🇸🇪Swedish for English speakers
Swedish flashcards written for newcomers to Sweden: everyday life, work, SFI, the health centre and school, from beginner (A1) to proficient (C2). 40 sets are free and 123 more come with Premium. Swedish on the front, English on the back, with audio and seven study modes.
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A1 · Beginner(10)
En eller ett – En and Ett Nouns, Indefinite and DefiniteEvery Swedish noun is either an en-word or an ett-word. This set teaches common everyday nouns with their gender and shows how "the" is added as an ending: en bil, bilen; ett hus, huset.42 cardsFamiljen – The FamilySwedish family vocabulary: parents, siblings, grandparents, in-laws and the handy Swedish compounds like morfar and farmor. Includes partner words such as sambo, common in Sweden.42 cardsFärger – Colors in SwedishThe basic colors in Swedish and how they change with en-words, ett-words and plurals: en röd bil, ett rött hus, röda bilar. Includes shades and everyday example sentences.42 cardsHälsningar och avsked – Greetings and Goodbyes in SwedishThe essential Swedish greetings, introductions and goodbyes, from hej and tjena to ha det bra. Includes how Swedes say thank you and sorry, and the informal du used with almost everyone.42 cardsMat och dryck – Food and DrinkEssential Swedish vocabulary for food and drink, from breakfast and fika to the supermarket shelf. Covers meals, basic groceries and polite phrases at the table.42 cardsTal 0-100 – Numbers in SwedishAll the Swedish numbers from 0 to 100, essential for prices in kronor, phone numbers, ages, addresses and your personnummer. Includes useful sentences for counting and paying.42 cardsTycka om och gilla – Saying "I Like" in SwedishLearn how to say what you like, love, prefer and dislike in Swedish with tycka om, gilla, älska and föredra. Covers the particle verb tycka om, tycka om att + infinitive and polite ways to ask about preferences.42 cardsVeckodagar, månader och årstider – Days, Months and Seasons in SwedishThe days of the week, the months and the seasons in Swedish, with everyday time expressions and key Swedish holidays. Ideal for beginners making appointments and plans.42 cardsVerbet ha – The Verb "To Have" in SwedishLearn the verb ha, one of the most useful Swedish verbs, for family, possessions, appointments and feelings. Includes key expressions like ha ont, ha tid and ha bråttom.42 cardsVerbet vara – The Verb "To Be" in SwedishLearn VARA, the Swedish verb "to be", with the personal pronouns and everyday sentences about who you are, where you are and how you feel. Good news: the present form är is the same for every person.42 cards
A2 · Elementary(8)
Hemmet och bostaden – My Home and RoomsSwedish vocabulary for the home: rooms, furniture and appliances, plus the words you need when renting an apartment in Sweden, from hyresvärd to tvättstuga.42 cardsHitta vägen – Giving Directions in the CityAsk for and give directions in a Swedish town: streets, places, public transport stops and the key words for left, right and straight on. Useful from Stockholm's T-bana to the local vårdcentral.42 cardsKläder – ClothesSwedish clothing vocabulary for shopping and everyday life, including the warm layers you need for a Swedish winter, sizes, and useful phrases in the shop and at the fitting room.42 cardsKroppen och hälsan – The Body and HealthA2 Swedish for the body and your health: body parts, symptoms, booking an appointment at the vårdcentral, calling 1177 and buying medicine at the apotek.43 cardsModala hjälpverb – Modal Verbs in SwedishThe Swedish modal verbs kan, ska, vill, måste, får, bör and behöver, with everyday examples from work, school and dealing with the authorities. The modal is followed by a plain infinitive with no "att".43 cardsPå restaurang – At the RestaurantThe words and phrases you need at a Swedish restaurant or café, from booking a table and ordering dagens lunch to asking for the bill and paying by card or Swish.42 cardsPresens – The Swedish Present TenseMaster the Swedish present tense across the four verb groups: -ar (talar), -er (läser), short verbs in -r (bor) and irregular verbs (är, gör, vet). The good news: one form for every person, and it covers both "I work" and "I am working".42 cardsVädret – Weather and ClimateTalk about the weather in Swedish, a favourite topic in Sweden, from snow and dark winter days to the bright summer nights. Includes everyday expressions with det regnar, det snöar and det är kallt.42 cards
