Pippi Långstrump

From långstrumpa (“long stocking”). Her full name is Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump.

Pippi Longstocking (fictional character invented by Astrid Lindgren)


Arlanda

Stockholm's new international airport, planned since 1944, was named in a contest in 1958. The jury settled for Arlanda, which combined the suggested Arland with the verb landa (“to land”). The airport is situated in Ärlinghundra hundred (a court district), which in a document in 1316 was mentioned as provincia Aarland.

Arlanda, the international airport north of Stockholm in Sweden


Karlstad

Karlstads (genitive)
Carlstad (alternative obsolete)
Carlſtad (alternative obsolete)

a city in Värmland, west-central Sweden.


Värmland

Värmlands (genitive)
Wermland (alternative obsolete)
Wermeland (alternative obsolete)

the province Värmland in Sweden; also in the name of Värmland County


Kristinehamn

Kristinehamns (genitive)
Christinehamn (alternative obsolete)
Chriſtinehamn (alternative obsolete)

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


Nobel

Clipping of Nobelius, something commonly done among Latinized learned surnames in the 18th century. Ultimately from the Swedish locality Östra Nöbbelöv.

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Efternamn i Sverige – Lärda namn, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore


Förenta staterna

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Förenta staterna n (genitive Förenta staternas)

United States (a country in North America)


Förenta staternas

Förenta staterna
Förenta staterna#Swedish


Strindberg

a surname, Swedish writer August Strindberg (1849-1912)


Myrdal

a surname, politicians Alva and Gunnar Myrdal, their son writer Jan Myrdal


Erlander

a surname, prime minister Tage Erlander (1901-1985)


Övre Volta

Upper Volta (former name of Burkina Faso, a country in West Africa, used from 1958-1984)


Kalmar

Kalmars (genitive)
Calmar (alternative obsolete)

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


Joe Biden, som blir USA:s 46:e president, svor med handen på Bibeln att troget utöva sitt ämbete och att efter bästa förmåga upprätthålla, värna och försvara USA:s konsitution.

2021 January 20, Johan Sennerö, “Nu är Joe Biden USA:s president [Now Joe Biden is USA's president]”, in SVT Nyheter:

Joe Biden, who becomes the 46th President of the United States, swore with his hand on the Bible to faithfully exercise his office and to the best of his ability to maintain, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

High School-åren släpps i sin tur 28 juli till pc och konsolerna, och du har förmodligen redan räknat ut att expansionen fokuserar på high school, USA:s motsvarighet till gymnasiet.

2022 June 1, Fredrik Eriksson, “Nya The Sims 4-expansionen tar oss till gymnasiet – mitt i sommaren!? [The new Sims 4 expansion takes us to high school – in the middle of summer!?"]”, in FZ:

High School Years will be released on July 28th for PC and consoles, and you've probably already figured out that the expansion focuses on high school, the equivalent of gymnasium in the USA.


kd

Abbreviation of Kristdemokraterna (“Christian Democrats”).


Vättern

Vätterns (genitive)
Wettern (alternative obsolete)

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


Hjälmaren

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


Boren

Of obscure origin, but compare borra (“to bore”).

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


Glan

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


Motala ström

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


Stångån

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


Hornavan

From horn + -avan. The last part is a common ending in lake names in Northern Sweden.

a lake in northern Sweden, north for Arjeplog.


Bolmen

Unknown. Possibly derived from Old Swedish *bolmber (“large; expansive”). Compare with the verb bolma (“billow”). Earliest known individual form attested since 1689 as New Latin Bollmen Lacus (“Lake Bolmen”); but part of Old Swedish Bolmsø (“Bolmen island”) since 1293.
See also the lakeside locality Odensjö (literally “Odin's Lake”), which is proposedly derived from a former name of lake Bolmen.

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Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 43, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 243, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

a village by the lake of same name in Annerstad parish, Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Viken

a lake in south-central Sweden, in Tiveden


Fagertärn

From fager + tjärn (spelled as tärn). Literally, “Fair Tarn”. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Fagertjern/Fagertjønn.

a lake in south-central Sweden, in Tiveden, known for its unike red waterlilies


Tiveden

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


Holaveden

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


Kolmården

Kolmårdens (genitive)
Kålmården (alternative obsolete)

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


Tylöskog

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


Gävle

Gävles (genitive)
Gefle (alternative)
Gäfle (alternative)

a town and municipality of Gävleborg County, Sweden


Södertälje

Södertäljes (genitive)
Södertelie (alternative obsolete)
Södertelge (alternative obsolete)

/sœdɛˈʈɛlːjɛ/

a town in central Sweden, south of Stockholm.


Eskilstuna

Eskilstunas (genitive)
Eſkilstuna (alternative obsolete)

a town and municipality of Södermanland County, Sweden


Täby

a town in central Sweden, north of Stockholm


Halmstad

Halmstads (genitive)
Halmſtad (alternative obsolete)

Halmstad, a town in Halland, in southwestern Sweden


Växjö

Växjös (genitive)
Wexiö (alternative obsolete)

a city in Småland, south-central Sweden.


Trollhättan

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


Östersund

a town and municipality of Jämtland County, Sweden


Borlänge

a town and municipality of Dalecarlia County, in central Sweden


Falun

Falu (genitive)
Faluns (genitive)
Fahlun (alternative obsolete)

Based upon a conjugated definite form of Falan, the name of an area west of the Falu River (still used in 1684), such as Old Swedish Falunne (dative) or Faluna (accusative). The name is related to the adjective fal (“grayly/yellowly pale”), originally in reference to either this area or the river itself. A river name *Falan might have referred to the color of the water. The name of the area, potentially containing a noun *fala (“pale yellow dryland”), could have been given due to the yellow ochre deposited by Gruvbäcken, or denoted the local thingstead and marketplace of the Kopparberg region.
Attested since 1400 as Old Swedish (oppa) Falene.

Falun (a city and municipality of Dalarna County, Sweden)


Orsa

a town and municipality of Dalecarlia, in central Sweden


Leksand

a town and municipality of Dalarna, in central Sweden


Upplands Väsby

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Upplands Väsby n (genitive Upplands Väsbys)


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


Skövde

Skövdes (genitive)
Skiöfde (alternative obsolete)
Sköfde (alternative obsolete)

a town in Västergötland, in central Sweden


Falköping

a city in Västergötland, central Sweden.


Lidköping

Lidköpings (genitive)
Lidkiöping (alternative obsolete)


Skänninge

Skänninges (genitive)
Schenninge (alternative)
Skeninge (alternative)
Skenninge (alternative)

a town in Östergötland, in central Sweden


Finspång

Finspångs (genitive)
Finſpång (alternative obsolete)


Mjölby

a town and municipality of Östergötland County, in southern Sweden.


Ödeshög

a small town in Östergötland, in central Sweden


Kisa

First attested as Kysæ in 1287. The name is likely related to dialectal Norwegian kise, meaning bulge.


Idre

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


Vadstena

Vadstenas (genitive)
Wadstena (alternative)
Wadſtena (alternative)


Karlsborg

a small town in Västergötland, in central Sweden


Mariestad

Mariestads (genitive)
Marieſtad (alternative obsolete)

a town and municipality of Västergötland, central Sweden.


Askersund

Askersunds (genitive)
Aſkerſund (alternative obsolete)

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.


Hallsberg

a small town in Närke, in central Sweden


Karlskrona

Karlskronas (genitive)
Carlscrona (alternative)
Carlskrona (alternative)

Karls + krona (“Charles's crown”), after King Charles XI of Sweden.


Ronneby

a city in Blekinge, south-eastern Sweden.


Uddevalla

Uddevallas (genitive)
Uddewalla (alternative obsolete)


Lidingö

a town in central Sweden, north-east of Stockholm


Landskrona

Landskronas (genitive)
Landscrona (alternative obsolete)


Trelleborg

Trelleborgs (genitive)
Trälleborg (alternative obsolete)

Trelleborg (a town, municipality, and ferry port in Skåne County, Sweden, the southernmost municipality in Sweden)


Höör

First mentioned as Hørg around 1160. From Old Danish hørg (“pile of stones”).


Nyköping

[ˈnŷːˌɕøːpɪŋ]

a town and municipality of Södermanland County, in central Sweden


Strängnäs

Strängnäs (genitive)
Strengnäs (alternative obsolete)

a town in Södermanland, in central Sweden


Katrineholm

a small town in Södermanland, in central Sweden


Flen

First attested as Flen in 1367. Related to dialectal flen (“bare”), as the town lay on a bare hill.


Karlskoga

Karlskogas (genitive)
Carlsſkoga (alternative obsolete)


Åkersberga

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


Vallentuna

Vallentunas (genitive)
Wallentuna (alternative obsolete)

a town in central Sweden, north of Stockholm


Varberg

Varbergs (genitive)
Warberg (alternative obsolete)

a town in Halland, in southwestern Sweden


Alingsås

/ˈɑːlɪŋˌsoːs/

Inherited from Old Swedish Alingsās, equivalent to Aling (“person from Ale Hundred”) + ås (“ridge (in a landscape)”).

a city in Västergötland, western Sweden.


Piteå

a town and municipality of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden


Sandviken

a town in Gästrikland, in central Sweden


Märsta

a town central Sweden, north of Stockholm.


Ängelholm

Ängelholms (genitive)
Engelholm (alternative obsolete)


Vänersborg

Vänersborgs (genitive)
Wennersborg (alternative obsolete)
Wenersborg (alternative obsolete)

a town in Västergötland, in western Sweden


Kungälv

Kungälvs (genitive)
Kongelf (alternative obsolete)
Kongälf (alternative obsolete)


Västervik

Västerviks (genitive)
Westervik (alternative)
Westerwik (alternative)
Weſterwijk (alternative)


Enköping

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


Olaus

a male given name, a Latinized form of Olof, Olov, Ola


Bromma

a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, and a (now less used) inner city airport.


Den Helige Ande

Alternative letter-case form of den helige Ande


Arabien

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)

(broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)


Frigg

(rare) a female given name from Old Norse


Centralamerika

Centralamerika n (genitive Centralamerikas)

Central America
Central America#English:_Q27611

Central America (a continental region in North America, consisting of the countries lying between Mexico and South America)


Sovjet

1975, Swedish translation of Les Aventures de Tintin, reporter du Petit "Vingtième", au pays des Soviets (1930)

Tbc härjar i det forna Sovjet.

Tuberculosis spreads in the former Soviet Union.

Soviet Union
Soviet Union#English:_Q15180

contraction of Sovjetunionen: (historical) Soviet Union (a former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and 14 other countries)


Alkohol- och läkemedelssortimentsnämnden c (genitive Alkohol- och läkemedelssortimentsnämndens)

Alcohol and Pharmaceuticals Product Range Board (a Swedish authority)


Allmänhetens pressombudsman

Office of the Press Ombudsman; (abbreviated PO) (a Swedish authority)


Allmänna reklamationsnämnden

Almänna reklamationsnämnden c (genitive Allmänna reklamationsnämndens)

Almänna reklamationsnämnden (canonical common-gender)
Allmänna reklamationsnämndens (genitive)

National Board for Consumer Complaints; (abbreviated ARN) (a Swedish authority)


Gorbatjov

Borrowed from Russian Горбачёв (Gorbačóv).

