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Sweden borders Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.
SWEDISH
A few Funny Facts
about Sweden
and the Swedish language
1. Swedish (svenska) wasn't the official language of Sweden until 2009.
2. Alfred Nobel, a Swedish egineer, chemist, and inventor, both invented dynamite and created the Nobel Peace Prize.
3. Spotify was founded in Sweden and co-founder of Skype, Niklas Zennström, is Swedish too.
4. About 20% of Sweden police stations close during the summer since everyone is off on vacation.
5. As of 2004 all employees are required to provide free massage.
The Coat of Arms
of the Kingdom of Sweden
The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden has a lesser and a greater version. The lesser coat of arms was adoptet in 1905.
A Swede doesn’t tell someone to
“take a hike”… he tells someone to “throw themselves in the wall.”
(Släng dig i väggen)
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Content
Pronunciation
of Swedish Vowels and Consonants
A Table of Vowels with pronunciations
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A Table of Consonants with pronunciations (from b to rs)
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A Table of Consonants with pronunciations (from t to w)
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Swedish (Svenska)
The main classification of Swedish is an East Scandinavian language. It was derived from the North Germanic group of languages such as Danish, and Norwegian. Much like the majority of other East Scandinavian languages, the German Viking populations and Old Norse populations spoke it fluently when they roamed the entirety of Scandinavia.
In the world there are approximately 8 million people who fluently speak Swedish. The language itself is the official language of Sweden and is also known as one of the official languages in Finland.
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