B1 · Intermediate(8)
Arbete och arbetsplatsen – Work and the WorkplaceSwedish vocabulary for finding a job and working in Sweden: contracts, pay, unions, sick leave and Arbetsförmedlingen. For B1 learners.42 cardsAtt handla – Going ShoppingSwedish vocabulary for shopping at ICA, Coop, Lidl and in other shops: prices, offers, paying with Swish and returning goods. For B1 learners.42 cardsKänslor och sinnesstämningar – Feelings and EmotionsSwedish words and phrases for talking about how you feel, from joy and homesickness to stress and frustration. For B1 learners.42 cardsPå flygplatsen – At the AirportEverything you need for flights, check-in, security and arrivals at a Swedish airport such as Arlanda or Landvetter. For B1 learners.42 cardsPerfekt och supinum – The Perfect TenseThe Swedish perfect (har + supine) and pluperfect (hade + supine), with the supine forms of common regular and strong verbs. B1 level.42 cardsPreteritum – The Simple PastThe Swedish simple past for finished actions: the weak endings -ade, -de and -te, and the most common strong and irregular verbs, with past time expressions. B1 level.42 cardsResa i Sverige – Travelling in SwedenB1 vocabulary for getting around and exploring Sweden: SJ trains, SL and Västtrafik, hotels, hostels, cabins and the right of public access.43 cardsTidsprepositioner – Prepositions of TimeHow Swedish expresses time with i, på, om, för ... sedan, sedan, vid and more: a key B1 topic that rarely matches English.40 cards
B2 · Upper intermediate(8)
Hälsa och vård – Health and HealthcareB2 Swedish vocabulary for health and the Swedish healthcare system: 1177, the vårdcentral, prescriptions, referrals and well-being.42 cardsMedier och nyheter – The MediaB2 Swedish vocabulary for news, the press, public service broadcasting (SVT, SR) and social media.42 cardsMiljö och klimat – The EnvironmentB2 Swedish vocabulary for the environment, climate and sustainability, including recycling and waste sorting as practised in Sweden.42 cardsPassiv form – The Passive VoiceThe two Swedish passives: the s-passive (byggs, byggdes, har byggts) and the bli-passive (blev stulen), plus deponent verbs. B2 level.42 cardsSambandsord och konnektorer – Connectors and Discourse MarkersSwedish connectors and discourse markers for structuring what you write and say, with the word order each one triggers. B2 level.42 cardsTeknik och internet – Technology and the InternetModern B2 Swedish vocabulary for computers, phones, the internet and digital life in Sweden, including BankID and online security.42 cardsUtbildning och högskola – Education and UniversityB2 vocabulary for studying in Sweden, from SFI and Komvux to university applications, CSN student finance and graduation.42 cardsVanliga idiom – Common IdiomsCommon idiomatic expressions from everyday spoken Swedish, with their literal meaning where it helps. B2 level.42 cards
C1 · Advanced(5)
Akademisk svenska – Advanced Academic VocabularySophisticated C1 Swedish vocabulary for academic and journalistic writing, reports and formal argument.42 cardsEkonomi och näringsliv – Business and FinanceAdvanced Swedish business and finance vocabulary for working life, running a company and dealing with banks and Skatteverket. C1 level.42 cardsFalska vänner svenska-engelska – False FriendsSwedish words that look like English words but mean something different. Master these C1 traps so they stop tripping you up.42 cardsPolitik och samhälle – Politics and SocietyAdvanced C1 Swedish vocabulary for discussing politics, the Swedish system of government, rights and social issues, useful for following the news and public debate.42 cardsVillkor och hypoteser – Conditionals and HypotheticalsHow Swedish expresses unreal and hypothetical situations: past tense after om, skulle + infinitive, hade + supine, vore, and fixed subjunctive forms. C1 level.42 cards