Горбачёв Горбачёв#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Горбачёв (Gorbačóv)


Marianerna

Named after Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), widow of Philip IV of Spain.

the Marianas, a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean


Kattegatt

Kattegat; a part of the Atlantic between Sweden and Denmark


Fehmarn Bält

Fehmarn Belt; a sound in the Baltic Sea between Denmark and Germany at the island Fehmarn


Europeiska kommissionen

Europeiska kommissionen c (definite form)


Tahrirtorget

Tahrir Square (a square in Cairo, Egypt)


Befrielsetorget

Befrielsetorget n (genitive Befrielsetorgets)

befrielse (“liberation”) + torg (“square”). Originally called "Midan Ismailia", after the 19th-century ruler Khedive Ismail, it was renamed after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Midan Tahrir (التحرير) means Liberation Square.

compound

Liberation Square
Liberation Square#English

Tahrir Square, Liberation Square (a square in Cairo, Egypt)


Euratom

Euroatom, formally the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC)


Fader

Fader (indefinite nominative singular)
Faders (genitive indefinite singular)
Fadern (definite nominative singular)
Faderns (definite genitive singular)

Jag och Fadern är ett.

1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Johannes 10:30”, in Bibel 2000, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 2025-03-05:

Det traditionella uttrycket "Herrens bön" betyder att Herren Jesus lär och ger oss bönen till vår Fader.

2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes, Catholica, archived from the original on 2025-02-24, §2765:

The traditional expression "the Lord's Prayer" means that the Lord Jesus teaches and gives us the prayer to our Father.


Sachalin

Sakhalin (a large island and oblast in eastern Russia)


Hötorget

Hötorget, a square in central Stockholm, at the concert hall


Blekinge

Blekinge (a historical province in southeastern Sweden)


Gästrikland

From Old Swedish Gestrikaland, Gestrikalandia.

a province of Gävleborg County, in central Sweden


Halland

Halland (a historical province in western Sweden)


Hälsingland

Hälsingland (a historical province of Sweden)

(colloquial) Euphemistic form of helvete.


Härjedalen

From Old Norse Herjárdalr (“valley of the Härje river”), from Härje, Härjån + dalr. The first element *har, *her could mean "heap of stones," compare hǫrgr (“cairn, heap of stones”). Cognate with Norwegian Herjådalen, Herjedalen and Icelandic Herjadalur.

der

a province of Jämtland County, in central Sweden


Jämtland

Old Norse Jamtaland, from the name of the inhabitants, the Jämtar, from jamti, from Proto-Germanic *emat- (“industrious, strong”), which could ultimately be related to German emsig (“industrious”).


Medelpad

a province of Västernorrland County, in central Sweden


Småland

Compound of små (“small”) + land (“country”). From the smaller countries located between the Geat (later Swedish) and Danish border, which would later merge into the province Småland.

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Småland (a historical province in southeastern Sweden)


Södermanland

Södermanland (a historical province in central Sweden)


Uppland

Upplands (genitive)
Upland (alternative obsolete)

Uppland (a historical province in central Sweden)


Västerbotten

From väster (“western”) + botten (“basin, bottom of a body of water”).

Västerbotten, Westrobothnia (a historical province of Sweden)


Västergötland

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Västergötland n (genitive Västergötlands)

Västergötlands (genitive)
Westergöthland (alternative)
Weſter Göthland (alternative)

From väster (“western”) + Götland (“Geatland, Land of the Geats”), from Old Norse Gautland, from gautar + land, equivalent to götar (“Geats”) + land (“land”). Compare Östergötland, Götaland.

compound

Västergötland, West Geatland (a historical province in western Sweden)


Östergötland

Östergötlands (genitive)
Östergöthland (alternative)
Öſter Göthland (alternative)

From öster (“eastern”) + Götland (“Geatland, Land of the Geats”), from Old Norse Gautland, from gautar + land, equivalent to götar (“Geats”) + land (“land”). Compare Västergötland, Götaland.

Östergötland, East Geatland (a historical province in eastern Sweden)


Republiken Finland

Republic of Finland
Republic of Finland#English:_Q33

Republic of Finland (long form of Finland, a country in Northern Europe)


Götaland

Götalands (genitive)
Götland (alternative obsolete)

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

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Götaland in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)


Åtvidaberg

Åtvidaberg, a small town and municipality in Östergötland county, Sweden


Adriatiska havet

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Adriatiska havet n (genitive Adriatiska havets)


Askungen

aska (“ash”) + ungen (“the kid”), "the ash kid"


Balkanhalvön

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English:_Q23522

Balkan Peninsula (a geographic region and large peninsula in southeastern Europe)


Egeiska havet

Egeiska havet n (genitive Egeiska havets)


Kaspiska havet

Kaspiska havet n (genitive Kaspiska havets)


Ann-Kristin

Phonetic rendering of the French pronunciation of Anne-Christine.


Jeriko

Jericho (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)


Holm

From holm, archaic form of holme (“small island”).


Dahl

Translingual: Dahlia


Leia

From English Leia of the Star Wars films.


Magnusson

Originally a patronymic form Magnus + -son "son of Magnus".


Carlsson

Originally a patronymic form Carls + -son. Variant of Karlsson.


Gustavsson

Gustavssons (genitive)
Gustafson (alternative)
Gustafsson (alternative)
Gustavson (alternative)
G:son (alternative)

Originally a patronymic form Gustavs + -son "son of Gustav". The v-sound was spelled with f in the end of a word prior to 1906 therefor Gustaf (pronounced Gustav) became Gustav when the reform took place. Although with names the f-spelling remains to this day to a quite big extent and the variant Gustafsson is still very common.

a common surname originating as a patronymic


Olofsson

Originally a patronymic form Olofs + -son "son of Olof".


Axelsson

Axelssons (genitive)
Axelson (alternative)
Ax:son (alternative)

Originally a patronymic form Axels + -son.


Jakobsson

Jakobssons (genitive)
Jacobsson (alternative)

Originally a patronymic form Jakobs + -son "son of Jakob".


Fredriksson

Originally a patronymic form Fredriks + -son.


Mattsson

Mattssons (genitive)
Matsson (alternative)

Originally a patronymic form Matts + -son "son of Matts".


Henriksson

Originally a patronymic form Henriks + -son.


Håkansson

Originally a patronymic form Håkans + -son.


Danielsson

Originally a patronymic form Daniels + -son.


Fransson

Originally a patronymic form Frans + -son.


Gunnarsson

Originally a patronymic form Gunnars + -son.


Samuelsson

Originally a patronymic form (patronym) from Samuels + -son ("Samuel’s son, son of Samuel").


Arvidsson

Originally a patronymic form Arvids + -son.


Isaksson

Originally a patronymic form Isaks + -son "son of Isak".


Mårtensson

Originally a patronymic form Mårtens + -son "son of Mårten".


Eliasson

Originally a patronymic form Elias + -son.


Hermansson

Originally a patronymic form Hermans + -son "son of Herman".


Månsson

Originally a patronymic form Måns + -son "son of Måns".


Martinsson

Originally a patronymic form Martins + -son "son of Martin".


Jonasson

Originally a patronymic form Jonas + -son "son of Jonas".


Abrahamsson

Originally a patronymic form Abrahams + -son.


Andreasson

Originally a patronymic form Andreas + -son, "son of Andreas".


Åkesson

Originally a patronymic form Åkes + -son "son of Åke".


Göransson

Originally a patronymic form Görans + -son "son of Göran".


Ivarsson

Originally a patronymic form Ivars + -son "son of Ivar".


Kenta

Kenneth "Kenta" Gustafsson, b. 1948

Kent "Kenta" Nilsson, b. 1956

a diminutive of the male given names Kenneth or Kent


Nyman

From ny (“new”) + man (“man”). Cognate with English Newman and German Neumann.


Lindberg

From lind (“linden”) + berg (“mountain”).


Lindström

From lind (“linden”) + ström (“stream”).


Lindqvist

From lind (“linden”) + qvist, archaic spelling of kvist (“twig”).


Lundqvist

From lund (“grove”) + qvist, archaic spelling of kvist (“twig”).


Lindholm

From lind (“linden”) + holm, archaic form of holme (“small island”).


Bergqvist

From berg (“mountain”) + qvist, archaic spelling of kvist (“twig”).


Blomqvist

blomma (“flower”) + qvist, a proscribed spelling of kvist (“twig”).


Lundberg

From lund (“grove”) + berg (“mountain”).


Bergström

From berg (“mountain”) + ström (“stream”).


Berglund

From berg (“mountain”) + lund (“grove”).


Berggren

From berg (“mountain”) + gren (“branch”).


Sjöberg

→ English: Seaborg


Forsberg

From fors (“rapids”) + berg (“mountain”).


Holmberg

English: Holmberg

From holm, archaic form of holme (“small island”) + berg (“mountain”).


Söderberg

From söder (“south”) + berg (“mountain”).


Sundberg

From sund (“sound”) + berg (“mountain”).


Dahlberg

From dahl, archaic spelling of dal (“valley”) + berg (“mountain”).


Strömberg

From ström (“stream”) + berg (“mountain”).


Engström

Engströms (genitive)
Ängström (alternative alternative)

From eng, archaic spelling of äng (“meadow”) + ström (“stream”).


Nordström

Translingual: Nordstromia


Söderström

From söder (“south”) + ström (“stream”).


Heléne

a female given name, one of the many spelling variants of Helene


LOB

Abbreviation of Lagen om omhändertagande av berusade personer m.m (”the law concerning the apprehension of intoxicated persons etc.”).

Polisen tog hand om den högljudda mannen enligt LOB.

The police took care of the loud man according to LOB.

lagen om omhändertagande av berusade personer m.m.#Swedish

(law) Abbreviation of lagen om omhändertagande av berusade personer m.m.; a Swedish law that gives the police and certain security services the right to apprehend an intoxicated person who either cannot take care of themselves or in some way constitutes a danger to themselves or others.


Isa

From a pet form of Isabella, Lovisa and Louise. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1866.


Zemfira

Земфи́ра Земфира#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Земфи́ра (Zemfíra)


Disa

From Old Norse Dísa, short form of names containing the element dís (“minor goddess”). Name of a legendary Swedish queen, revived as a given name since 1788. Later also used as a diminutive of Desirée.


Alfvén

English: Alfven

desc

→ Chinese: 阿爾文 /阿尔文 (Ā'ěrwén) (transliteration)


Engelbrekt

From German Engelbrecht. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1305.


Midgard

Mällan Midgard och Jotunheim ligger en bred bottenfördjupning, hvari blodböljorna samlade sig och bildade det kring Midgard på alla sidor sig utbredande hafvet.

1887, Viktor Rydberg, Fädernas gudasaga. Berättad för ungdomen, page 8:

Between Midgard and Jotunheim lies a wide depression, where the waves of blood gathered and formed the spreading sea around Midgard on all sides.

Förr Fenris fjättrar
I stycken falla,
Än jämngod hjälte
Skall Midgard gästa...

1893, Axel Klinckowström, Sägner och sånger, page 108:

For the fetters of Fenris
In pieces fall,
Even good hero
Should Midgard visit...

nonstandard spelling of Midgård (“Midgard”)


Abba

From Ancient Greek ἀββᾶ (abbâ), from Aramaic אַבָּא (ʾabbā, “father”).

Han sade: »Abba! Fader! För dig är allting möjligt.«

1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Markus 14:36”, in Bibel 2000, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 2025-03-07:

He said: "Abba! Father! For you all things are possible."

"Abba, ...låt din vilja ske, inte min"

2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes, Catholica, archived from the original on 2023-11-19, §2605:

"Abba, ...let your will be done, not mine"

(Christianity) Abba (honorific title for God the Father)

Designern Owe Sandström har designat [nästan] alla Abbas scenkläder.

2024 April 5, P4 Stockholm, “Han har designat Abbas klassiska scenkläder”, in Sveriges Radio, archived from the original on 2024-04-08:

Designer Owe Sandström has designed almost all of Abba's stage clothes.

Det är i dag 50 år sen Abba vann Eurovision song contest i Brighton med "Waterloo".

