Say it in Swedish

Resources

A few extra tools to support your learning journey — dictionaries, simplified-Swedish media, curated music, and facts about Sweden.

Facts about Sweden

Population, government, history, the flag — the essentials about the country whose language you're learning.

Explore Sweden

Dictionaries

Svenska.se

Three official dictionaries from Svenska Akademien — check a word's gender or a verb's conjugation here.

www.svenska.se

Wiktionary

Good for dialectal or colloquial words you won't find in an official dictionary.

www.wiktionary.se

Korp

A linguistic research corpus that shows how common a word is and how it's actually used in context.

spraakbanken.gu.se/korp/

Media

Nyheter på lätt svenska (TV)

SVT's news broadcasts in simplified Swedish.

www.svtplay.se/nyheter-pa-latt-svenska

Nyheter på lätt svenska (Radio)

Sveriges Radio's news programs in simplified Swedish.

sverigesradio.se/radioswedenpalattsvenska

8sidor.se

A state-funded news site written entirely in simplified Swedish.

8sidor.se/

Spotify playlists

Curated Swedish music to sing along to while you learn.

Sing it in Swedish

A meticulously curated list of bops in Swedish to sing along to, powered by Say it in Swedish.

Listen on Spotify

Swedish Classics

Ever wondered what those songs are that Swedes all know the lyrics to? Now you know.

Listen on Spotify

Jävla helvete

Heavy guitars and riff with jävlaranamma. This is hard rock, metal, and punk in Swedish.

Listen on Spotify