C2 · Proficient(1)
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A1 · Beginner(21)
Artighet och sociala fraser – Politeness and Social PhrasesPremiumHow to be polite the Swedish way: the many uses of tack, saying sorry, asking for things, phone calls and the little phrases that keep Swedish social life running.44 cardsDe 100 vanligaste orden – The 100 Most Common Swedish WordsPremiumThe 100 most frequent words in Swedish, the small words that make up most of every conversation. Learn these and you understand a large part of everyday Swedish.100 cardsDjur – AnimalsPremiumSwedish words for pets, farm animals and the wildlife of the Swedish forests and coast, with en and ett marked.45 cardsEn eller ett och bestämd form – En or Ett and the Definite FormPremiumSwedish has two noun genders, en and ett, and puts "the" on the end of the word. Learn the indefinite and definite forms in singular and plural.45 cardsFrågeord och frågor – Question Words and QuestionsPremiumSwedish question words and the everyday questions you meet at offices, shops and appointments. Yes/no questions start with the verb.40 cardsFritid och intressen – Free Time and HobbiesPremiumHow Swedes spend their free time, from fika and walks in the forest to föreningar (clubs), and how to talk about your own interests.40 cardsFrukt och grönsaker – Fruit and VegetablesPremiumFruit, vegetables and berries in Swedish, with the words you need at the fruit and veg counter in the supermarket, from weighing to prices per kilo.45 cardsHur ofta? – Adverbs of FrequencyPremiumSwedish words and expressions for saying how often you do things, with example sentences showing where the adverb goes.40 cardsI klassrummet på SFI – In the SFI ClassroomPremiumClassroom objects and the phrases you hear and need in a Swedish class, from SFI (Swedish for immigrants) to evening courses.45 cardsKroppen – The BodyPremiumThe parts of the body in Swedish, from head to toe, plus the sentences you need to explain where it hurts at the vårdcentral.45 cardsLänder, språk och nationaliteter – Countries, Languages and NationalitiesPremiumCountries, languages and nationalities in Swedish, plus how to say where you come from and which languages you speak. Note that Swedish writes languages and nationalities with a small letter.45 cardsMin vardag – My Daily RoutinePremiumVerbs and sentences for an ordinary Swedish weekday, from the alarm clock and dropping the kids at förskolan to dinner and bedtime.45 cardsPersonliga pronomen – Personal PronounsPremiumSwedish subject and object pronouns (jag/mig, han/honom, de/dem), the general "man", and reflexive pronouns, with short example sentences.45 cardsPossessiva pronomen – PossessivesPremiumMy, your, our and their in Swedish: min, mitt, mina and the rest, which change with en-words, ett-words and plurals, plus the first look at sin and hans.45 cardsSport och träning – Sports and ExercisePremiumPopular sports in Sweden, from fotboll and ishockey to skiing and orienteering, and how to talk about going to the gym.40 cardsVad är klockan? – Telling the TimePremiumHow to tell the time in Swedish, including the tricky "halv tre" (half past two), and how to talk about times, appointments and opening hours.45 cardsVäder och kläder – Weather and ClothesPremiumTalk about Swedish weather through the year and dress for it, from rain and slush to snow, dark winter afternoons and light summer nights.45 cardsVanliga adjektiv – Common AdjectivesPremiumEveryday Swedish adjectives in useful opposite pairs, plus how they change with en-words, ett-words and plurals.45 cardsVerb med -ar i presens – Present Tense Verbs in -arPremiumThe biggest group of Swedish verbs: infinitive in -a, present tense in -ar. One form for every person (jag, du, hon, vi, de), with everyday example sentences.45 cardsVerb med -er och -r i presens – Present Tense Verbs in -er and -rPremiumThe other Swedish verb groups in the present tense: verbs like läser and köper that take -er, short verbs like bor and ser that take -r, and common irregulars such as gör, vet and säger.45 cardsYrken – Jobs and ProfessionsPremiumCommon jobs in Sweden, including the ones many newcomers start in, and how to say what you work as and where.45 cards