2024 April 6, SVT Nyheter, “Se Abba framföra Waterloo 1974”, in Sveriges Television, archived from the original on 2024-06-01:

Today marks 50 years since Abba won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, with "Waterloo".

Alternative form of ABBA (Swedish pop group)


Ros

a female given name, mostly used in compound names like Ros-Marie


Kalabrien

administrative region
administrative region

Calabria (a peninsula and administrative region of southern Italy)


Asturien

autonomous community
autonomous community

Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea)

Asturias (a former kingdom existing from c. 718 to 924 C.E., in modern northwest Spain and Portugal)


De Aderton

"The Eighteen"; the members of the Swedish Academy


Amasonfloden

Alternative spelling of Amazonfloden (“Amazon river”)


Aragonien

Aragon (an autonomous community and medieval kingdom in northeastern Spain)


Ardennerna

Forest of Ardennes
Forest of Ardennes#English

Ardennes (forest, geographic region and low mountain range in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg; in full, Ardennes Forest, Ardenne Forest, or Forest of Ardennes)

Ardennes (a department of Grand Est, France)


Azorerna

Borrowed from Portuguese Açores (“Azores”), from açores, plural of açor (“goshawk”).


Bottniska viken

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Bottniska viken c (genitive Bottniska vikens)


Bysans

(historical) Byzantium (an ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul)

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire#English

Southeastern Europe
Southeastern Europe#English

(historical, by extension) Byzantium, Byzantine Empire (an ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia, with its capital at Constantinople; in full, Byzantine Empire)


Eldslandet

From eld (“fire”) + -s- + landet (“the land”), calque of Spanish Tierra del Fuego.

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Tierra del Fuego (archipelago between Chile and Argentina)


Frygien

(historical) Phrygia (a geographic region and ancient kingdom in the west central part of Asia Minor, in what is now modern-day Turkey)


Galaterbrevet

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Galaterbrevet n (genitive Galaterbrevets)


Gallien

(chiefly historical) Gaul (a historical region of Western Europe referring to areas occupied by Celts during Roman times, roughly corresponding to modern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy (Lombardy), the Netherlands, and Germany west of the Rhine)


Godahoppsudden

Godahoppsudden c (genitive Godahoppsuddens)


Guldkusten

(historical) Gold Coast, a former British colony in Africa, consisting of what is now Ghana


Hebreerbrevet

Hebreerbrevet n (genitive Hebreerbrevets)


Kaldéen

(historical) Chaldea (an ancient geographic region of Western Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain)


Kastilien

(historical) Castile (a medieval kingdom and former county in the Iberian Peninsula; the nucleus of modern Spain)

Castile (a vaguely defined geographical region of central Spain generally corresponding to the regions of Old and New Castile)


Kolosserbrevet

Kolosserbrevet n (genitive Kolosserbrevets)

(biblical) the Epistle to the Colossians


Höga porten

Defininte form of hög (“high”) + port (“door, doorway, entrance”), used in Swedish at least since 1708. Ultimately a calque of باب عالی (Babıali).

compound

Ottomanska porten (alternative)
Porten (alternative)

the Sublime Porte, the High Porte, the Ottoman imperial government


Porten

Höga porten (alternative)
Ottomanska porten (alternative)

the Porte, the Sublime Porte, the High Porte, the Ottoman imperial government


Polynesien

Polynesia (a continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them)


Anatolien

Anatolia (a region of southwestern Asia)


Malmquist

Malmquist; Alternative form of Malmqvist; a surname


Hel

From Icelandic hel, from Old Norse hel, from Proto-Germanic *haljō

(Norse mythology) Hel (the goddess who rules the underworld)


Canadas

genitive of Canada; dated spelling of Kanadas


Grusien

Men sedan Ryssland 1801 tagit Grusien i besittning, måste det söka förvärfva äfven Dagestan, som skilde Grusien från Ryssland samt försvårade och hotade förbindelsen mellan båda länderna.

But since Russia in 1801 had occupied Georgia, it must seek to acquire also Dagestan, which separated Georgia from Russia and obstructed and risked the connection between the two countries.

(obsolete) 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)


Dalarna

Dalarnas (genitive)
Dalarne (alternative obsolete)

From dalarna (“dales; valleys”), plural of dal (“dale; valley”).

a historical province and county in central Sweden, Dalecarlia


Ytterby

/ˈʏ̂tːɛrˌbyː/


Ångström

LL-Q9027 (swe)-Christoffre-ångström (noun, unit of length).wav

Unknown.
* Possibly; compound of Ånge (“a town”) + ström (“stream”).
* Or; from Aͤngſtroͤm, a now obsolete typography of Ängström. Where aͤng (“meadow”) has been corrupted to the visually similar ång or ånga.
* Or; compound of ånga (“steam”) + ström (“stream”).


Ord

Ord (indefinite nominative singular)
Ords (genitive indefinite singular)
Ordet (definite nominative singular)
Ordets (definite genitive singular)

I begynnelsen fanns Ordet, och Ordet fanns hos Gud, och Ordet var Gud.

1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Johannes 1:1”, in Bibel 2000, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 2025-03-04:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Kristus, Guds Son som blivit människa är Faderns enda, fullkomliga och slutgiltiga Ord.

2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes, Catholica, archived from the original on 2023-12-22, §65:

Christ, the Son of God made man, is the Father's one, perfect and unsurpassable Word.


Balder

I den del av slottet, som troddes vara från hednatid, stod sankt Sigfrid, och framför honom knäböjde den där hedningen, som hade föredragit Balder för Kristus och Oden för den heliga treenigheten.

1915, Viktor Rydberg, “Slottet i skogen”, in Singoalla, 11th edition, Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Runeberg.org, archived from the original on 2020-02-18:

In the part of the castle that was believed to be from pagan times, stood Saint Sigfrid, and before him knelt that heathen who had preferred Balder to Christ, and Odin to the Holy Trinity.

Vad viskade Oden i Balders öra innan han brändes på bål?

2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Vaftrudnes visdomstävlan (Vafþrúðnismál) §54:

What did Odin whisper in Balder's ear before he was burned on the pyre?


Fridolf

From German Fridolf, Friedolf, from Old High German fridu (“peace”) + wolf (“wolf”). First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1725.

"Förresten...", sa Gerlof. "Fridolf...har du hört någon bekant till Martin Malm som heter det?"
John skakade på huvudet.
"Fridolf?" sa han. "Som lilla Fridolf?"
"Ja. Eller kanske Fritiof", sa Gerlof. "Fridolf eller Fritiof."

2007, Johan Theorin, Skumtimmen, Wahström & Widstrand, →ISBN, pages 317–318:


Tova

An old Swedish equivalent of Tove. Recorded in runes and revived as a modern Swedish name since 1912.


Engla

From German Engla, short form of Old High German female compound names beginning with Engel-, originally meaning an "Angle" but traditionally interpreted as "angel". First recorded as a Swedish given name as Engela in 1642.


Lova

Short form of Lovisa. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1860.


Neo

Modern coinage from English Neo of the film The Matrix. Compare also Nea.


Jojje

Och Georg då! Jojje kallades han ju. Det passade honom bättre, för det lät fjantigt. Och en fjant, det var just vad han var.

1992, Maria Gripe, Eget rum, Bonniers, →ISBN, page 241:

a diminutive of the male given name Georg


Alrik

From Old Norse Alfrekr (“elf-ruler”), the name of a mythical king. The name has also absorbed Old High German Adalric (“noble ruler”), and Alarik (“all-ruler”), the name of the Visigoth king.


Nizjnij Novgorod

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Nizjnij Novgorod n (genitive Nizjnij Novgorods)

From Russian Нижний Новгород (Nižnij Novgorod).

der

Нижний Новгород

Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod#English:_Q2246

Nizhny Novgorod (an oblast and federal subject of Russia)

Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod#English:_Q891

Nizhny Novgorod (the capital city of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia; the fourth-largest in the country by population)


Kebnekaise

Kebnekaises (genitive)
Kebnekajse (alternative)

Kebnekaise (the highest mountain in Sweden)


JHVH

När Jesus säger ["Jag är"] anspelar han på den gudomliga bokstavskombinationen JHVH.

2009 June 10, Åke Bonnier, “Gud finns inte!”, in Svenska kyrkan, archived from the original on 2025-06-01:

When Jesus says "I am", he is alluding to the divine letter combination YHWH.

I 1917 års bibelöversättning återges JHVH alltid som HERREN, med stora bokstäver.

2014 February 15, Ola Wikander, “Gud är ett verb!”, in Språktidningen, archived from the original on 2024-05-20:

In the 1917 Bible translation, YHWH is always rendered as THE LORD, in capital letters.


Saleh

Tarik Saleh, b. 1972


Borgå

Porvoo (a city in southern Finland, east of Helsinki)


Lahtis

Lahtis (genitive)
Lachtis (alternative obsolete)


Lindelöf

→ English: Lindelof

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→ Chinese: 林德勒夫 (Líndélèfū) (transliteration)

lind (“limewood”) + löf (“leaf”) Literally, “lime leaf”


VLT

(media) Initialism of Vestmanlands Läns Tidning. (newspaper in Västerås, Sweden)


Zlatan

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Zlatan, popularized by Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović.


Frej

Learned borrowing from Icelandic Freyr. Frö is the etymologically correct form of the name.

a male given name with Norse origin, related to the god with the same name

(Norse mythology) Freyr, god of fertility


Galicien

From Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a Celtic tribe in the region”).

Galicia (a former kingdom and autonomous community in northwestern Spain)


Nordafrika

North Africa
North Africa#English:_Q27381

North Africa (a geographic region comprising the northern part of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue)


Miklagård

From Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”), from mikill and garðr. Compare mycket and gård.

inh

Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; the ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)


Fårö

From either Gutnish or Old Swedish Farøø, Faroyna, probably from a compound of a word related to English fare + a word related to Swedish ö (“island”). The folk etymology connecting it with får (“sheep”) is spurious.


Danmark-Norge

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Danmark-Norge n (genitive Danmark-Norges)

From Danmark (“Denmark”) + Norge (“Norway”).


Jeltsin

Swedish transliteration of Russian Е́льцин (Jélʹcin)

Yeltsin (transliteration of the Russian surname Е́льцин)


Ericsson

English: Ericsson

Originally a patronymic form Eric + -s + -son "son of Eric". Variant of Eriksson.

a common surname originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Ericsson


DN

Initialism of Dagens Nyheter, a newspaper.


Inn

Inn (a right tributary of the Danube in Switzerland, Austria and Germany)


Latinamerika

Latin America
Latin America#English:_Q12585

Latin America (a continental region consisting of those parts of the Americas located south of the United States where Spanish or Portuguese is predominantly spoken; sometimes including areas speaking French or French-based creoles)


Quist

Quists (genitive)
Kvist (alternative)
Kvisth (alternative)
Kwist (alternative)
Quisth (alternative)
Qvist (alternative)
Qvisth (alternative)
Qwist (alternative)


Josefsson

Originally a patronymic form Josefs + -son "son of Josef".


Cesar

a male given name from Latin Caesar, of rare usage


Öresundsbron

Öresundsbrons (genitive)
Øresundsbron (alternative rare)

English: Öresund Bridge

German: Öresundbrücke

Icelandic: Eyrarsundsbrúin

Norwegian:

Bokmål: Øresundsbroen

Norwegian Nynorsk: Øresundbrua

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


Øresundsbron

A hybrid of the Danish Øresund for Øresund and the Swedish bron for the bridge, with the -s- interfix common to both Danish and Swedish.


Öresund

English: Öresund

German: Öresund

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

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


kambrium

Det skedde under kambrium


Kvist

Kvists (genitive)
Kvisth (alternative)
Kwist (alternative)
Quist (alternative)
Quisth (alternative)
Qvist (alternative)
Qvisth (alternative)
Qwist (alternative)


Hedlund

→ English: Hedlund

⇒ Translingual: Hedlundia


Löfgren

From löf (elder spelling of löv) + gren.


