanen

head

Antarktiska oceanen c (genitive Antarktiska oceanens)


Tunisien

– Vilket land har sämst skridskoåkning? – Jag vet inte, berätta. – Tunisien!
– Which country is the worst for ice skating? – I don't know, tell me. – Tunisia!

"tunn is igen" = "thin ice again," pronounced the same


generalsekreterare

generalsekreterare (indefinite nominative singular)
generalsekreteraren (definite nominative singular)
generalsekreterare (indefinite nominative plural)
generalsekreterarna (definite nominative plural)
generalsekreterares (genitive indefinite singular)
generalsekreterarens (definite genitive singular)
generalsekreterares (genitive indefinite plural)
generalsekreterarnas (definite genitive plural)


Venedig

Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)

Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, Italy)


Syrien

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Kazakstan

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


algeriska

algeriska (indefinite nominative singular)
algeriskan (definite nominative singular)
algeriskor (indefinite nominative plural)
algeriskorna (definite nominative plural)
algeriskas (genitive indefinite singular)
algeriskans (definite genitive singular)
algeriskors (genitive indefinite plural)
algeriskornas (definite genitive plural)


Kongo-Kinshasa

Kongo-Kinshasa n (genitive Kongo-Kinshasas)

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


direktör

direktör (indefinite nominative singular)
direktören (definite nominative singular)
direktörer (indefinite nominative plural)
direktörerna (definite nominative plural)
direktörs (genitive indefinite singular)
direktörens (definite genitive singular)
direktörers (genitive indefinite plural)
direktörernas (definite genitive plural)


afghanska

afghanska (indefinite nominative singular)
afghanskan (definite nominative singular)
afghanskor (indefinite nominative plural)
afghanskorna (definite nominative plural)
afghanskas (genitive indefinite singular)
afghanskans (definite genitive singular)
afghanskors (genitive indefinite plural)
afghanskornas (definite genitive plural)


Republiken Kongo

Republiken Kongo n (genitive Republiken Kongos)

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English:_Q971

Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Kongo-Brazzaville

Kongo-Brazzaville n (genitive Kongo-Brazzavilles)

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Congo-Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


svenskspråkig

svenskspråkig (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
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


Tjeckien

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)


Visby

→ English: Visby

Ultimately from Old Norse vé (“[pagan] sanctuary”) + býr (“town”). By surface analysis, vi + by.

Visby ringmur

Visby (a city on the west coast of Gotland, Sweden)


damm

damm (indefinite nominative singular)
dammen (definite nominative singular)
dammar (indefinite nominative plural)
dammarna (definite nominative plural)
damms (genitive indefinite singular)
dammens (definite genitive singular)
dammars (genitive indefinite plural)
dammarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish damber, dampn, from Old Norse dammr, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.


Saint Christopher och Nevis

Saint Christopher och Nevis n (genitive Saint Christopher och Nevis)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis#English

Saint Kitts and Nevis (a country consisting of two islands in the Caribbean)


näs

näs (indefinite nominative singular)
näset (definite nominative singular)
näs (indefinite nominative plural)
näsen (definite nominative plural)
näs (genitive indefinite singular)
näsets (definite genitive singular)
näs (genitive indefinite plural)
näsens (definite genitive plural)

From Proto-Germanic *nasją (“foothill; headland, cape”). Cognate with English ness; etymologically connected with nose.


ås

ås (indefinite nominative singular)
åsen (definite nominative singular)
åsar (indefinite nominative plural)
åsarna (definite nominative plural)
ås (genitive indefinite singular)
åsens (definite genitive singular)
åsars (genitive indefinite plural)
åsarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse áss, from Proto-Germanic *ansaz.

a ridge (long, narrow, not too tall elevation in the landscape)


Dorotea

A town and municipality of Västerbotten County, Lappland Region, in northern Sweden


Mexikanska golfen

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Mexikanska golfen c (genitive Mexikanska golfens)


kust

kust (indefinite nominative singular)
kusten (definite nominative singular)
kuster (indefinite nominative plural)
kusterna (definite nominative plural)
kusts (genitive indefinite singular)
kustens (definite genitive singular)
kusters (genitive indefinite plural)
kusternas (definite genitive plural)


EG

European Communities
European Communities

Europeiska gemenskaperna
Europeiska gemenskaperna#Swedish

EC, the European Communities (1965-1993), a precursor of the European Union; Abbreviation of Europeiska gemenskaperna.