A2 · Elementary(21)
Ärenden på stan – Running Errands in TownPremiumGetting things done around a Swedish town: collecting parcels at an ombud, the library, recycling and panta, Systembolaget, the service office and opening hours.42 cardsFika och lunch – Fika, Cafés and Lunch OutPremiumSwedish fika culture and eating out at lunchtime: buns and coffee, refills, dagens lunch, the office break room, dietary needs and paying with Swish.42 cardsFramtid med ska och kommer att – Talking About the FuturePremiumHow to talk about plans and predictions in Swedish: ska for plans and intentions, kommer att for predictions, tänka for intentions, and the present tense with a time word.41 cardsHögtider och fester – Holidays and CelebrationsPremiumThe Swedish year of celebrations, from Valborg and midsommar to Lucia and julafton, plus birthday parties, weddings and the greetings that go with them.42 cardsImperativ – The ImperativePremiumHow to give instructions and commands in Swedish: the imperative is the infinitive minus final -a, plus negative commands, reflexive commands and polite ways to ask.42 cardsKläder för svenskt klimat – Dressing for the Swedish ClimatePremiumClothes for every Swedish season, winter gear for adults and children, sizes and fitting, sales, second-hand shops and returning items.43 cardsKollektivtrafiken – Getting Around by Public TransportPremiumWords and phrases for buses, trams, the metro and trains in Swedish cities: tickets, travel cards, changing lines and understanding delays and announcements.42 cardsKomparativ och superlativ – Comparatives and SuperlativesPremiumHow to compare things in Swedish: -are and -ast endings, irregular forms like bättre and bäst, mer and mest, lika ... som and ju ... desto.43 cardsKonjunktioner – Basic ConjunctionsPremiumoch, men, eftersom, att and the other basic Swedish conjunctions, with example sentences showing how they join ideas and how word order changes in a subordinate clause.42 cardsMåste, behöver och bör – Expressing ObligationPremiumThe main ways to express obligation, permission and advice in Swedish: måste, behöver inte, ska, bör, borde, får and får inte, vara tvungen att.41 cardsPågående handling – Saying What Is Happening NowPremiumSwedish has no "-ing" form. Learn how to express ongoing actions with the plain present, hålla på att, and sitta, stå, ligga + och + verb.41 cardsPerfekt – The Present PerfectPremiumThe Swedish perfect tense with har + supine, the A2 equivalent of "I have done". Covers regular supine endings (-at, -t, -tt), the key strong supines and when to use the past tense instead.44 cardsReflexiva verb – Reflexive VerbsPremiumSwedish verbs with sig and the everyday actions you do to or for yourself, with the reflexive pronouns mig, dig, sig, oss, er and the reflexive possessive sin vs hans.45 cardsRörelseverb: gå eller åka? – Verbs of MovementPremiumSwedish verbs for moving from place to place, especially the key difference between gå (on foot) and åka (by vehicle), with particle verbs like komma fram and gå ut.42 cardsSemester i Sverige – Holidays in SwedenPremiumVocabulary for a Swedish summer holiday: renting a cabin, camping under allemansrätten, the archipelago and the mountains, swimming in lakes and berry picking.42 cardsSubstantivens plural – Noun PluralsPremiumThe Swedish plural groups (-or, -ar, -er, -r, -n and no ending), the common irregular plurals with a vowel change, and the definite plural ending -na.45 cardsTeknik och digitala tjänster – Technology and Digital ServicesPremiumEveryday Swedish words for phones, computers and the internet, plus the digital tools of Swedish life: BankID, Mina sidor, digital mailboxes and Swish.44 cardsTidsadverb – Adverbs of TimePremiumSwedish words and phrases for talking about when things happen, such as redan, fortfarande, snart