Ankeborg

From anka (“duck”) + -e- + -borg (“-burg”), calque of English Duckburg. Compare Danish and Norwegian Andeby.

Ankeborg är sinnebilden för myten om hur den liberala ekonomin fungerar. Uttryck som ”Börsen jobbar sig uppåt” eller ”Låt dina pengar jobba i en fond” vill lura oss att tro att alla kan bli rika bara de spekulerar.

2008 November 8, Åsa Linderborg, “Systemfelet i Bankeborg [System error in Bankburg]”, in Aftonbladet:

Duckburg is the epitome of the myth of how the liberal economy works. Expressions such as "The stock market works its way up" or "Let your money work in a fund" want to trick us into believing that everyone can get rich just by speculating.

Tiden då man kunde betrakta klimatet som en enskild miljöfråga, som miljörörelsens fråga, eller som viktigt att kämpa för först efter att den samlade politikerklanen i Sveriges Ankeborg, mitt skämtsamma namn på riksdagen, fått kvacka färdigt med fossilsubventioner – den tiden är förbi.

2022 April 21, Luka Vestergaard, “Debatt: Skrämmande kortsiktigt av moderaten Forssell [Debate: Moderate Forsell short-sightedness is scary]”, in ETC:

The time when the climate could be regarded as an isolated environmental issue, as an issue for the environmental movement, or as important to fight for only after the collective political clan in Sweden's Duckburg, my playful name about the Riksdag, had finished quacking fossil subsidies - that time is over.

Duckburg (fictional city where Donald Duck lives)


Vadehavet

Compare with German Wattenmeer and Dutch Waddenzee


Mosebok

Mosebok (indefinite nominative singular)
Moseboks (genitive indefinite singular)
Moseboken (definite nominative singular)
Mosebokens (definite genitive singular)
Moseböcker (indefinite nominative plural)
Moseböckers (genitive indefinite plural)
Moseböckerna (definite nominative plural)
Moseböckernas (definite genitive plural)
Mos. (alternative abbreviation)

(biblical) Book of Moses (any of the five Books of Moses)


Valhall

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Valhǫll, from valr (“dead warriors”) + hǫll (“hall”).


Henke

a diminutive of the male given name Henrik


Roden

From Old Swedish Roþ(r)in, definite form of Roþer (which is formally identical to the common noun roþer, meaning “rowing”). The region was apparently so named because the adjoining seas were used by the Svear for naval expeditions.

A historical region on the coast of Uppland.


Skeen

a village in Annerstad parish, Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Sievert

English: Sievert

English: sievert

Translingual: Sv


Nordquist

a surname, a spelling variant of Nordqvist, mostly found among Swedish Americans


Rudolfsson

Originally a patronymic form Rudolfs + -son.


Pehrson

Originally a patronymic form Pehr + -son "son of Per". A less common spelling variant of Persson.


Lindblom

From lind (“linden”) + blom, archaic form of blomma (“flower”).


Backlund

Compound of backe (“slope”) + lund (“grove”).


Engberg

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إِنْغْبِيرْغ

Arabic: إِنْغْبِيرْغ (ʔinḡbīrḡ)

Arabic: إِنْغْبِيرْغ (ʔinḡbīrḡ)

English: Engberg

Japanese: エングバーグ (Engubāgu), エングベリ (Enguberi)

From äng (“meadow”) + berg (“mountain”).


Hefaistos

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἥφαιστος (Hḗphaistos).


Jacobsson

Originally a patronymic form Jacobs + -son "son of Jacob". Variant of Jakobsson


Matsson

Originally a patronymic form Mats + -son "son of Mats". Strangely a less common variant of Mattsson since the spelling Mats is more common than Matts.


Pehrsson

Originally a patronymic form Pehrs + -son "son of Per". A less common spelling variant of Persson.


Alexandersson

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Alexandersson c (genitive Alexanderssons)

Originally a patronymic form Alexanders + -son "son of Alexander". Cognate to English Alexanderson.


Dalmatien

Dalmatia (a historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea)

(historical) Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire)


Arktiska oceanen

Arktiska oceanen c (genitive Arktiska oceanens)


Saint Kitts och Nevis

Saint Kitts och Nevis n (genitive Saint Kitts och Nevis)

LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Saint Kitts och Nevis.wav

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis


Melanesien

Bismarck Archipelago
Bismarck Archipelago

Melanesia (a continental region of Oceania, made up of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji)


Bajen

Possibly a clipping of Hammarbaj /-baj/, an English pronunciation of Hammarby /-bʏ~byː/, coined by Hammarby ice hockey player Stig Emanuel ”Stickan” Andersson in 1946 on a tour to England and Scotland, and then suffixed with the definite ending -en.


Donken

Donk + -en ("the Donk"), where "Donk" is probably derived from "Donald."

Hänger du med till Donken?

Vi käkade (ham)burgare på Donken

beställa (ham)burgare på Donken

Donken Deals

McDonald's Deals [embraced as a slang term by McDonald's in Sweden]


AFA

Antifascistisk aktion
w:Antifascistisk aktion


donken

(slang) Alternative letter-case form of Donken (“McDonald's, Mickey D's, Macca's”)


Kristinestad

Kristinestads (genitive)
Christinæ Stadh (alternative obsolete)

→ Albanian: Kristinestad

→ Basque: Kristinestad

→ Cebuano: Kristinestad

→ Danish: Kristinestad

→ Dutch: Kristinestad

→ English: Kristinestad

→ Esperanto: Kristinestad

→ Finnish: Kristiinankaupunki (calque)

→ French: Kristinestad

→ Galician: Kristinestad

→ German: Kristinestad

→ Italian: Kristinestad

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→ Japanese: クリスチーネスタッド

→ Japanese: クリスチーネスタッド

→ Norwegian Bokmål: Kristinestad

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: Kristinestad

→ Polish: Kristinestad

→ Romanian: Kristinestad

→ Turkish: Kristinestad


Fia

a diminutive of the female given name Sofia

a female given name derived from the diminutive above


Asgård

Old Norse Ásgarðr, see also as and gård.


Helsingör

/ˈhɛlsɪŋˌøːr/

From Danish Helsingør, perhaps a derivation of hals (“narrow strait”, literally “throat; neck”), from Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos. Compare also Helsingborg, Helsingfors and Hälsingland.

Elsinore (a city in northern Zealand, Denmark)


Svinhufvud

Literally “pig head”, from svin (“pig”) + huvud (“head”).


Eliah

a male given name, more common in the form Elias


Midgård

Midgårds (genitive)
Midgard (alternative nonstandard)

Borrowed from Icelandic Miðgarðr. By surface analysis, mid- (“middle”) + gård (“yard; estate”). According to SAOB attested since 1679.

surf

Av Ymers [...] ögonfransar gjorde de goda makterna Midgård åt människosöner.

2015, Snorre Sturlasson, translated by Karl G. Johansson & Mats Malm, Snorres Edda, Bokförlaget Anthropos, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 2025-03-13, page 39:

Of Ymir's eyelashes, the powers of good made Midgard for sons of men.

Burs söner skapade världen, lyfte det mäktiga Migård ur djupet.

2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Völvans spådom (Völuspá) §4, page 22:

The sons of Borr created the world, lifted the mighty Midgard out of the deep.


Eswatini

Eswatini (a country in Southern Africa, formerly called Swaziland)


Noak

Gubben Noak, gubben Noak, var en hedersman:
när han gick ur arken,
plantera han på marken
mycket vin, ja, mycket vin, ja, detta gjorde han.

1791, Carl Michael Bellman, Om gubben Noak och hans fru, Fredmans sånger n:o 35:


Årstad

Attested in Latin as Arestatha in 1330-s.

a town and parish in Halland, Sweden, close to Falkenberg


Jesus Kristus

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Jesus Kristus c (genitive Jesus Kristus, sometimes Jesu Kristi)

Jesus Kristus (genitive)
Jesu Kristi (sometimes)

Herre Jesus Kristus, Guds son, förbarma dig över mig syndare.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

»Omvänd er och låt er alla döpas i Jesu Kristi namn, så att ni får förlåtelse för era synder.«

1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Apostlagärningarna 2:38”, in Bibel 2000, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 2025-04-29:

"Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins may be forgiven."

Hädelse innebär att använda Guds, Jesu Kristi, jungfru Marias och helgonens namn på ett kränkande sätt.

2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes, Catholica, archived from the original on 2023-05-28, §2162:

Blasphemy is the use of the name of God, of Jesus Christ, of the Virgin Mary, and of the saints in an offensive way.


Anund

From Old Norse Ǫnundr, Runic Swedish ᛅᚾᚢᚾᛏᚱ (anuntr), ᚬᚾᚢᚾᛏᚱ (ąnuntr). Cognate with Norwegian Ånund and Icelandic Önundur.


Jonte

a diminutive of the male given names Jonatan, Jonathan, or Jonas


Joacim

a male given name of less common usage, variant of Joakim


Nilla

a diminutive of the female given names Pernilla or Gunilla


Nettan

a diminutive of the female given names Jeanette, Agneta, Annette, or Anette


Germanien

(historical) Germania (an ancient Roman term for a cultural region describing the lands in Central Europe inhabited by Germanic peoples)


SPAR

Statens personadressregister
Statens personadressregister#Swedish

Initialism of Statens personadressregister; the Swedish government's registry of all persons who are registered as resident in Sweden


Steffe

a diminutive of the male given name Stefan


Gabbe

a diminutive of the male given name Gabriel


Julle

a diminutive of the male given name Julius

a diminutive of the male given name Joel


Ogge

a diminutive of the male given names Oskar or Oscar


Svea rike

Svea rikes (genitive)
Swea Rike (alternative)
Swea rike (alternative)

Doublet of Sverige. Cognate with Old English Swēorīċe.

(historical) Swedes' kingdom (referring to the North Germanic tribe, often in contrast with the Geats)

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


Komorerna

Komorernas (genitive)
Comorerna (alternative rare)

Comoros (a country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

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


Grönan

(colloquial) Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm


Sthlm

Bästa butiken i Sthlm!

(text messaging, colloquial) Abbreviation of Stockholm.


Gbg

Vi ska till Gbg!

(text messaging, colloquial) Abbreviation of Göteborg (“Gothenburg”).


STHLM

(text messaging, colloquial) Alternative letter-case form of Sthlm.


Skhlm

Coined and frequently used by the local shopping mall in analogy with Sthlm, a common abbreviation Stockholm.

(text messaging, colloquial) Abbreviation of Skärholmen, a suburb of Stockholm.


SKHLM

(text messaging, colloquial) Alternative letter-case form of Skhlm.


Medis

(slang) Medborgarplatsen, a square in Stockholm


Rålis

(slang) Rålambshovsparken, a park in Stockholm


Gubbis

(then slang, now rare or dated) Gubbängen, a suburbian district in Stockholm


Fiskis

(then slang, now rare or dated) Fisksätra, a locality in Nacka, outside Stockholm


Gullis

(then slang, now rare or dated) Gullmarsplan, a square in Södermalm, Stockholm


Saltis

(colloquial) Saltsjöbaden, a locality in Nacka, outside Stockholm


Hökis

(colloquial) Hökarängen, a district in Farsta, outside Stockholm


Roffe

Affix of Ro(l)f + f (gemination) + -e (hypocoristic suffix).
Compare with Swedish male given name hypocoristic forming.

af

a diminutive of the male given name Rolf


Ragge

a diminutive of the male given name Ragnar


Demokratiska republiken Kongo

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Demokratiska republiken Kongo n (genitive Demokratiska republiken Kongos)

Demokratiska republiken Kongos (genitive)
Demokratiska Republiken Kongo (alternative)

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, the larger of the two countries named Congo)


Svenskfinland

Svenskfinland n (genitive Svenskfinlands)

Swedish-speaking Finland (the somewhat loosely defined part of Finland in which most of the Swedish-speaking Finns live)


Mallis

Vi ska dra till Mallis i sommar, riktigt skönt!

We're going to Mallorca this Summer, it's gonna be really nice!


Sjundeå

Siuntio (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Kyrkslätt

Kirkkonummi (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Ljungby

Compound of ljung (“heather, Calluna vulgaris”) + by (“farm; village”). In all senses, after the heather-covered heath surrounding the location at the time.
Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Lyngbø.

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a city and municipality of Kronoberg county, Sweden.

a village in Kalmar municipality, Kalmar county, Sweden.

a village in Falkenberg municipality, Halland county, Sweden.


Midgårdsormen

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Midgårdsormen c (genitive Midgårdsormens)

Compound of Midgård (“Midgard”) + -s- + orm (“snake”) + -en (“the”). Borrowed from Old Norse Miðgarðsormr, ultimately from Prose Edda (c. 1220). First attested in 1747.

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Midgårdsormen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Ty det var ingen sådan katt, som det syntes dig: det var egenteligen Midgårdsormen, som ligger omkring all land: knappt hade han längd, att stjert och hufvud räckte till jorden, och du lyftade den så högt upp, att det var blott kort till himlen.

1819, Snorre Sturlasson, translated by Anders Jacob Cnattingius, Snorre Sturlesons Edda. Samt Skalda, page 62:

For it was not such a cat as it seemed to you: it was actually the Midgard Serpent, which lies around all the land: he was long enough that his tail and head barely fit the earth, and you lifted him up so high that he was only short to the sky.

(Norse mythology) the Midgard Serpent; the Jörmungandr


Villmanstrand

Lappeenranta (a city in southeastern Finland)


Kexholm

Priozersk (a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, historically in Finland)


Ilomants

Ilomantsi (a municipality and village in North Karelia, Finland)


Sordavala

Sordavalas (genitive)
Sordovala (alternative obsolete)

From Finnish Sortavala, see there for more.

Sortavala (town in Russia, historically in Finland)


Borgnäs

Pornainen (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Långben

From lång (“long”) + ben (“leg”). Compare Norwegian Langbein.


Budgetpromenaden

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Budgetpromenaden c (genitive Budgetpromenadens)

From budget (“budget”) + promenaden (“the walk”).

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(politics) the Budget Walk; biannual procession where Sweden’s Minister for Finance brings the budget proposition from the Ministry of Finance to the Riksdag (Parliament)


Pargas

Probably from older Finnish *Parka(i)s-, stem of *Parkainen (later Parainen, which remains the Finnish name for the town).

Southwest Finland
Southwest Finland#English

Pargas (a town and municipality of Southwest Finland, in the Archipelago Sea)


Väståboland

The name of the town of Pargas, Finland used in 2009–2011.

West Åboland, the western part of Åboland sub-region of the archipelago of Southwest Finland.


Mariehamn

Mariehamn (a municipality, the capital city of the Åland Islands, an autonomous region of Finland)


Tusby

Tuusula (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Enontekis

Enontekiö (a municipality of Lapland, Finland)


Etseri

South Ostrobothnia
South Ostrobothnia#English

Ähtäri (a town in South Ostrobothnia, Finland)


Farbror Blå

Farbror Blås (genitive)
farbror blå (alternative)

Literally ’Uncle Blue’, referring to the blue uniforms worn by the Swedish police. Likely named after the character with the same name in the book Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender (1918) and its sequels by Elsa Beskow (1874–1953).

Farbror Blå spanar, men hittar inte i labyrinten

2000, The Latin Kings, “De e knas [There's trouble]”, in Mitt kvarter [My neighborhood]:

Uncle Blue is on the lookout, but can't find their way around the maze


Bolaget

/²buːˌlɑːɡɛt/


Råberg

rå (“roe deer; mythical being”) + berg (“mountain”)


Qvist

Qvists (genitive)
Kvist (alternative)
Kvisth (alternative)
Kwist (alternative)
Quist (alternative)
Quisth (alternative)
Qvisth (alternative)
Qwist (alternative)


Eken

From the peddler cant månsing word Storhäcken or Stockhäcken, which was later clipped to häcken and modified to eken through the traditional Stockholm merger of /ɛ/ > /e/.

– De ere, de vet du att de e, fö mandrom ha studera live både i Eken å i andra sjösteder.

– It is, you know it is, ’cause I have studied life both in Stockholm and in other coastal cities.

Det var grabbarna från Eken, det var grabbar med humör.

1963, Olle Adolphson, “Balladen om det stora slagsmålet på Tegelbacken”, in Resan hem:

It was the lads from Stockholm, they were lads with a temper.

(slang) nickname for Stockholm, the capital and largest city of Sweden.


SvD

Initialism of Svenska Dagbladet (a Swedish newspaper)


IFK

Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna
w:Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna

Initialism of Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna (a sports organisation)


VVS

Initialism of värme, ventilation, sanitet (“heat, ventilation, sanitation”).


Västasien

Holonym: Asien

West Asia (the westernmost geographic region of Asia, which includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Sinai Peninsula, and Transcaucasia)


Hin håle

Alternative letter-case form of hin håle


Abbreviation of vinnare (winner), 7 races, at least 5 correct

Betting game from ATG within horse racing to find 5 winners out of 7 races


jom kippur

Borrowed from Hebrew יוֹם כִּיפּוּר (yom kipúr).

bor+

יוֹם כִּיפּוּר


skotsk gäliska

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skotsk gäliska c (genitive skotsk gäliskas)


Laihela

Laihia (a municipality of Ostrobothnia, Finland)


Åhléns

a chain of Swedish department stores from 1899


Gurra

Derived from Gustav by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into -rr-. Compare syster > syrra and smaskig > smarrig (“yummy, tasty”).

a diminutive of the male given name Gustav


Backström

From back(e) (“slope”) + ström (“stream”).


Rosberg

→ English: Rosberg

→ Finnish: Rosberg

→ French: Rosberg

→ German: Rosberg

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→ Chinese: 羅斯貝里 /罗斯贝里 (Luósībèilǐ) (transliteration)


STRIL

Stridsledning och luftbevakning
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(military) Abbreviation of Stridsledning och luftbevakning.


Svedberg

English: Svedberg

English: svedberg

Translingual: Sv

Translingual: S


farbror blå

Alternative letter-case form of Farbror Blå


Torvalds

Ole Torvald Elis Saxberg had been born fatherless, Saxberg was his mother’s maiden name. He was also named after his step father Toivo Karanko, but he didn't like the guy. Later, he dropped the last name and added an “s” to Torvald to make it sound more substantial.


Sjökvist

Sjökvists (genitive)
Sjöqvist (alternative)
Sjöquist (alternative)

/²ɧøːˌkvɪst/


Sjöqvist

/²ɧøːˌkvɪst/

Alternative spelling of Sjökvist; a surname


Sjöquist

/²ɧøːˌkvɪst/


flygande Jacob

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flygande Jacob c (genitive flygande Jacobs)

flygande Jacobs (genitive)
flygande Jakob (alternative)
Flygande Jacob (alternative)
Flygande Jakob (alternative)

Literally ”flying Jacob”. Named after its creator Ove Jacobsson, who worked within the air freight industry.

a casserole consisting of chicken, cream, chili sauce, bananas, roasted peanuts and bacon.


Rinkeby

→ English: Rinkeby


Letala

Laitila (a town and municipality of southwestern Finland)


Vindala

Vimpeli (a municipality of South Ostrobothnia, Finland)


stormaktstiden

stormaktstiden c (genitive stormaktstidens)

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


Antigua och Barbudas

Antigua och Barbuda
Antigua och Barbuda#Swedish


Fille

Affix of the first letters in Filip, Fil + (gemination) l + (hypocoristic suffix) -e.
Compare with Swedish male given name hypocoristic forming.

af

a diminutive of the male given name Filip


Kontiolax

Kontiolahti (a municipality of North Karelia, Finland)


Lappträsk

Lappträsks (genitive)
Lappträſk (alternative obsolete)

Lapinjärvi (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Mörskom

Myrskylä (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Björneborg

Superficially derived from björn (“bear”) and borg (“(fortified) castle or city”). There are multiple theories about this name, including that it derives from björna (“to dun (a debt)”), (folk-etymologically) from bära (“to bear”) (in uppbära (“to levy (a tax)”); assuming the name developed from Bärnäs to *Björnnäs), from the male given name Björn, or that it is a reference to the coat of arms (although this is unlikely, as it is unlikely to be older than the name).


Pyttis

Pyhtää (a municipality of Kymenlaakso, Finland)


Ruokolax

Ruokolahti (a municipality of South Karelia, Finland)


Vichtis

Vihti (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Sagu

Sauvo (a municipality in southwestern Finland)


Nyslott

Southern Savonia
Southern Savonia#English

Savonlinna (a town in Southern Savonia, Finland)


Laukas

Laukaa (a municipality of Central Finland).


AIK

Shortening of allmänna (“public”) + idrott (“sports”) + -s- + klubben (“club”).


Wallander

English: Wallander


Mankell

English: Mankell


Halen

a lake in Blekinge, in southeastern Sweden


Sveg

First attested as Sveigi in 1237. Inherited from Old Swedish Svēgh, Sveig, Sveigh, from Old Norse sveigr (“bend (n.)”).


Nazityskland

From nazi- + Tyskland. Compare Danish Nazi-Tyskland.


Hitlertyskland

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Hitlertyskland n (genitive Hitlertysklands)

From Hitler + Tyskland, referring to Adolf Hitler's leadership of the country at the time.

I Orientexpressens vagn 2419, uppställd i Compiegneskogen utanför Paris, undertecknades vapenstilleståndet. I samma vagn tvingades Frankrike kapitulera för Hitlertyskland under andra världskriget.

2011, Epok – Historia 1b, 2nd edition, Interskol, →ISBN, page 211:

In car number 2419 of the Orient Express, set in the Forest of Compiègne outside Paris, the armistice was signed. In the same car, France was forced to surrender to Hitler's Germany during the Second World War.

Det finns de som hävdar att stormuftins reela politiska inflytande upphörde när han 1937 gick i landsflykt, men några år senare skulle han få oanade möjligheter att sprida sin rabiata antisemitism till andra delar av den muslimska världen – från Hitlertyskland.

2014 September 1, Niclas Sennerteg, “En kruttunna på två ben”, in Hakkorset och halvmånen [The swastika and the half-moon], Natur & Kultur:

Some claim that the Grand Mufti's real political power ended when he went in exile in 1937, but a few years later, he would get unthought-of opportunities to spread his rabid antisemitism to other parts of the Muslim world – from Hitler's Germany.

I dag är det 80 år sedan Novemberpogromen i Hitlertyskland.

2018 November 9, “Kristallnatten handlar inte om höger eller vänster [The Night of Broken Glass is not about right or left]”, in Expressen:

On this day, it has been 80 years since the November Pogrom in Hitler's Germany.

När Hitlertyskland 1939 invaderade Polen fortsatte flykten österut för Solomon [Perel] och hans bror Isaac.

2020, Jónas Terney Arason, “Jude gömde sig i Hitler armé [Jew hid in Hitler's army]”, in Världens Historia, number 15, Bonnier Publications International, →ISSN, page 47:

When Hitler's Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the refuge eastward continued for Solomon [Perel] and his brother Isaac.

