The Swedish alphabet

 Basics index

1. The Swedish alphabet

The Swedish alphabet has 29 letters. It includes all 26 letters of the Latin alphabet plus 3 additional letters – Å, Ä and Ö – at the end.

There are 20 consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, z

and 9 vowels: a, e, i, o, u, y, å, ä, ö.

 

Listen to the letters and repeat after the speaker.

 ALFABETET (the alphabet)
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Å
Ä
Ö
 

 

Listen to the whole alphabet (refresh the page to listen again)

 

Listen to the vowels (refresh the site to listen again)

How do I type the letters å, ä, ö?

– To be able to type the letters å, ä and ö, you need a Swedish keyboard or input method. If you search online, you will find many tips for how to do this.

 

Just for fun

Watch Sweden A–Ö, a digital slide show about Sweden and the letters in our alphabet.

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