They originate from the old accusatives hann and hana still used in Icelandic, whereas the Scandinavian languages, apart from dialects of for example Swedish, normally use the old dative form for the oblic case (Danish ham, hende, Swedish honom, henne).
Försvarsmakten is a Swedish word meaning "The Defence Force".
"Gör mig lycklig nu" is a 1992 Swedish / Danish song performed by Mats Ronander and Kim Larsen with music by Larsen and lyrics by Larsen and Ronander.
National Association for Struggle against Communism (in Swedish: Nationalföreningen för kommunismens bekämpande) was a short-lived anti-communist political organization in Sweden.
Playhouse Disney Morning (Now Disney Junior Morning) is a television block that airs on Disney Channel Middle East from 3 a.m. till 6 45' a.m. GMT (6 a.m. till 9 45' a.m. KSA) but in summer from 3 a.m till a.m. GMT ( 6 a.m. till 8 :50 a.m KSA)in English, Arabic, and Swedish.
The Royal Skyttean Society (Swedish Kungliga Skytteanska Samfundet) is a scholarly and scientific academy with its seat in the northern Swedish university town of Umeå.
Skol (written "skål" in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish and "skál" in Faroese and Icelandic or "skaal" in transliteration of any of those languages) is the Danish/Norwegian/Swedish word for "cheers," or "good health," a salute or a toast, as to an admired person or group.
Some dialects of Southern Danish realize stød in a way which is more similar to the tonal word accents of Norwegian and Swedish, and in much of Zealand it is regularly realized as something reminiscent of a glottal stop.
Vårt Land means "Our Country" in Swedish and Norwegian.
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Originally heated by slow-burning coal, the Aga cooker was invented in 1922 by the Nobel Prize-winning Swedish physicist Gustaf Dalén (1869–1937), who was employed first as the chief engineer of the Swedish AGA company (Swedish: Aktiebolaget Svenska Gasaccumolator, English: Joint stock company Swedish Gas Accumulator).
Her most recent designs are featured at Älskling (Swedish for Darling), on Columbus Avenue, New York City; a block from where she lives in an apartment overlooking Central Park.
Ali Abdolrezaei's poems have been translated into a variety of languages including English, German, French, Turkish, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Croatian and Urdu.
She is notable for translating the work of Mo Yan (the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature winner) into Swedish.
With lyrics in Swedish, "En annan stad, en annan vän", it was covered by dance band Schytts in 1974, and by fellow Eurovision participant Kikki Danielsson in 1991 on her album "Vägen hem till dej".
Södra/Norra Benickebrinken (Swedish: "Southern/Northern Slope of Benicke") are two sloping streets in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden, stretching from Österlånggatan up to Svartmangatan.
Bill Bergson Lives Dangerously (original Swedish title: Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist lever farligt) is a 1951 Swedish novel written by Astrid Lindgren.
"Caramelldansen" (Swedish for "The Caramell Dance") is the first track and the lead single of the album Supergott released in November 2001 by the Swedish music group Caramell.
Ensam i världen in Swedish and Ensom i verden in Norwegian (in English Alone in the World; this novel has not has been translated into English) is a novel by Norwegian-Swedish author Margit Sandemo.
It is chiefly based on English, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Danish and Swedish and is intended to be a zonal constructed language for Northern Europe.
In the 2000s, Lindström has become a household name in Sweden through his documentary series Värsta språket about the Swedish language on Sveriges Television.
When Niklas Strömstedt wrote lyrics in Swedish for the musical Mamma Mia!, Glasgow was replaced by "Gränna" as the place which the singer calls from in the lyrics of the song Super Trouper.
He studied not only spoken languages such as German, Finnish, Swedish, Russian but classical languages Latin and Old Greek, too.
The ballad has recently been performed and recorded by the following notable artists: In Extremo, Garmarna, Hedningarna (in Swedish), Haggard (in Italian), Heimataerde (in German) and Litvintroll (in Belarusian).
I riddarnas spår (in Swedish: In Footprints of the Knights) is a non-fictional book by Norwegian-Swedish fantasy author Margit Sandemo, which deals with De svarta riddarna that was at the time newest of the series of novels by her.
Bengt Palmers wrote lyrics in Swedish, Kan ingen tala om för mig när tåget går? ("Can anybody tell me when the train departs"), allowing Siv-Inger to score Svensktoppen hit for six weeks during the 10 February – 17 March 1974 period, peaking at the 4th place.
"Zits" is syndicated in over 1500 newspapers around the world and is translated into eight languages, including German, Chinese, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, and Finnish.
A leading libertarian, he introduced Ayn Rand into Swedish debate in the 1970s and later saw to the publication in Swedish of her main literary works.
Ingela "Pling" Forsman wrote lyrics in Swedish as När jag behövde dig mest, which was recorded by Swedish dansband Wizex on the 1980 album You Treated Me Wrong.
Kontula (Finnish) or Gårdsbacka (Swedish) is a ground-level station on the northern branch (Itäkeskus - Mellunmäki) of the Helsinki Metro.
Köpmanbrinken (Swedish: "Merchant's Slope") is a street composed of two slopes, in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden.
The Koster Islands (Swedish: Kosteröarna) situated 10 km west of Strömstad, Sweden, comprises an archipelago surrounding the two largest islands, South Koster and North Koster.
There are also several very rare plants for Sweden such as Lactuca quercina (called 'Karlsösallat' in Swedish), hart's-tongue fern and Petrorhagia prolifera.
