Swedish Alphabet

This page contains a table including the following: Swedish alphabet, letters which help you pronounce the words in a given language, you will also learn about the different consonants and vowels, make sure to check out our phrases in Swedish page.

Letter	Examples

Aa	as in the word “ask”, or “able”
Bb	same as in English
Cc	like “s” before “i” , “e” or “y”, otherwise like "k” in Creole.
Dd	same as in English.
Ee	as in “elevated” , “a” before “g”
Ff	same as in English
Gg	as in “s” in “pleasure” before e, i, y, ä or ö. Or “g” as in “God” elsewhere
Hh	as in English like “Holiday”
Ii	as in the word “ink”, never as in the word “island”
Jj	like “j” without the “d” sound before it {job}.
Kk	same as in English, sometimes sharper.
Ll	like “l” in “life”.
Mm	same as in English
Nn	same as in English
Oo	same as in English “Old” never as in “Hot” which is pronounced somehow like {hat}
Pp	same as in English
Rr	like the English in “brother” but rougher.
Ss	same as in English
Tt	same as “t”, sometimes as in “d”.
Uu	as in the “ultra”, never as in the word “up” or “university”
Vv	sounds like a “b”
Ww	as in “v”.
Xx	as “ks”.
Yy	same as in English.
Zz	as in “s”.

ch	as “sh” before e, i, y, ä or ö, “chs” before a, o, å or u
å	like in “ou”.
ä	like in “ae” or the “a” in ache.
ö	souds like the french “u” or the word “ultra”
	There is no Q in Swedish nowadays.

I hope the content of this page was useful to you, and that you learned some Swedish alphabet, consonants and vowels. Make sure to memorize them to be able to use them in your daily conversation.