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Speak Swedish! offers a wide range of materials to help you learn Swedish. Pick up some basic phrases or expand your vocabulary – many more features coming soon!

About this site

The aim of Speak Swedish! is to provide a high quality language resource for those who wish to learn how to speak Swedish.

It is part of the Speak Languages! network of websites.

Access to the site is free. We are currently adding sound, and soon users will also be able to hear all the phrases and vocabulary spoken by native Italian speakers for a small subscription fee.

If you have any comments or suggestions, or spot any mistakes however small, please contact us – we appreciate your feedback.

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Phrases
Swedish phrases sorted into useful everyday topics.
Vocabulary
Swedish vocabulary divided into themed vocabulary lists.

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Language learning courses and software to buy online.
Contact us
Full contact details and site credits.

About the Swedish language

Swedish is spoken by around 9 million people in Sweden, as well as a further 300,000 in Finland where it is an official language. The Swedish speakers in Finland are distributed mainly along the south-western and southern coasts, as well as on the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea which belong to Finland.

Swedish belongs to the Northern Germanic (or Scandinavian) branch of the Indo-European language family, as do Danish and Norwegian. It is closely related to those languages and is to a certain extent mutually intelligible with them.