Maskinen (Swedish for The Machine) is a Swedish music group consisting of the rapper Herbert Munkhammar who was earlier part of the duo Afasi & Filthy and Frej Larsson, also a member of the band Slagsmålsklubben and duo Far & Son.
Mellunmäki (Finnish) or Mellungsbacka (Swedish) is a ground-level bridge station on the northern branch (Itäkeskus - Mellunmäki) of the Helsinki Metro.
Morjärv Station (Morjärv järnvägsstation in Swedish, Morajärven rautatieasema in Finnish) is a railway station located on the Boden to Haparanda railway line in the village of Morjärv in northern Sweden.
Myllypuro (Finnish) or Kvarnbäcken (Swedish) is a ground-level station on the northern branch (Itäkeskus - Mellunmäki) of the Helsinki Metro.
Alternate names for needle ice are "frost pillars" ("Säuleneis" in German), "frost column", "Kammeis" (a German term meaning "comb ice"), "Stängeleis" (another German term referring to the stem-like structures), "shimo bashira" (霜柱 the Japanese term for "ice needles"), or "pipkrake" (from Swedish pipa (tube) and krake (weak, fine), coined in 1907 by Henrik Hesselman).
Nykken (Norwegian) or Näcken (Swedish), originating from Old Norse, is a spirit said to exist along the borders of water and land.
Överskärargränd (Swedish: "Cloth Finisher's Alley" or, literally, "Over-cutter's Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden.
Bo Lundmark: Bæi'vi mánno nástit (Ume Sami) = Sol- och månkult samt astrala och celesta föreställningar bland samerna (Swedish) The Sun and the Moon cult and Celestial and Astral concepts among the Saamis), Acta Bothniensia Occidentalis, Skrifter i västerbottnisk kulturhistoria, Umeå, Västerbottens museum, 1982
Rastila (Finnish) or Rastböle (Swedish) is a ground-level station on the eastern branch (Itäkeskus - Vuosaari) of the Helsinki Metro.
There are also several very rare plants for Sweden such as Adonis vernalis, Lactuca quercina (called 'Karlsösallat' in Swedish), hart's-tongue fern and Corydalis gotlandica (the only endemic plant on Gotland).
TLK were, in 1994, among the first to release a hip hop album with lyrics in Swedish (the first was Just D).
With lyrics in Swedish by Britt Lindeborg, Kikki Danielsson covered the song in 1979 on her debut album, Rock'n Yodel, as "Och vi hörde klockor ringa", translated "And we heard bells ringing".
Visst katten har djuren själ - En samling historier av och för djurvänner in Swedish and Jovisst har dyrene sjel in Norwegian (in English Sure an Animal Has a Soul - An Anthology of Tales about and for our Animal Friends; this book has not has been translated into English) is a non-fictional theme book about animals written by Norwegian-Swedish author Margit Sandemo.
In addition, they sang the Swedish language version of the theme song of a Disney production entitled Camp Rock under the title "Här är jag" in Swedish.
The English word "wrist" is etymologically derived from the ancient German word wristiz from which are derived modern German rist ("instep", "wrist") and modern Swedish vrist ("instep", "ankle").
Swan J. Turnblad (1860–1933) American newspaper publisher associated with Svenska Amerikanska Posten, a Swedish language newspaper once published in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was born in Tubbemåla in Vislanda parish.
He also provided Swedish language commentary for the computer game NHL 06.
"Dance the Neon Light" in an English version of the Swedish language song "Dansa i neon" by Swedish pop singer Lena Philipsson.
Gösta Ågren (born 1936 in Nykarleby) is a Swedish-language Finnish author who won the Finlandia Prize in 1988 for Jär.
After a few appearances in Finland's Swedish-language station Yle Radio Vega, she had her debut Finnish-language single "Kuin kynsi lakattu" in 2009.
Kennedy's Brain is a novel by Swedish writer Henning Mankell, that was originally published in the Swedish language in 2005.
He has done the voices for several Swedish language dubbed versions of movies and cartoons, including the voice of Charlie Brown.
Michael C. Moynihan, American journalist, also writing for Swedish-language publications
During its nine-year run, Sidewalk Bubblegum has been published in hundreds of magazines, books, and zines including Z Magazine, Playboy Magazine, Funny Times, Comic Relief, Creative Loafing, Factsheet 5, Metro Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Sentinel and the Hufvudstadsbladet, Finland’s largest Swedish-language daily newspaper.
Teknologföreningen's primary purpose is to unite students interested in speaking the Swedish language and to guarantee equal rights to Swedish-speaking students at the bilingual Aalto University.
In 1975 ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad recorded a Swedish-language version called "Vill du låna en man?" (with Swedish lyrics by Stig Anderson) on her solo album "Frida ensam".
ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad recorded a Swedish-language version called "Guld och gröna ängar" (with Swedish lyrics by Owe Junsjö) on her solo album "Frida ensam".
She has been nominated three times for Finland's top literary award the Finlandia Prize, and in 2012 she won the prize with the Swedish-language novel Is.
Vasabladet, a Swedish language newspaper in the Finnish city of Vaasa and surrounding areas
Anni-Frid Lyngstad in 1975 recorded a Swedish-language version called "Skulle de' va' skönt" (with Swedish lyrics by Marie Bergman) on her solo album Frida ensam.
Zodiak's Yellow Bird subsidiary is credited with the Swedish-language film adaptation of Stieg Larsen's Millennium series (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest).