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Languages of Sweden

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Languages, writing systems and language context

Sverige
COUNTRY LANGUAGE PROFILE
svenska
Swedish
Text direction: LTR

Swedish is the principal language of Sweden under the Language Act. The same legal framework separately protects national minority languages and Swedish Sign Language.

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Core language shown
Country-level reference set
Swedish
First listed core language
Not a speaker-share estimate
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Writing system represented
Across the core language set
LTR
Primary text direction
Additional directions noted below

Language Overview

Swedish

Read the Characters

Swedish · 29 characters

Swedish · 29 characters
A
a
B
b
C
c
D
d
E
e
F
f
G
g
H
h
I
i
J
j
K
k
L
l
M
m
N
n
O
o
P
p
Q
q
R
r
S
s
T
t
U
u
V
v
W
w
X
x
Y
y
Z
z
Ã…
Ã¥
Ä
ä
Ö
ö

How to Read the Language Landscape

PolicyLegal and administrative language status may differ between national and subnational government.
Everyday useA language can be socially dominant without being the only language used at home, school, work or in media.
Community diversityIndigenous, minority, migrant and sign languages can remain important even when they are not part of a short national headline list.

Frequently Asked Questions

What languages are used in Sweden?

Swedish is the principal language of Sweden under the Language Act. The same legal framework separately protects national minority languages and Swedish Sign Language.

What writing systems are used in Sweden?

The represented writing system is Latin and the primary direction shown is left to right.

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Sources & methodology

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Government of Sweden: Language Act

Section 4 establishes Swedish as the principal language in Sweden and the Act separately addresses national minority languages and Swedish Sign Language.

Unicode CLDR: Country/Region Names

Localized country display-name reference. CLDR names are customary UI/display names, not claims about a state’s full constitutional long-form name.

Unicode: Supported Scripts

Reference for the writing-system/script families represented in the character component.

Unicode: Writing Direction and Bidirectional Text

Reference for left-to-right and right-to-left script direction and bidirectional text behavior.

Unicode Character Database: NamesList

Reference for Unicode character names used as small readout labels under selected character samples; these labels are not presented as a complete transliteration standard.