(uncommon) Synonym of Nazityskland (“Nazi Germany”)


Mölndal

Mölndal (a town and municipality of Västergötland, in western Sweden)


Gävleborg

Gävleborgs (genitive)
Gäfleborg (alternative obsolete)


Västernorrland

Västernorrland n (genitive Västernorrlands)


Ulimaroa

First voyage of James Cook
Grande Terre (New Caledonia)
James Cook
John Hawkesworth (book editor)
New Caledonia
Raiatea
sv:Ulimaroa

Coined by Swedish geographer Daniel Djurberg in 1776 in his Geografi, Sammandragen utur de Nyste och Tilförliteligaste Auctorer (‘Geography, Summaries of the Newest and Most Comprehensive Authors'), adapted from a (by Djurberg) alleged Māori word for Australia, Olhemaroa, which is mentioned in John Hawkesworth's 1773 rendition of James Cook's first voyage (1768–1771).
The ultimate origin is uncertain, but the origin of Ulimaroa is most likely Tahitian 'o, the Tahitian article for proper names + Maori Rimaroa (“long arm/hand”), referring to a long narrow island, most likely to Grand Terre of New Caledonia, from Maori *rima (< Proto-Austronesian *lima) + Maori roa (“long”) (< Proto-Polynesian *loa), cf. the ending in e.g. Aotearoa (“long white cloud, New Zealand”).
The word was transmitted to the English via the Tahitian-speaking priest, chief and navigator Tupa'ia from Raiatea in Tahiti, hence the Tahitian article. 18th century proper names from Tahitian were commonly borrowed into English with the article, cf. Otaheite (< 'o Tahiti) and Ulietea (“Raiatea”) (< 'o Ra'iatea).

coinage

Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)

[…] en besynnerlig rysning öfverföll mig, då jag såg de ödsliga, ofantliga Sandkusterne af det stora Ulimaroa.

1817, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Parjumouf. Saga ifrån Nya Holland:

I was overwhelmed by a peculiar shiver, when I saw the desolate, immense sandy shores of the great Australia.

så äro, till exempel, svanorna svarta på Ulimaroa, då de hos oss äro hvita

1834, Fredrik Cederborgh, Ungdoms tidsfördrif:

so are, for instance, the swans black in Australia, while they are white over here.

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Hammarby

(sports) Hammarby IF
(soccer) Hammarby IF Fotboll


Sollentuna

Inherited from Old Swedish Sollendatuna.

a town and municipality of Stockholm County, in central Sweden


Huddinge

From Old Swedish Wddunge, probably equivalent to udde (“small peninsula”) + -unge.

a town and municipality of Stockholm County, Sweden


Tyresö

Tyresös (genitive)
Tyresiö (alternative)
Tyreſiö (alternative)
Tyresjö (alternative)
Tÿrsöö (alternative)
Töresiöö (alternative)
Töreſöö (alternative)
Törsöö (alternative)


Kungsbacka

Kungsbackas (genitive)
Kongsbacka (alternative obsolete)

a town and municipality of Halland County, Sweden


fadervår

From fader (“father”) + vår (“our”), with archaic but traditional grammar. Ultimately a calque of Medieval Latin paternoster.

Fadervår (alternative)
fader (alternative)
Fader vår (alternative)
vår fader (alternative)
Fader (alternative)

Den rätt kan läsa sitt Fader vår, Han rädes hvarken fan eller trollen.

1835, Erik Gustaf Geijer, “Den lilla kolargossen”, in Skaldestycken, Palmblad & C., accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 2025-03-10, page 154:

He who can recite his Our Father correctly, he fears neither the Devil nor the trolls.

När Castaño ser [planet] komma fram ur molnen och landa säkert ber han en Fader vår av tacksamhet.

2002 August 7, Johan Schmidt, “En bödels berättelse”, in Aftonbladet, archived from the original on 2025-03-10:

When Castaño sees the plane emerge from the clouds and land safely, he prays an Our Father in gratitude.

[Betänk] Geijers ord om den som rätt kan läsa sitt fadervår, "han räds varken fan eller trollen".

2022 September 8, Florence Vilén, “Folkets tjänare – från Ukraina”, in Signum, number 6, archived from the original on 2023-09-27:

Consider Geijer's words about he who can recite his Our Father correctly, "he fears neither the Devil nor the trolls."

(Christianity) Our Father, Lord's Prayer, paternoster


Österrike-Ungern

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Österrike-Ungern n (genitive Österrike-Ungerns)

(historical) Austria-Hungary (a former multi-ethnic empire and country in Central Europe existing from 1867 to 1918)


Oden

From Old Norse Óðinn, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Icelandic Óðinn, Faroese Óðin, Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk Oden, English Woden, German Wotan, and Dutch Woen.

(Norse mythology and paganism) Woden/Odin, A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon.


Lagan

Inherited from Old Swedish Lagha, derived from Old Swedish lagher (“water; liquid”).First attested in the circa 1300.
Town sense; from the train station in Berga parish, which was named after the local posthouse, which was named after the nearby river Lagan. This because the name Berga was already take by the posthouse and station in Högsby parish. First attested in 1893.

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Lagan in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 184, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

a river in Jönköping county, Kronoberg county and Halland county, Sweden; which flows into Laholm Bay, Kattegat.

a town by Lagan river, Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

a river in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom


Stenungsund

a town and municipality of Västra Götaland County, Sweden


Janssons

Janssons frestelse
Janssons frestelse#Swedish


Lerum

First attested as Lereem in 1338. From lera (“clay, mud”) + hem (“home”).


Degerfors

a town and municipality of Örebro County, Sweden


Hitlerjugend

Hitler Youth (youth organization of the Nazi Party)


Även för EU:s hälsokommissionär Stella Kyriakides är kampen personlig, då hon två gånger om – 1996 och 2004 – behandlats för bröstcancer.

2021 February 3, “EU:s nya mål: en tobaksfri generation [The EU's new goal: a tobacco-free generation]”, in Aftonbladet, Stockholm, Sweden:

Even for the EU's health commissioner Stella Kyriakides, the battle is personal, as she has been treated for breast cancer twice – in 1996 and 2004.


Ljungberg

From ljung (“heather”) + berg (“mountain”).


Järfälla

a municipality of Stockholm County, Sweden


Mange

a diminutive of the male given name Magnus


Östeuropa

Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe#English:_Q27468

Eastern Europe (a socio-political geographical area of eastern Europe usually including the European countries to the east of Germany, Austria and Italy, and to the west of the Urals)


Västeuropa

Western Europe
Western Europe#English:_Q27496

Western Europe (a sociopolitical region in the west of Europe)


Värmdö

Värmdös (genitive)
Wermdö (alternative obsolete)


Vaxholm

Vaxholms (genitive)
Waxholm (alternative obsolete)


Norrtälje

Norrtäljes (genitive)
Norr‐Telge (alternative)
Norrtelie (alternative)
Norrtelje (alternative)


Angered

Compound of avungar (“those who live at a pool”) + ryd (“clearing”).


Botkyrka

Mentioned as Botuidhe kirkiu in 1298. The first element is the given name Botvid, after the holy Saint Botvid. The second element is kyrka (“church”). Botkyrka thus means 'Saint Botvid's church'.

a municipality of Stockholm County, in central Sweden


Härnösand

Härnösands (genitive)
Hernösand (alternative obsolete)

a town and municipality of Västernorrland County, in central Sweden


Oskarshamn

Oskarshamns (genitive)
Oscarshamn (alternative obsolete)

a town and municipality of Kalmar County, in southern Sweden


Ekerö

a town and municipality of Stockholm County, in central Sweden


Erlandsson

Originally a patronymic form Erlands + -son.


Biskopsgården

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Biskopsgården n (genitive Biskopsgårdens)


Västsverige

From väst (“west”) + Sverige (“Sweden”).

(informal) the western part of mainly south Sweden (western Götaland)

(official statistics) an area consisting of Västra Götaland and Halland


Östermalm

Compound of öster (“east”) + malm (“suburb, outskirt”), formed in analogy with Norrmalm and Södermalm. It replaced the former name Ladugårdslandet (literally “The Cowshed Land”), which referred to two royal cattle estates nearby. First attested in 1885.

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


Södermalm

Compound of söder (“south”) + malm (“sandy hill”), in analogy with Norrmalm. Inherited from Old Swedish Suthræ malm. Originally, it likely referred only to the area closest to Gamla Stan but over time came to encompass the whole island, which may originally have been named Åsö or Åsön (literally “the ridge island”). First attested in 1288.


Ludvika

a town and municipality of Dalecarlia County, in central Sweden


Älvdalen

Literally "river valley," from älv (“river”) + dal (“valley”) + -en.


Hedemora

Hedemoras (genitive)
Hedmora (alternative obsolete)


Säter

Säters (genitive)
Säther (alternative obsolete)


Stenbocken

Compound of stenbock (“ibex”) + -en (“the”). Semantic loan from Latin Capricornus. Attested since 1538.

(astronomy) Capricorn (astrological sign)


Tensta

a suburb of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden


Härryda

a town and municipality of Västra Götaland County, in southwestern Sweden


Alvik

* (Norrbotten) First attested as Aarde(r)wik in 1486. Compound of årder (“ard, plough”) + vik (“inlet”).
* (Dalarna) First attested as Aluik in 1539. It's earlier form was possibly Old Swedish *Almovik, which would be a compound of *Alma (“Almoån, a local stream”) + vik (“inlet”). *Alma is likely related to dialectal Swedish alma sig (“to grow”), referring to how the stream would often 'grow' outside its banks.
* (Stockholm) First attested as Ahlwijken in 1720. Compound of al (“alder (tree)”) + vik (“inlet”).


Danderyd

Danderyds (genitive)
Daneryd (alternative)
Danneryd (alternative)


Förenta nationerna

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Förenta nationerna c (genitive Förenta nationernas)


Ann-Charlotte

Ann-Charlotte c (genitive Ann-Charlottes)

Ann-Charlottes (genitive)
Ann-Charlott (alternative)
Anne-Charlotte (alternative)

a female given name, combination of Anne and Charlotte


Sebbe

a diminutive of the male given name Sebastian


Hanö

an island in Blekinge, in southern Sweden


Thunberg

Thunbergs (genitive)
Tunberg (alternative)

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Translingual: Thunb., Thunbergia, thunbergii, thunbergi

English: Thunberg

Latin: Thunbergius

From tun (“courtyard; fence”) + berg (“mountain”).

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Carl Peter Thunberg, b. 1743


Västafrika

West Africa (a geographic region comprising the western portion of Africa, spanning 16 countries)


Östafrika

East Africa (a geographic region encompassing the eastern part of Africa, generally stretching from Ethiopia and Eritrea in the north to Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the south)


Tunberg

Tunbergs (genitive)
Thunberg (alternative)


Migrationsverket

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Migrationsverket n (genitive Migrationsverkets)

the (Swedish) Migration Agency (a government agency).


Parkstad

Puistola, a neighbourhood in Helsinki, Finland.


Egentliga Finland

Egentliga Finland n (genitive Egentliga Finlands)

Literally, “proper/actual Finland”, because the term Finland referred to this region before it became the name for the entire country. First attested as Egenteliga Finland in the 18th century, possibly as a kind of calque of a Latin term Fenningia presse dicta.

Finland Proper (disambiguation)
Southwest Finland
Turku and Pori Province

Southwest Finland, a geographical and administrative region in southwestern Finland.

Finland Proper, Southwest Finland, a historical province region of Finland (once part of Sweden).

Turku and Pori Province
Turku and Pori Province

Turku and Pori Province, a former province of Finland.