Tasmanien

Tasmania (an island and state of Australia)


brasilianare

brasilianare (indefinite nominative singular)
brasilianaren (definite nominative singular)
brasilianare (indefinite nominative plural)
brasilianarna (definite nominative plural)
brasilianares (genitive indefinite singular)
brasilianarens (definite genitive singular)
brasilianares (genitive indefinite plural)
brasilianarnas (definite genitive plural)


brasilianska

brasilianska (indefinite nominative singular)
brasilianskan (definite nominative singular)
brasilianskor (indefinite nominative plural)
brasilianskorna (definite nominative plural)
brasilianskas (genitive indefinite singular)
brasilianskans (definite genitive singular)
brasilianskors (genitive indefinite plural)
brasilianskornas (definite genitive plural)


Bosnien

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Bosnia (region consisting of the northern three-fourths of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

(informal) Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country in Southeast Europe)


Konstantinopel

Konstantinopel n (genitive Konstantinopels)

Constantinople (the city now named Istanbul)


Serbien

Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Arild

Name sense: Ultimately genitive form of Arvid, later transformed.
Locality sense: Ultimately named after Saint Arild. First known as Danish Hellij Aruitz leije (“Holy Arild's Fishing Village”) in 1524, and Danish hellige Arrildz leye in 1556.
Up to late 19th century locally known as Arildsläge; by surface analysis, Arilds (“Arild's”) + läge (“fishing village”), or shortned to Läget (“the fishing village”). During late 19th century officially named Arild.

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Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), pages 24–25, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

A village in Brunnby parish, Höganäs municipality, Skåne county, Sweden.


chilenare

chilenare (indefinite nominative singular)
chilenaren (definite nominative singular)
chilenare (indefinite nominative plural)
chilenarna (definite nominative plural)
chilenares (genitive indefinite singular)
chilenarens (definite genitive singular)
chilenares (genitive indefinite plural)
chilenarnas (definite genitive plural)


chilenska

chilenska (indefinite nominative singular)
chilenskan (definite nominative singular)
chilenskor (indefinite nominative plural)
chilenskorna (definite nominative plural)
chilenskas (genitive indefinite singular)
chilenskans (definite genitive singular)
chilenskors (genitive indefinite plural)
chilenskornas (definite genitive plural)


brasiliansk

brasiliansk (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
mer brasiliansk (common-gender comparative indefinite singular)
mest brasiliansk (common-gender indefinite singular superlative)
brasilianskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
mer brasilianskt (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
mest brasilianskt (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
brasilianska (indefinite plural positive)
mer brasilianska (comparative indefinite plural)
mest brasilianska (indefinite plural superlative)
brasilianske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
mer brasilianska (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
mest brasilianska (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
brasilianske (definite masculine positive singular)
mer brasilianske (comparative definite masculine singular)
mest brasilianske (definite masculine singular superlative)
brasilianska (definite positive)
mer brasilianska (comparative definite)
mest brasilianska (definite superlative)


armeniska

armeniska (indefinite nominative singular)
armeniskan (definite nominative singular)
armeniskor (indefinite nominative plural)
armeniskorna (definite nominative plural)
armeniskas (genitive indefinite singular)
armeniskans (definite genitive singular)
armeniskors (genitive indefinite plural)
armeniskornas (definite genitive plural)


Sardinien

Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)


vik

vik (indefinite nominative singular)
viken (definite nominative singular)
vikar (indefinite nominative plural)
vikarna (definite nominative plural)
viks (genitive indefinite singular)
vikens (definite genitive singular)
vikars (genitive indefinite plural)
vikarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

Persiska viken

more vik-shaped compared to Mexikanska golfen ()

en mysig liten vik

en skyddad vik

(geography) a bay, an inlet, (in the British sense) a creek (a (relatively long and narrow) inlet from the sea or a lake, as might instead and more specifically be called a fjord (“fjord”) if surrounded by cliffs (and substantially long))

a cove (when a small, sheltered vik – see also bukt)

a gulf (when shaped like a vik, especially in the names of some gulfs that are shaped more or less like a vik)

Vi bor längst in i viken

segla in i viken

simma över viken

Det bor några vikingar i viken

There are some Vikings living in the bay/creek (possibly though controversially related)


Flo

Attested in 1305 as Flo, name of a church village, probably containing the element flo(e) (“small body of water, pool, marsh”), from Old Norse flōi (“marsh, swamp”), from Proto-Germanic *flōduz (“river”).


kanal

kanal (indefinite nominative singular)
kanalen (definite nominative singular)
kanaler (indefinite nominative plural)
kanalerna (definite nominative plural)
kanals (genitive indefinite singular)
kanalens (definite genitive singular)
kanalers (genitive indefinite plural)
kanalernas (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: kanaali

a channel (used in the names of some natural, relatively narrow waterways, for example "Engelska kanalen" (the English Channel))


Storbritannien

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Storbritannien n (genitive Storbritanniens)


hamn

hamn (indefinite nominative singular)
hamnen (definite nominative singular)
hamnar (indefinite nominative plural)
hamnarna (definite nominative plural)
hamns (genitive indefinite singular)
hamnens (definite genitive singular)
hamnars (genitive indefinite plural)
hamnarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish hamn, hampn, from Old Norse hǫfn, from Proto-Germanic *habnō.