and för två år sedan, with example sentences from everyday life in Sweden.43 cardsUttryck med ha, få och ta – Expressions with ha, få and taPremiumEveryday Swedish expressions built with ha, få, ta and göra, many of which use "to be" or a different verb in English, plus the two meanings of få.42 cardsVården i Sverige – Using the Swedish Health ServicePremiumHow to navigate Swedish healthcare: the vårdcentral, 1177, prescriptions at the pharmacy, patient fees, interpreters, calling in sick and VAB.42 cardsVeta, känna och kunna – Three Ways to Say "To Know"PremiumThe difference between veta (to know facts), känna (to know people), känna till (to be familiar with) and kunna (to know a skill or language), with related expressions like lära känna and känna igen.42 cards
B1 · Intermediate(20)
Att tala om framtiden – Talking about the FuturePremiumThe ways Swedish expresses the future: ska for plans, kommer att for predictions, tänker for intentions, and the present tense with a time word.43 cardsBanken och pengar – Banking and MoneyPremiumSwedish banking and money vocabulary at B1: opening an account, BankID and Swish, loans, savings and paying the bills in kronor.42 cardsBindeord B1 – Linking WordsPremiumSwedish conjunctions and linking adverbs for building longer sentences at B1, with notes on word order after each one.42 cardsDet svenska samhället – Swedish SocietyPremiumHow Sweden is run and the authorities newcomers deal with, from the Riksdag and the kommun to Skatteverket, Försäkringskassan and Migrationsverket.42 cardsHemmet och hushållet – Home and HouseholdPremiumSwedish words for rooms, furniture, appliances and chores, plus the shared laundry room and the bostadsrätt and hyresrätt.42 cardsHos läkaren – At the DoctorPremiumSwedish for healthcare: calling 1177, booking at the vårdcentral, describing symptoms, prescriptions and the pharmacy.42 cardsIndirekt tal – Reported SpeechPremiumHow to report what someone said or asked in Swedish: att and om, tense shifts, time words, and the position of inte in the reported clause.42 cardsKarriär och arbetsliv – Careers and Working LifePremiumSwedish for building a career: the job interview, salary talks, deadlines, promotions and everyday phrases at the Swedish workplace.44 cardsKomparation och mängduttryck – Comparisons and QuantitiesPremiumCompare things in Swedish with -are/-ast, mer/mest and lika ... som, and talk about amounts with många, mycket, få, lite and more.42 cardsNatur och geografi – Nature and GeographyPremiumSwedish words for landscapes, geography and climate, from fjäll and skärgård to midnattssol and the dark winter.42 cardsOrdföljd i bisatser – Word Order in Subordinate ClausesPremiumWhere inte, aldrig and other sentence adverbs go in Swedish subordinate clauses (before the verb), and how a fronted subordinate clause triggers inversion.43 cardsPluskvamperfekt – The Past PerfectPremiumThe Swedish past perfect, hade + supine, like English "I had done": an action completed before another past event, with the most useful supine forms.42 cardsRelativa pronomen – Relative PronounsPremiumLinking clauses in Swedish with som, vars, där, dit, vilket and vad, with plenty of example sentences.42 cardsResor och kollektivtrafik – Travel and Public TransportPremiumSwedish for getting around: SL and SJ trains, buses, flights at Arlanda, tickets, delays and hotel bookings.42 cardsS-passiv, bli och vara – Passive Sentences in Everyday SwedishPremiumPassive sentences in Swedish: the s-passive (byggs), bli + participle (blev byggd) and vara + participle (är stängd), with everyday examples from signs, letters and the authorities.42 cardsSkulle och villkorssatser – The Conditional with skullePremiumHow Swedish says "would": skulle + infinitive, polite requests, advice with borde, and real and hypothetical om-clauses.42 cardsSvensk kultur och traditioner – Swedish Culture and TraditionsPremiumHolidays, customs, food and everyday culture in Sweden, from midsommar and Lucia to fika, lagom and allemansrätten.42 cardsTycka, tro och tänka – Giving Your OpinionPremiumThe three Swedish verbs for "think" (tycka, tro, tänka) and the set phrases for giving opinions, agreeing, disagreeing and describing what you notice.42 cardsVerb för förändring – Verbs of ChangePremiumHow to say "become", "change" and "get" in Swedish: bli, ändra, ändra sig, förändras, byta and more, with examples of each.42 cardsVerb med prepositioner – Verbs with PrepositionsPremiumCommon Swedish verbs that take a fixed preposition, often a different one from English, such as tänka på, vänta på and vara rädd för.44 cards