Kinesiska Taipei

Kinesiska Taipei n (genitive Kinesiska Taipeis)


Främre Orienten

Främre Orienten c (genitive Främre Orientens)

(historical) Near East (the geographic region of Western Asia located southeast of Eastern Europe, comprising Anatolia, Transcaucasia, the Levant, and Mesopotamia; used primarily in historical contexts)


digerdöden

the Black Death (pandemic outbreak in the 14th century)


Främre Asien

the Near East (region closest to the east of the Mediterranean Sea)


Zaporizjzja

Zaporizhzhia (an industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River)

Zaporizhzhia (a raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine)

Zaporizhzhia (an oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia)

(historical) Zaporizhzhia (a geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks)


Sjtjedrin

Щедрин Щедрин#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Щедрин (Ščedrin)


Herre

Herre (indefinite nominative singular)
Herres (genitive indefinite singular)
Herren (definite nominative singular)
Herrens (definite genitive singular)
Herre (indefinite nominative singular)
Herres (genitive indefinite singular)
Herran (definite nominative singular)
Herrans (definite genitive singular)

Prisa Herren!

Apollos [förde] mig en dag till sin fars grav [...]. Gravstenen pryddes av ett enkelt kors [...] och inskriften förkunnade att den döde hade avlidit i tron på sin frälsare, Herren Attis.

1928, Hjalmar Söderberg, Jesus Barabbas, Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 2025-05-15, page 29:

One day, Apollos took me to his father's grave. The tombstone was adorned with a simple cross, and the inscription said that the deceased had died believing in his savior, the Lord Attis.

När hans Herre sade till honom: "Underkasta dig Guds vilja!" svarade han: "Jag underkastar mig Guds [...] vilja."

1998, Mohammed Knut Bernström, transl., “Al-Baqarah 2:131”, in Koranens budskap, © Proprius förlag, accessed at Quran.com, archived from the original on 2025-05-14:

When his Lord said to him, "Submit to God's will!" he responded, "I submit to God's will."

[D]et finns ingen annan Gud än du, Herre.

1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Jesus Syraks vishet 36:5”, in Bibel 2000, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 2025-05-15:

Att bekänna eller åkalla Jesus som Herre är att tro på hans gudom.

2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes, Catholica, archived from the original on 2025-03-24, §455:

To confess or invoke Jesus as Lord is to believe in his divinity.


Koreahalvön

Korea (“Korea”) + halvö (“peninsula”) + -n (“the”)

af

Korean Peninsula
Korean Peninsula#English:_Q483134

the Korean Peninsula (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea)


Fastlandskina

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Fastlandskina n (genitive Fastlandskinas)

From fastland (“mainland”) + -s- + Kina (“China”).


Dalarne

Masculine nouns, including dal (“valley, dale”) from which Dalarna is derived, previously had the plural definite suffix -ne instead of -na.


Bagis

(slang) Bagarmossen, a borough of Skarpnäck, a district of Stockholm


Gävlebocken

From Gävle (“Gävle”) + bock (“male goat”) + -en (“the”).

com

A giant straw goat built at Christmastime in Gävle, Sweden


Koffe

A shortening of the male given name Christoffer or Kristoffer.


Ekholm

From ek (“oak”) + holm, archaic form of holme (“small island”).


Arvidsjaur

From Lule Sami Árviesjávrrie, a compound of árvies (“giving (adj.)”) + jávvrie (“lake”).

a town and municipality of Norrbotten County, Lapland Province, in northern Sweden


Arjeplog

From Pite Sami Árjepluovve, a combination of either hárjje (“hill”) or árjje (“need (n.)”) + plouvve (“swamp”).


Gällivare

a town and municipality of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden


Bjurholm

a town and municipality of Västerbotten County, Ångermanland Region, in northern Sweden


Lycksele

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


Nordmakedonien

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Värnamo

Värnamos (genitive)
Wernamo (alternative obsolete)

Compound of värn (“fenced”) + mo (“sandy field”).

a city and municipality of Jönköping county, Sweden.


Strömsnäsbruk

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Strömsnäsbruk n (genitive Strömsnäsbruks)

a town by Lagan river in Markaryd municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Markaryd

a city and municipality of Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Laholm

a city and municipality of Halland county, Sweden.


Kånna

Unknown.
Possibly derived from Old Swedish *kvadhn (“filth; unclean”), based on a Middle Low German word, referring to the marsh and mire of the area.
Earliest known form attested since 1338 as Medieval Latin Quannom.

ref

SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 181, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

a village and parish of Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Ryssby

Compound of ryd (“clearing”) + by (“farm; village”), where ryd has morphed into ryss over time.
Earliest known form attested since 1306 as Medieval Latin Ryzby.

ref

SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 262, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

a town in Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Lidhult

Compound of lid (“small slope”) + hult (“grove”). Attested since 1405.


Vittaryd

Vittaryds (genitive)
Hwitarör (alternative)
Hvitarydh (alternative)

Inherited from Old Swedish Hwitaridh. Debated origin. By surface analysis, vitta + ryd.
* First half may be derived from Old Swedish Hvite (“a male name”). It may also be derived from Old Swedish hviter (“white”) of unkown reason.
* Second half might be ryd (“clearing”). It may also come from rör (“cairn”), if so it might refer to the Vittaryd labyrinth.

ref

SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 362, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages


Angelstad

Compound of Angul (“male name”) + stad (“place”), in the sense Angul's Place. Earliest known form attested since 1369 as Medieval Latin Angulstadha.

ref

SvOrtLex

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


Annerstad

Compound of Andor or Arndor (“a male name”) + stad (“place”), in the sense Andor's Place. Earliest known form attested since 1371 as Medieval Latin Anderstadhæ.

ref

SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 23, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages


Hamneda

Compound of hamn + -eda. Origin difficult to interpret. First half possibly from halfna (“sharecropping”). Second half from -eda (“passage along water”).
Attested since 1353 as Old Swedish Hafnadha.


Dörarp

ref

SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 62, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages


Byholma

a village in Annerstad parish, Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Bolmsö

Bolmsös (genitive)
Bolm (alternative archaic)
Bólmr (alternative archaic)
Bolmßöö (alternative archaic)

Inherited from Old Swedish Bolmsø.
Compound of Bolmen + ö (“island”).

När Grimmer war tolf åhra gamal, for han i hernad och wart en förnemlig frigßman Han tog ſig till huſtru Böggerd / Alfhilds och Starkoters Aludrengs dotter: och ſatte ſig till att bo i Småland / på then öen ſom heter Bolm / och kallades ſedan thär af Grimer på Bolmßöö.

1672, anonymous author, translated by Olaus Verelius, Hervarar Saga På Gammal Götska, page 3:

When Grimmer was twelve years old, he went into the army and became a distinguished freeman. He married Böggerd / Alfhild and Starkoters Aludreng's daughter: and settled down to live in Småland / on the island called Bolm / and was then called by Grimer of Bolmsö.

an island of lake Bolmen, in former Finnveden, today Småland, Sweden

a village and parish on the island of same name in Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Bolmstad

a village in Bolmsö island, Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Finnveden

Finnvedens (genitive)
Finnheden (alternative)
finnaithae (alternative)
Finnheiði (alternative)

Debated.
The first half finn may refer to a people, or roaming hunters and fishers.
The second half may be Old Swedish ed/ede (“road”) referring to Lagastigen, or Old Swedish hed (“forest area”). The contemporary form comes from early folk etymological associations with ved (“woods”).
Earliest known form attested since 551 CE via Late Latin Finnaithae in De origine actibusque Getarum by Jordanes.

a historical country later incorporated into Småland, Sweden.

De origine actibusque Getarum
Finnveden
Jordanes
sv:Lagastigen


Tvåflodslandet

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Tvåflodslandet ? (genitive Tvåflodslandets)

två (“two”) + flod (“river”) + -s- + land (“land”) + -et (“the”)

compound

(historical) Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)

(historical) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)


Vrå

From vrå (“corner”). Attested since 1543 as Wråå.


Bosnien och Hercegovinas

Bosnien och Hercegovina
Bosnien och Hercegovina#Swedish


Julikonungadömet

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Julikonungadömet n (genitive Julikonungadömets)

juli (“July”) + konungadöme (“kingdom”) + -et (“the”)

compound

Hans tal väckte väckte hos Kammaren den häftigaste sensation; benämningen JuliKonungadömet såsom en PalatsRevolution, och som en triumf för insurreaktionen, föranlät Presidenten flere gånger att kalla talaren till ordning, hvilken ändå icke kunde förmås att moderera sina uttryck.

1842 August 29, “Utrikes. Frankrike. [Abroad. France.]”, in Svenska Biet, page 4:

His speech aroused in the House the fiercest sensation; the designation of the July Monarchy as a Palace Revolution, and as a triumph for the insurrectionary reaction, the President repeatedly urged the speaker to be called to order, who nevertheless could not be persuaded to moderate his expressions.


Julimonarkin

juli (“July”) + monarki (“monarchy”) + -n (“the”)

Derpå swaras helt enkelt och sanningsenligt, att ehuru Julimonarkien wigt ide kan j:mföras med Napoleon den tredj:s regering, […]

1871 August 2, “Pariserkommunen och Kejsardömet. [Paris Commune and the Empire]”, in Stockholms Dagblad, page 3:

To this is answered simply and truthfully, that although the July Monarchy important idea can be compared to Napoleon the Thirds government, […]


Pippi

a diminutive of the female given name Filippa

Pippi Longstocking, a fictional character by Astrid Lindgren.


stilla veckan

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stilla veckan c (genitive stilla veckans)

Holy Week (the week leading to Easter Sunday)


passionsveckan

passionsveckan c (genitive passionsveckans)

passion + -s- + vecka. Compare English Passion Week.


dymmelveckan

From Old Swedish dymbilvika. By surface analysis, dymmel + vecka. The name comes from the tradition in Scandinavia to replace metal clappers in the church bells with dowels in order to give them a more muted sound. Cognate with Icelandic dymbilvika, dymbildagavika, Danish dimmeluge.

(dated) Holy Week (the week leading to Easter Sunday)


Kvisth

Kvisths (genitive)
Kvist (alternative)
Kwist (alternative)
Quist (alternative)
Quisth (alternative)
Qvist (alternative)
Qvisth (alternative)
Qwist (alternative)


Kwist

Kwists (genitive)
Kvist (alternative)
Kvisth (alternative)
Quist (alternative)
Quisth (alternative)
Qvist (alternative)
Qvisth (alternative)
Qwist (alternative)


Quisth

Quisths (genitive)
Kvist (alternative)
Kvisth (alternative)
Kwist (alternative)
Quist (alternative)
Qvist (alternative)
Qvisth (alternative)
Qwist (alternative)


Qvisth

Qvisths (genitive)
Kvist (alternative)
Kvisth (alternative)
Kwist (alternative)
Quist (alternative)
Qvist (alternative)
Qwist (alternative)


Qwist

Qwists (genitive)
Kvist (alternative)
Kvisth (alternative)
Kwist (alternative)
Quist (alternative)
Quisth (alternative)
Qvist (alternative)
Qvisth (alternative)


Krimhalvön

Crimean peninsula
Crimean peninsula#English:_Q7835

Crimean peninsula (a geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; contested between Ukraine and Russia)


Östpreussen

Östpreussens (genitive)
Ostpreussen (alternative)

öst + Preussen, a calque of German Ostpreußen.


Thörnqvist

English: Thornquist


Nordcypern

Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus#English:_Q23681

Northern Cyprus (a geographic region and de facto unrecognized country comprising the northeastern part of the island of Cyprus, internationally recognized as part of the country of Cyprus)


Västindien

West Indies (islands in the Caribbean sea)


Levanten

Levant (a cultural region of Western Asia consisting of the eastern Mediterranean countries, i.e. Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus)


Centralafrikanska republikens

Centralafrikanska republiken
Centralafrikanska republiken#Swedish

genitive of Centralafrikanska republiken


Norrmalm

Compound of norr (“north”) + malm (“sandy hill; suburb”), formed in analogy with Södermalm. Inherited from Old Swedish Norræmalm. The term malm originally referred to the sandy slopes of the esker Brunkebergsåsen but, over time, evolved to be equivalent to "suburb" or "outskirt". First attested in 1288.

com+

a suburb and borough in Stockholm, Sweden.