Så se på mig. Åhå, en hamn i stormen. Som en våg, som fötts att bära dig.

1995, “Se på mig [Look at me]”, Ingela "Pling" Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist (music)performed by Jan Johansen:

So look at me. Oh-ho, a harbor in the storm. Like a wave, born [that has been born] to carry you.

a harbor, a haven (place or circumstance providing security)


Sydafrika

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Nederländerna

Nederländerna n (genitive Nederländernas)

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


Skottland

Scotland (country in northwest Europe to the north of England)


Novgorod

Borrowed from Russian Новгород (Novgorod). Replaced the older form Nougård

bor+

Novgorod (a city, the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia)


sinologi

sinologi (indefinite nominative uncountable)
sinologin (definite nominative uncountable)
sinologis (genitive indefinite uncountable)
sinologins (definite genitive uncountable)


Amur

Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)


skär

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


armenisk

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armenisk (comparative mer armenisk, superlative mest armenisk)

mer armenisk (comparative)
mest armenisk (superlative)
armenisk (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
mer armenisk (common-gender comparative indefinite singular)
mest armenisk (common-gender indefinite singular superlative)
armeniskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
mer armeniskt (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
mest armeniskt (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
armeniska (indefinite plural positive)
mer armeniska (comparative indefinite plural)
mest armeniska (indefinite plural superlative)
armeniske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
mer armeniska (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
mest armeniska (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
armeniske (definite masculine positive singular)
mer armeniske (comparative definite masculine singular)
mest armeniske (definite masculine singular superlative)
armeniska (definite positive)
mer armeniska (comparative definite)
mest armeniska (definite superlative)

Armenian (of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, Armenians, the language or alphabet)


Sovjetunionen

Sovjetunionen c (genitive Sovjetunionens)

Sovjet (“Soviet”) + union (“union”) + -en (definite)


glaciär

glaciär (indefinite nominative singular)
glaciären (definite nominative singular)
glaciärer (indefinite nominative plural)
glaciärerna (definite nominative plural)
glaciärs (genitive indefinite singular)
glaciärens (definite genitive singular)
glaciärers (genitive indefinite plural)
glaciärernas (definite genitive plural)

glacier (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill)


Karthago

Carthage (an ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia)

Carthage (an ancient civilisation in North Africa, centred on the city of Carthage)


Österbotten

English: Ostrobothnia

From öster (“eastern”) + botten (“bottom, basin”).

compound

Ostrobothnia, Swedish & Finnish province


Turkiet

Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)


Mesopotamien

Mesopotamia (an ancient civilisation in the Middle East, between Tigris and Euphrates, mainly in modern Iraq)


Tjeckoslovakien

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Tjeckoslovakien n (genitive Tjeckoslovakiens)


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.


Europaparlamentet

Europaparlamentet n (genitive Europaparlamentets)

definite singular of Europaparlament, from Europa + parlament


Pskov

Pskov (a city, the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia)


bosniska

bosniska (indefinite nominative uncountable)
bosniskan (definite nominative uncountable)
bosniskas (genitive indefinite uncountable)
bosniskans (definite genitive uncountable)
bosniska (indefinite nominative singular)
bosniskan (definite nominative singular)
bosniskor (indefinite nominative plural)
bosniskorna (definite nominative plural)
bosniskas (genitive indefinite singular)
bosniskans (definite genitive singular)
bosniskors (genitive indefinite plural)
bosniskornas (definite genitive plural)


Burgund

administrative region
administrative region

Burgundy (a region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)

Burgundy (An early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands)


Tjetjenien

Chechnya (a republic of the northern Caucasus of Russia; capital: Grozny)


Andalusien

Andalusia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Norrköping

/²nɔrːˌɕøːpɪŋ/

A city in Östergötland, eastern Sweden, the tenth-largest city in Sweden.


Västerås

Västerås, a city on Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland. The fifth-largest city in Sweden.