B2 · Upper intermediate(21)
Abstrakta substantiv – Abstract NounsPremiumAbstract Swedish nouns for ideas, values and experiences, useful for discussions, essays and Svenska som andraspråk courses and exams.41 cardsAspektverb – Aspectual VerbsPremiumSwedish verbs and phrases that mark the start, continuation, habit, completion or near-miss of an action, like börja, hålla på att, brukar, hinna and råka.41 cardsAtt påverka andra – Verbs of InfluencePremiumSwedish verbs for asking, advising, demanding, persuading and allowing, with the constructions that follow them, such as vilja att + clause.41 cardsDeponens och ömsesidiga verb – Deponent and Reciprocal VerbsPremiumSwedish verbs that end in -s without being passive, like hoppas, trivas and minnas, plus reciprocal verbs such as träffas, ses and hörs.41 cardsDigitalt samhälle – Tech VocabularyPremiumSwedish words for AI, data, online security and digital life in Sweden, from tvåfaktorsautentisering to e-legitimation.41 cardsEkonomi och privatekonomi – Economic VocabularyPremiumSwedish vocabulary for the economy in the news and for your own finances: wages, taxes, the cost of living, saving and pensions.41 cardsFilm och konst – Film and ArtPremiumSwedish words for cinema, TV, art and exhibitions, from regissör and recension to vernissage and Moderna museet.41 cardsJuridisk svenska – Legal VocabularyPremiumKey Swedish terms for the courts, crime and justice, plus everyday legal words for contracts, appeals and your rights.41 cardsKänslor på djupet – Advanced FeelingsPremiumRich Swedish vocabulary for describing complex emotions, from hemlängtan and vemod to skuldkänslor and lättnad.41 cardsMat och matlagning – Gastronomy VocabularyPremiumAdvanced Swedish vocabulary for flavours, textures, cooking techniques and classic Swedish dishes from husmanskost to julbord.42 cardsNatur och hållbarhet – Nature and SustainabilityPremiumSwedish vocabulary for nature conservation, allemansrätten, energy at home and sustainable everyday choices like pant, loppis and eco-labels.41 cardsNyanserade adjektiv – Sophisticated AdjectivesPremiumRicher Swedish adjectives for describing people, situations and ideas, from noggrann and lyhörd to lagom.41 cardsNyhetsspråk – Journalism VocabularyPremiumThe language of Swedish news reports: reporting verbs, typical news phrases and words for events, statements and emergencies.41 cardsOrdspråk och idiom – Proverbs and IdiomsPremiumCommon Swedish proverbs and idioms, each paired with its English equivalent or a clear explanation and a literal translation.41 cardsParticip – ParticiplesPremiumSwedish present participles (-ande, -ende) and past participles that agree with en-words, ett-words and plurals, like stängd, stängt and stängda.42 cardsPartikelverb – Particle VerbsPremiumSwedish verbs whose meaning changes with a stressed particle, like hälsa på and säga upp, and how the particle moves in participles such as uppsagd and avstängd.40 cardsPrepositioner i fasta uttryck – Prepositions in Fixed ExpressionsPremiumSwedish adjectives, verbs and phrases that always take a particular preposition, plus tricky time expressions with för, på and sedan.42 cardsSkolan i Sverige – The Swedish School SystemPremiumSwedish vocabulary for parents and pupils: how compulsory school is organised, grades, meetings with teachers, mother-tongue tuition and support for newly arrived children.42 cardsUttryck med ha och få – Expressions with Have and GetPremiumCommon Swedish expressions with ha and få, two everyday verbs that mean much more than "have" and "get".42 cardsVal och politik – Political VocabularyPremiumSwedish words for elections, parties and local democracy, including the right to vote in municipal elections.41 cardsVillkorsbisatser – Hypothetical ConditionalsPremiumReal, hypothetical and past unreal "if" sentences in Swedish, including verb-first conditions and other ways to express conditions.40 cards
