[siis-tbl][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]A[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][ɑː][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]K[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][koː][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]U[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][ʉː][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]B[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][beː][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]L[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][ɛl][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]V[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][veː][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]C[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][seː][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]M[/siis-tbl-td] [siis-tbl-td][ɛm][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]W[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][dʊbəlveː][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]D[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][deː][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]N[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][ɛn][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]X[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][ɛks][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]E[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][eː][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]O[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][uː][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]Y[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][yː][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]F[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][ɛf][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]P[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][peː][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]Z[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][''sɛːta][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]G[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][geː][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]Q[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][kʉː][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]Å[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][oː][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]H[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][hoː][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]R[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][ær][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]Ä[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][ɛː][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]I[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][iː][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]S[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][ɛs][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]Ö[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][øː][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]J[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][jiː][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td]T[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][teː][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][/siis-tbl]

The Swedish alphabet has 29 letters: nine vowels and 20 consonants. The letter W wasn't considered a letter until 2006 but a variation of V. Now it is once again a member of the alphabet and together with Q and Z it is only found in loan words and names. Å, Ä and Ö are also added to the alphabet. They aren't just "umlauts" like in German but free from their oppressors and are their own unique individual letters. If you want to check a dictionary for something beginning with one of these three letters, check in the back.

• when they are emphasized and no consonant follows (bi [biː] bee)
• where they are emphasized and only one consonant follows (bil [biːl] car)

[siis-tbl][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td][siis-keyword]bi[/siis-keyword] (ett) [/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]bee[/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td][siis-keyword]bil[/siis-keyword] (en)[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]car[/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][/siis-tbl] A vowel is short:

• when a double consonants follow (puss [pɵs] kiss)
• when two or more consonants follow (häst [hɛst] horse)
• when it isn't emphasized or just softly pronounced (fågel [foːgəl] bird, tomte [''tomtə] father christmas)

[siis-tbl][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td][siis-keyword]fågel[/siis-keyword] (en)[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]bird[/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td][siis-keyword]häst[/siis-keyword] (en)[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]horse[/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td][siis-keyword]puss[/siis-keyword] (en)[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]kiss[/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td][siis-keyword]tomte[/siis-keyword] (en)[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]santa claus, father christmas, santa, gnome[/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][/siis-tbl]

Consonants

Double consonants shorten the vowel before them. Only M and N are exceptions since they often shorten the vowel before them also when they aren't written in pairs. [siis-tbl][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td][siis-keyword]hem[/siis-keyword] (ett) [/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]home[/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-tr][siis-tbl-td][siis-keyword]man[/siis-keyword] (en)[/siis-tbl-td][siis-tbl-td]man[/siis-tbl-td][/siis-tbl-tr][/siis-tbl]