Jönköping

/ˈjœnˌɕøːpɪŋ/

From Old Swedish Junakøpunger, from Junabækker (“stream or brook of ?”) + køpunger.


Örebro

By surface analysis, ör + bro. First part cognate with either Icelandic eyrr or aurr.

A town, county, and municipality of Sweden, a city in south-central Sweden, located in the province of Närke. The sixth-largest city in Sweden.


Helsingborg

Helsingborg, a city in southwestern Sweden, located in the province of Skåne. The eighth-largest city in Sweden.


Saudiarabien

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Ligurien

Liguria (an administrative region of northwest Italy)


Sicilien

Sicily (The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)


platå

platå (indefinite nominative singular)
platån (definite nominative singular)
platåer (indefinite nominative plural)
platåerna (definite nominative plural)
platås (genitive indefinite singular)
platåns (definite genitive singular)
platåers (genitive indefinite plural)
platåernas (definite genitive plural)


Västsahara

Western Sahara
Western Sahara#English:_Q6250

Western Sahara (A territory and former Spanish colony in North Africa, now mostly occupied by Morocco, which claims ownership over the territory)


Söul

Borrowed from Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”).


Skåne

[ˈskʰoə̯ˌnɛ]

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

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


Gazaremsan

Gaza Strip (A region in Palestine between Egypt and Israel)


Sydshetlandsöarna

South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands


ö

ö (indefinite nominative singular)
ön (definite nominative singular)
öar (indefinite nominative plural)
öarna (definite nominative plural)
ös (genitive indefinite singular)
öns (definite genitive singular)
öars (genitive indefinite plural)
öarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish ø, from Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Cognate with å (“stream”).

Herman Melville, Moby Dick eller Den vita valen, tr. by Hugo Hultenberg.
De innehåller hela arkipelager av romantiska öar liksom de polynesiska farvattnen.
They contain round archipelagoes of romantic isles, even as the Polynesian waters do;

Gotland är den största ön i Östersjön.

Gotland is the largest island in the Baltic Sea.


Shetlandsöarna

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Shetlandsöarna ? (genitive Shetlandsöarnas)


Nordmarianerna

Northern Marianas
Northern Marianas#English

Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands#English

Northern Marianas, Northern Mariana Islands (an archipelago and dependent territory of the United States in the Pacific Ocean)


Umbrien

Umbria (an administrative region in central Italy)


lagun

lagun (indefinite nominative singular)
lagunen (definite nominative singular)
laguner (indefinite nominative plural)
lagunerna (definite nominative plural)
laguns (genitive indefinite singular)
lagunens (definite genitive singular)
laguners (genitive indefinite plural)
lagunernas (definite genitive plural)

From French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacuna "pond, hole", from lacus "pond, lake".


bukt

bukt (indefinite nominative singular)
bukten (definite nominative singular)
bukter (indefinite nominative plural)
bukterna (definite nominative plural)
bukts (genitive indefinite singular)
buktens (definite genitive singular)
bukters (genitive indefinite plural)
bukternas (definite genitive plural)

(geography) a broad, smoothly curved indentation in a coastline; a bay, a gulf, a bight

en skyddad bukt

a cove (when a sheltered bukt – see also vik)

a more or less circular bend (in a trajectory or something long and narrow)


pikt

pikt (indefinite nominative singular)
pikten (definite nominative singular)
pikter (indefinite nominative plural)
pikterna (definite nominative plural)
pikts (genitive indefinite singular)
piktens (definite genitive singular)
pikters (genitive indefinite plural)
pikternas (definite genitive plural)

Pict (member of an ancient people of Scotland)


Östtyskland

East Germany (former European country); the German Democratic Republic; (abbreviated DDR)


Sankt Petersburg

Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg#English

Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia), and former capital (1732–1918).


Salomonöarna

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)

Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)


Seychellerna

Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)


Saint Vincent och Grenadinerna

LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Saint Vincent och Grenadinerna.wav

The Caribbean island Saint Vincent was named by Columbus, since it was discovered on January 22, 1498, the day of Saint Vincent of Saragossa.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


São Tomé och Príncipe

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São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe#English:_Q1039

São Tomé and Príncipe (a country and archipelago in Central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean)


Åmål

Alltid något, sade han som fick se Åmål
Better than nothing, said he who saw Åmål (Swedish proverb)

En skam för mig men en ära för sta'n, sa han som gick vilse i Åmål
A shame for me but an honour for the town, said he who got lost in Åmål (Swedish proverb)

Fucking Åmål (title of a Swedish movie, 1998, English title "Show me Love")

a small town (9000 inhabitants) in Dalsland province, Västra Götaland county, Sweden, on the western shore of lake Vänern