C1 · Advanced(20)
Akademisk vokabulär – Advanced Academic VocabularyPremiumSwedish vocabulary for academic texts, essays and university studies at C1 level.40 cardsArkitektur – Architecture VocabularyPremiumSwedish words for architecture, building styles and housing, from the Million Programme to Falu red cottages.40 cardsAvancerad affärssvenska – Advanced Business VocabularyPremiumAdvanced Swedish vocabulary for the business world: management, finance, contracts and running a company in Sweden.40 cardsAvancerad idrottsvokabulär – Advanced Sports VocabularyPremiumAdvanced Swedish terminology for sport, from tournaments and referees to injuries, records and doping, plus classics like Vasaloppet.40 cardsAvancerad medicinsk vokabulär – Advanced Medical VocabularyPremiumAdvanced Swedish medical terminology for diagnoses, treatments, specialists and the Swedish healthcare system, from vårdcentralen to 1177.41 cardsAvancerade falska vänner – Advanced False FriendsPremiumSwedish words that look like English words but mean something different, from semester and offert to rolig and ful.42 cardsAvancerade konnektorer – Advanced ConnectorsPremiumAdvanced Swedish linking words for essays, reports and formal speech, with examples of how they affect word order.42 cardsEmfatiska konstruktioner – Emphatic StructuresPremiumSwedish structures for adding emphasis, from cleft sentences and fronting to modal particles like ju, väl and nog and strong negations.40 cardsFilosofisk vokabulär – Philosophical VocabularyPremiumSwedish terminology for discussing philosophy, ethics and abstract ideas.40 cardsHistorisk vokabulär – Historical VocabularyPremiumKey Swedish terms for talking and writing about history, from the Viking Age and the Swedish Empire to neutrality and the welfare state.40 cardsHypotetiska satser och konjunktiv – Hypothetical Clauses and the SubjunctivePremiumHow Swedish expresses unreal conditions, wishes and polite requests with the past tense, skulle, vore and other old subjunctive forms, with example sentences.41 cardsIdiom och vardagsuttryck – Idioms and ColloquialismsPremiumIdiomatic expressions that Swedes use every day, with their closest English equivalents.40 cardsKausativa verb – Causative VerbsPremiumLearn the Swedish causative structures with låta, få, göra and se till att to say who makes, lets or has something done.40 cardsKoncessiva konstruktioner – Concessive StructuresPremiumSwedish structures for expressing concession and contrast, such as "although", "no matter how" and "come what may", with example sentences.40 cardsNaturvetenskaplig vokabulär – Science VocabularyPremiumScientific and technical terminology in Swedish, from experiments and evidence to physics, chemistry and biology.40 cardsPsykologisk vokabulär – Psychology VocabularyPremiumSwedish words from psychology and mental health, including where to find help in Sweden.40 cardsReligiös vokabulär – Religious VocabularyPremiumGeneral Swedish vocabulary for talking about religion and belief across all faiths, from places of worship and rituals to the Church of Sweden and freedom of religion.40 cardsSamhällsfrågor – Social IssuesPremiumSwedish vocabulary for discussing social issues such as inequality, integration, exclusion and human rights, with terms from the Swedish public debate.40 cardsSynonyma verb – Synonymous VerbsPremiumThe fine differences between Swedish verbs with similar meanings, from classic traps like lägga and ligga to formal near-synonyms such as hävda and påstå.24 cardsVerb med fast preposition – Advanced Verbs with PrepositionsPremiumAdvanced Swedish verbs that always take a specific preposition, with English meanings and notes on the tricky ones.40 cards
C2 · Proficient(20)
