Freelang Swedish-English dictionary

Swedish translations

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Expressions in Swedish

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Swedish is spoken mainly in Sweden by about 10 million speakers. It is an Indo-European language, in the same language family as Danish, but it is in fact closer to Norwegian.

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Word list information

This dictionary was made by Peter Bondesson.

Swedish > English: 11,351 words
English > Swedish: 10,052 words

Last update: March 21, 2014
First upload: 1997

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More Swedish dictionaries

We recommend Lexin, an online dictionary with original combinations (it was designed for immigrants in Sweden).