Mikronesiens federerade stater

Mikronesiens federerade stater n (genitive Mikronesiens federerade staters)

Mikronesiens federerade staters (genitive)

Federated States of Micronesia#English:_Q702

Federated States of Micronesia (The official name of Micronesia, a country consisting of about 600 islands in Oceania)


australiska

australiska (indefinite nominative singular)
australiskan (definite nominative singular)
australiskor (indefinite nominative plural)
australiskorna (definite nominative plural)
australiskas (genitive indefinite singular)
australiskans (definite genitive singular)
australiskors (genitive indefinite plural)
australiskornas (definite genitive plural)


argentinska

argentinska (indefinite nominative singular)
argentinskan (definite nominative singular)
argentinskor (indefinite nominative plural)
argentinskorna (definite nominative plural)
argentinskas (genitive indefinite singular)
argentinskans (definite genitive singular)
argentinskors (genitive indefinite plural)
argentinskornas (definite genitive plural)


Karlstad

A city in Värmland, west-central Sweden.


Kristinehamn

Kristinehamn, a town in Värmland county, Sweden, and a harbour on lake Vänern.


Förenta staterna

Förenta staterna n (genitive Förenta staternas)

United States (a country in North America)


Kalmar

A city on the east coast of Sweden, located in the province of Småland.


Hjälmaren

Sweden's fourth largest lake, east of the town Örebro


Holaveden

a forest belt in south-central Sweden, between lake Sommen and the southern edge of lake Vättern


Tiveden

a forest belt in south-central Sweden, between the northern edges of lakes Vänern and Vättern


Tylöskog

a forest belt in south-central Sweden, east of the northern edge of lake Vättern, west of Norrköping


Boren

A lake in Sweden, east of the town Motala in Östergötland, part of Göta Canal


Roxen

A lake in Sweden, north of the town Linköping in Östergötland, part of Göta Canal


Stångån

A river in Sweden, flowing north through Småland and Östergötland into lake Roxen at Linköping


Leksand

A town and municipality of Dalarna, in central Sweden


Fagertärn

A lake in south-central Sweden, in Tiveden


Östersund

A town and municipality of Jämtland County, Sweden


Motala ström

A river in Sweden, draining lake Vättern at Motala (whence the name) into the Baltic Sea at Norrköping


Lidingö

A town in central Sweden, north-east of Stockholm


Ydre

A small town in Östergötland, in central Sweden


Skara

A town in Västergötland, in central Sweden


Karlsborg

A small town in Västergötland, in central Sweden


Idre

a small town and ski resort in central Sweden, in the province Dalarna


Söderköping

A town in Östergötland, in central Sweden


Kolmården

a forest belt in south-central Sweden, north of Bråviken and Norrköping, west of Nyköping


Täby

A town in central Sweden, north of Stockholm


Märsta

A town central Sweden, north of Stockholm.


Upplands Väsby

Upplands Väsby n (genitive Upplands Väsbys)


Vättern

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


Nyköping

[ˈnŷːˌɕøːpɪŋ]

A town and municipality of Södermanland County, in central Sweden


Ronneby

A city in Blekinge, south-eastern Sweden.


Glan

A lake in Sweden, west of the town of Norrköping in Östergötland, part of Motala ström


Strängnäs

A town in Södermanland, in central Sweden


Enköping

A city in central Sweden, north-west of Stockholm.


Askersund

Compound of ask (“ash (trea)”) + sund (“sound (geography)”). The name originally referred to the strait the town was on and was later adopted by the town itself.


Viken

A lake in south-central Sweden, in Tiveden


Tumba

Named after a mill Tumbokvarn (Old Swedish Tumboqwern), a contraction meaning "Tumba's mill," from the obsolete farm Tuna + kvarn (“mill”). The former could be related to the Scandinavian name Tonna, a pet form of Old Norse Þórný, from the root of Þórr (“Thor”) + nýr (“new”).

A town in central Sweden, south of Stockholm


Åkersberga

A town and municipality of Stockholm County, Sweden, north-east of Stockholm


Vingåker

A small town in Södermanland, in central Sweden


Mariestad

A town and municipality of Västergötland, central Sweden.


Varberg

A town in Halland, in southwestern Sweden


Hallsberg

A small town in Närke, in central Sweden


Trollhättan

A town in western Sweden, on Göta älv at the southern edge of lake Vänern


Falköping

A city in Västergötland, central Sweden.


Vänersborg

A town in Västergötland, in western Sweden