Make sure you pay attention to your long and short vowels when talking about vacuum cleaners. Photo: Oscar Olsson/TT There are a lot of vowels in Swedish and it can be easy for someone new to the ...

The Language Council of Sweden and magazine Språktidningen have released their list of new words that have appeared in the Swedish language for the first time in 2025, with 27 terms reflecting modern ...

Sweden Drops 'Ungoogleable' From Word List After Google Protests A spat over the term "ungoogleable" has prompted Swedish language officials to ditch the term from its list of new Swedish words.

Korv Kiosk, a classic hotdog stand in Gothenburg, is partly legendary due to the 'särskrivning' in its name ‒ the correct spelling is 'korvkiosk'. Photo: Hanna Brunlöf/TT Särskrivning, or writing ...

IKEA products have a wide variety of interesting names. Some are Swedish words, others are named after places, and some are just made-up names made from mixing other words. This dictionary lists them ...