Akademisk svenska – Full Academic VocabularyPremiumAdvanced Swedish academic vocabulary for theses, research methods and the doctoral defence at Swedish universities.42 cardsAvancerad ekonomi – Advanced EconomicsPremiumAdvanced Swedish economic terminology, from the Riksbank and the policy rate to the mortgage cap, ISK and the Swedish model.42 cardsAvancerad gastronomi – Advanced GastronomyPremiumHigh-level Swedish culinary vocabulary, from cooking techniques and Nordic ingredients to fine dining and restaurant kitchens.42 cardsAvancerad teknik – Advanced TechnologyPremiumSwedish vocabulary for discussing artificial intelligence, programming, cybersecurity, BankID and data protection.42 cardsAvancerade diskursmarkörer – Advanced Discourse MarkersPremiumSophisticated Swedish discourse markers and connectors for formal, legal and academic speech and writing.42 cardsAvancerade idiom – Advanced IdiomsPremiumAdvanced Swedish idioms that cannot be translated word for word, with their natural English equivalents.42 cardsDialekter och regional variation – Regional VariationsPremiumHow Swedish varies from Skåne and Göteborg to Norrland, Gotland and Finland, plus the suburban slang you will hear in Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö.42 cardsDiplomatiskt ordförråd – Diplomatic VocabularyPremiumSwedish words for international relations and diplomacy, from treaties and summits to sanctions, neutrality and Sweden's road into NATO.42 cardsFilosofiskt ordförråd – Advanced Philosophy VocabularyPremiumHigh-level Swedish philosophical terminology, from schools of thought and logic to the Uppsala school and Swedish thinkers.42 cardsFörfinat ordförråd – Sophisticated VocabularyPremiumElevated Swedish vocabulary for C2 learners who want to read and write official, academic and literary Swedish with real precision.42 cardsHypotetiska villkor och konjunktiv – Unreal Conditions and the SubjunctivePremiumSwedish unreal conditions with hade and skulle ha, inverted if-clauses, and the surviving subjunctive forms such as vore, leve and måtte.40 cardsJournalistikens ordförråd – Advanced Journalism VocabularyPremiumProfessional Swedish vocabulary for journalism and the media, including Sweden's press freedom laws and the principle of public access.42 cardsLärda adjektiv – Learned AdjectivesPremiumFormal, literary Swedish adjectives for advanced readers and writers, from official reports to novels.41 cardsLärda substantiv – Learned NounsPremiumFormal and literary Swedish nouns for advanced learners who want a richer, more elevated vocabulary.42 cardsLärda verb – Learned VerbsPremiumFormal, legal and academic Swedish verbs, the kind you meet in letters from the authorities, court rulings and reports.41 cardsLatinska uttryck i svenskan – Latin ExpressionsPremiumLatin expressions that Swedish speakers use in formal writing, law, academia and everyday speech.42 cardsMusikens ordförråd – MusicPremiumSwedish musical terms, from keys and time signatures to the nyckelharpa, kulning, choirs and Melodifestivalen.42 cardsSpråkvetenskapligt ordförråd – Linguistic VocabularyPremiumSwedish terminology for talking about language: phonology, grammar, the tonal accents and Sweden's language institutions.42 cardsStilfigurer och litterära grepp – Literary DevicesPremiumSwedish names for literary and rhetorical devices, from metaphor and litotes to the narrator and the stanza.42 cardsSvensk litteratur – Classic Swedish LiteraturePremiumKey writers, works and movements of Swedish and Finland-Swedish literature, from Bellman and Strindberg to the Nobel laureates and modern crime fiction.42 cards
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Are the sets really free?
Every set marked free opens with all its cards and study modes, no sign-up needed. Premium sets need a SpeakBase Premium account, which also includes speaking practice with Kate.
Can I hear how the Swedish words are said?
Yes. Every card has audio, so you hear the Swedish pronunciation, which is often far from the spelling.
Is there a version explained in Arabic?
Yes. The same Swedish sets exist with Arabic on the back, on the Arabic version of this library.