A

The first letter of the Swedish alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.


o

The fifteenth letter of the Swedish alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.


j

The tenth letter of the Swedish alphabet, called ji and written in the Latin script.


t

T (uppercase)
t (indefinite nominative singular)
t:et (definite nominative singular)
t:n (indefinite nominative plural)
t:na (definite nominative plural)
ts (genitive indefinite singular)
t:ets (definite genitive singular)
t:ns (genitive indefinite plural)
t:nas (definite genitive plural)

The twentieth letter of the Swedish alphabet


b

The second letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


k

The eleventh letter of the Swedish alphabet, called kå and written in the Latin script. Pronounced /k/ in front of a, o, u and å and /ɕ/ in front of e, i, y, ä and ö (some loan words might ignore this rule).


g

The seventh letter of the Swedish alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script. Pronounced /ɡ/ in front of a, o, u and å and /j/ in front of e, i, y, ä and ö. Pronounced /ɧ/ in some loan words.


w

The twenty-third letter of the Swedish alphabet, called dubbel-ve and written in the Latin script. Previously treated as a variant of the letter v and not as its own independent letter.


h

The eighth letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


s

The twenty-second letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


z

The twenty-sixth letter of the Swedish alphabet, called säta or zäta and written in the Latin script.


c

The third letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


u

The twenty-first letter of the Swedish alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.


e

The fifth letter of the Swedish alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.


æ

Historical Swedish letter, now obsolete and rarely used, replaced by a, e and ä.


ä

Ä (uppercase)
ä (indefinite nominative singular)
äet (definite nominative singular)
än (indefinite nominative plural)
äna (definite nominative plural)
äs (genitive indefinite singular)
äets (definite genitive singular)
äns (genitive indefinite plural)
änas (definite genitive plural)

Originally a ligature of A and E. During the 16th century, the letter began to be written as an A with a lower case e ontop (Aͤ respectively aͤ). During the first decades of the 18th century, the use of umlaut emerged.

The second last letter of the Swedish alphabet, pronounced /ɛː/ when long, /ɛ/ when short, /æː/ when long and before r, and /æ/ when short and before r.


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.


Œ

Historical Swedish letter, now obsolete and rarely used, replaced by E and Ö.


B

the second letter of the Swedish alphabet


J

the tenth letter of the Swedish alphabet


V

Borrowed from Latin V. First attested in 1602.

(historical) the 21st letter of the Swedish alphabet (when I and J was not viewed as separate letters)

(historical) the 20th letter of the Swedish alphabet (when U and V was not viewed as separate letters)


K

The eleventh letter of the Swedish alphabet


W

Borrowed from German W and English W, derived from Latin V, derived from Latin U. First attested in 1717.

the 23rd (or optional) letter of the Swedish alphabet


I

The ninth letter of the Swedish alphabet.


a

The first letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


é

Form of e, used to mark that the letter is long and fully stressed.


ā

From the perceived ease and speed of writing a macron (¯) compared to an umlaut (¨).


œ

Historical Swedish letter, now obsolete and rarely used, replaced by e and ö.


Æ

Historical Swedish letter, now obsolete and rarely used, replaced by A, E and Ä.


Ø

Unadapted borrowing from Danish ø and unadapted borrowing from Norwegian ø.

En pølse. ― (En pölse.) ― A Danish-style hotdog.

En dansk øl. ― (En dansk öl.) ― A Danish beer.

The letter Ö, as an (often jocular) replacement when referring to something considered (overly) Danish or Norwegian.


ﬆ

(rare) The ﬆ, a ligature of the letters st.

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(rare) Alternative typography of st. (“pc.; pcs.”).


ö

Ö (uppercase)
ö (indefinite nominative singular)
öet (definite nominative singular)
ön (indefinite nominative plural)
öna (definite nominative plural)
ös (genitive indefinite singular)
öets (definite genitive singular)
öns (genitive indefinite plural)
önas (definite genitive plural)

Det är två ön i "Höör".
There are two ö in "Höör".

The last letter of the Swedish alphabet, pronounced /øː/ when long, /œ/ when short, [œ̞ː] when long and before r, and [œ̞] when short and before r.


Ä

ä (lowercase)
Ä (indefinite nominative singular)
äet (definite nominative singular)
än (indefinite nominative plural)
äna (definite nominative plural)
Äs (genitive indefinite singular)
äets (definite genitive singular)
äns (genitive indefinite plural)
änas (definite genitive plural)

First attested in 1495. Originally a ligature of A and E. During the 16th century, the letter began to be written as an A with a lower case e on top (Aͤ and aͤ respectively). During the first decades of the 18th century, the use of umlaut (Ää) emerged.

The second last letter of the Swedish alphabet, pronounced /ɛː/ when long, /ɛ/ when short, /æː/ when long and before r, and /æ/ when short and before r.


Ö

ö (lowercase)
Ö (indefinite nominative singular)
Öet (definite nominative singular)
Ön (indefinite nominative plural)
Öna (definite nominative plural)
Ös (genitive indefinite singular)
Öets (definite genitive singular)
Öns (genitive indefinite plural)
Önas (definite genitive plural)


Aͤ

Latin script
Appendix:Latin script#English

An archaic form of Ä, a letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


aͤ

An archaic form of ä, a letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


Oͤ

An archaic form of Ö, a letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.


oͤ

An archaic form of ö, a letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.