Västra Götaland

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Västra Götaland ? (genitive Västra Götalands)

västra (“western”) + Götaland (“Geatland”)


Samväldet

Definite singular of samvälde (“commonwealth”).

Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations


Dominikanska republikens

Dominikanska republiken
Dominikanska republiken#Swedish


Tyrrenska havet

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Tyrrenska havet n (genitive Tyrrenska havets)


Adriatiska havets

Adriatiska havet
Adriatiska havet#Swedish


Lombardiet

administrative region
administrative region

Lombardy (an administrative region in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley)


Apulien

Apulia (a peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy)


Florens

Florence (a metropolitan city and capital city of Tuscany, Italy)


Roslagen

Probably from Old Swedish Roþslaghen, from Roþs, genitive form of Roþer (“Roden”) + laghen, definite plural form of lagh (“corporation, community”).


Fjärran Östern

Fjärran Östern c (genitive Fjärran Österns)

(dated) Far East (a geographical region of Asia, consisting of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China, the Russian Far East, etc.) and Southeast Asia, taken as a whole)


S:t Michel (canonical common-gender neuter)

(common) Alternative form of Sankt Mikael (“Saint Michael”).

(neuter) Mikkeli (a town and municipality in eastern Finland).


Hedenskog

From hed (“heath”) + -en- + skog (“forest”).


Brovall

From bro (“bridge”) + vall (“field sown with grass”).


Bergvall

From berg (“mountain”) + vall (“field sown with grass”).


DDR-Sverige

From comparison with East Germany (abbreviated as DDR in German and Swedish), a communist state with limited personal freedoms.

(derogatory, somewhat dated) Sweden, viewed as a country where the state has excessive control over the economy, limits personal freedoms, or otherwise resembles or supports the political systems of the former Eastern Bloc.


Sydeuropa

Southern Europe
Southern Europe#English:_Q27449

Southern Europe (a sociopolitical region of Europe including such countries as Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece)


Tredje riket

From tredje (“third”) + riket (“the empire, the realm”). Calque of German Drittes Reich (“third empire”).

calque

the Third Reich (Germany under the Nazi regime, 1933-1945)


Östhammar

Östhammars (genitive)
Öſthammar (alternative obsolete)


Ecklesiastikdepartementet

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Ecklesiastikdepartementet n (genitive Ecklesiastikdepartementets)

From ecklesiastik (“ecclesiastical”) + departement (“ministry”) + -et (definite suffix).

af

ministry of education
ministry of education#English

The Swedish ministry of education from 1840 to 1967, which also handled ecclesiastical, research, and cultural matters.


Förenade arabemiraten

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Förenade arabemiraten n (genitive Förenade arabemiratens)

Förenade arabemiratens (genitive)
Förenade Arabemiraten (alternative)
Förenade Arabemiraterna (alternative misconstruction rare)

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

United Arab Emirates (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Börjeson

From Börje (“a male given name”) + son (“son”).


vilda västern

vilda västern c (genitive vilda västerns)

Det är rena vilda västern inom transportsektorn

"It's pure Wild West within the transport sector"

a state of disorder or anarchy; a Wild West


Östasien

Holonym: Asien

East Asia (a geographic region comprising the eastern part of Asia, inclusive of China proper, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan and sometimes inclusive of Mongolia and Tibet and some or all of Southeast Asia and the Philippines)


Sydasien

Holonym: Asien

South Asia (a geographic region of Asia, comprising all the countries of the Indian subcontinent (principally India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan) and the Indian Ocean (principally Sri Lanka, Maldives))


Förenade arabemiratens

Förenade arabemiraten
Förenade arabemiraten#Swedish


Fjollträsk

fjolla (“sissy”) + träsk (“place name suffix common in the far north of Sweden, especially in Västerbotten – often refers to a lake, though the usual meaning of träsk is swamp”)


Knutte

a diminutive of the male given name Knut


Förenade Arabemiratens

Förenade arabemiratens
Förenade arabemiratens#Swedish

nonstandard spelling of Förenade arabemiratens, genitive of Förenade arabemiraten


ABBA

An initialism of Agnetha, Björn, Benny, and Anni-Frid.


Myresjö

Vetlanda Municipality
Vetlanda Municipality#English

Myresjö, a locality in Vetlanda Municipality, Jönköping, Sweden.


Barents hav

Named after Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz.


Kamtjatka

Borrowed from Russian Камча́тка (Kamčátka).

bor+

Kamchatka (a long peninsula forming part of Kamchatka Krai in the Far East of Russia, lying between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk)


Tjotahejti

Tjotahejtis (genitive)
Tjotaheiti (alternative)
Tjottahejti (alternative)
Tjottaheiti (alternative)

From Otaheiti, Otahiti, an older name for Tahiti, located far away from Sweden. See English Otaheite. Perhaps influenced by the interjection tjo. Origin of toilet sense unknown.

Stället ligger mitt i Tjotahejti, så det är en bit att åka

The place is located in central Tjotahejti, so it's a bit of a drive

Han bor långt ute i Tjotahejti i en förort och pendlar till jobbet

He lives far out in Tjotahejti in a suburb and commutes to work

Bussen fick motorstopp strax utanför Tjotahejti

The bus broke down right outside Tjotahejti

(colloquial) a remote country or other remote place, Timbuktu, Nowheresville

Jag måste gå på tjotahejti

(slang, usually not capitalized) a toilet


Sydsudan

South Sudan (a country in East Africa, formerly the southern part of Sudan)


Kurre

Affix of Kur(t) + r (“gemination”) + -e (“hypocoristic suffix”).
Compare with Swedish male hypocoristic forming.

af

Kurt Eber "Kurre" Österberg, b. 1929

Kurt Roland "Kurre" Hamrin, b. 1934

a diminutive of the male given name Kurt

Kurre Lansburgh, b. 1977

a male given name, based on the diminutive above


Björnön

Definite form; from björn (“bear”) + ö (“island”).

Bear Island (an island in Svalbard, Norway)


Skagen

a town in Frederikshavn municipality, Denmark.


Gyllene måsen

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Gyllene måsen c (genitive Gyllene måsens)

From gyllene (“the golden”) + måsen (“the gull”), from interpreting the Golden Arches as a stylized gull. Though usually required by the grammar before an adjective, the article den/det is often left out in names of establishments that are in definite form.


Centraleuropa

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Centraleuropa n (genitive Centraleuropas)

Central Europe
Central Europe#English:_Q27509

Central Europe (a geographic region in the center of Europe, usually including Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Germany)


vacker tass

att räcka vacker tass


Antonia Ax:son Johnson, b. 1943


gubben i månen

gubben (“the older man”) + i (“in”) + månen (“the moon”)


Kung Bore

personification of the northern wind or winter


Ruben G:son Berg, b. 1876

Bertil G:son Uggla, b. 1890

Thomas G:son, b. 1968


Jäderen

Jäderens (genitive)
Jädern (alternative)

From Old Norse Jaðarr, compare Norwegian Jadaren, Jæren. Cognate with Danish Jæderen and Icelandic Jaðar.

Dock aͤr Vaͤrman uti Landskaperne Jaͤderen, Dalerne och Lister, som utgoͤra sydligaste delen af Norge ofta ganska stark.

1814, Daniel Djurberg, “danska Riket”, in Beskrifning över Konungariket Norge, Färöarne samt Ön Island, Stockholm, page 224:

However, the heat out in the districts Jæren, Dalane and Lister, which constitute the southernmost part of Norway, is often quite strong.


Jädern

Jäderns (genitive)
Jäderen (alternative)


Björn J:son Lindh b. 1944


Inför Södra Möre häradsrätt hölls förliden torsdag rannſakning med häktade drängen Aug. Wilhelm A:son Sundberg, född 1865 i Söderåkra.

1900 January 3, “Kyrko- och banktjufwen dömd. [The church and bank robber convicted.]”, in Oskarshamns-Tidningen, Mönsterås-Tidningen, page 4:

In front of the Södra Möre district court, an investigation was held last Thursday with the arrested farmhand Aug. Wilhelm A:son Sundberg, born 1865 in Söderåkra.

Med Capitain Nils A:ſon Pyk gifwes ſjölägenhet til Götheborg; de som wilja medſända några waror få widare underrättelſe hos Skeps-Clarerarne Friſch och Naucler.

1784 July 20, “Diverſe Kungörelſer [Various Announcements]”, in Dagligt Allehanda, page 4:

With Capitain Nils A:son Pyk, gives a sea route to Gothenburg; those who wish to send some goods with them will receive further information from Ship-Clerks Frisch and Naucler.


den onde

Det var den onde själv som kommit på besök!

It was the devil himself who had visited them!

(euphemistic) the evil one, the devil, Satan


Krille

Affix of Kris(toffer) + ll (gemination) + -e (hypocoristic suffix).
For some reason the gemination of s has been replaced with l, mimicking the form of diminutives such as Kalle, Lelle, Pelle and Ville. The expected form, Krisse, can be used but is less common.
Compare with Swedish male given name hypocoristic forming.

a diminutive of the male given names Christoffer or Kristoffer


With Capitain Nils A:son Pyk, gives a sea route to Gothenburg; those who wish to send some goods with them will receive further information from Ship Clerks Frisch and Naucler.

obsolete typography of A:son (“Andersson”)


Tungelfelt

Tungelfelts (genitive)
Tungelfeldt (alternative)

Compound of tungel (“moon”) + felt (“field”).


Lagaån

Compound of Lagan (“Lagan”) + ån (“the river”). Possibly to differentiate from the town Lagan and the trade route Lagastigen.

Men vi fick rapport om att vargen simmat över Lagaån i Bäckaryd, söder om Ljungby.

2022 November 22, “Jaktledaren berättar – varg skjuten i Markaryd [The hunt leader tells - wolf shot in Markaryd]”, in Jaktjournalen:

But we received a report that the wolf swam across river Lagan in Bäckaryd, south of Ljungby.

Man såg den sköna Lagaån, och man gladdes.

1842, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Tre fruar i Småland, volume I, page 101:

They saw the beautiful Lagan river, and they smile.

Damfästet för Lagaån vid Säteriet Torpa har blifvit till stor del af den påträngande starka vattenmassan upphrutet och bortfördt, hvarigenom det i sjön Asunden frigjorda vattnet framstörtat och åstadkommit mycken skada på broar och vattenverk.

The dam for Lagan river at Torpa Manor has been largely destroyed and carried away by the encroaching strong mass of water, whereby the water released in Lake Asunden rushed forward and caused a lot of damage to bridges and waterworks.


Ryd

Region Kronoberg
Region Kronoberg#English

a town in Tingsryd, Region Kronoberg, Sweden.

Region Jönköping
Region Jönköping#English

a village in Jönköping, Region Jönköping, Sweden.

a locality in Karlskrona, Region Blekinge, Sweden.

a locality in Hultsfred, Region Kalmar, Sweden.


Sunnerbo

Inherited from Old Swedish Sunderbo. Compound of sunner  (“south”) + -bo (“region; district”).

ref

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 303, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

(now historical) a hundred in Finnveden, Småland, Sweden.


Västbo

Inherited from Old Swedish Wæstbo. Compound of väst (“west”) + -bo (“region; district”).

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Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 368, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages


Östbo

Inherited from Old Swedish Østbo. Compound of öst (“east”) + -bo (“region; district”).

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Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 391, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages