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Grammar, reading, and listening, built like lessons, not blog posts. Tap any Swedish word for a translation. Free to read.

A1 — Beginner

  1. Swedish listening practice: Linnea introduces herselfA short, slow beginner listening exercise in Swedish with transcript and English translation. Catch her name, her city, and her two friends. A1 level.→
  2. Easy Swedish reader: first introductionsA beginner Swedish reading text with audio and English translation. Three people introduce themselves, then two strangers meet. A1 level.→
  3. The Swedish alphabet and how it soundsAll 29 letters, the nine vowels, and the long/short vowel rule that changes what words mean. A first pronunciation guide for beginners.→
  4. Swedish listening practice: Where are you from?A short A1 listening dialogue in Swedish. Two neighbours meet for the first time and talk about countries and languages. With transcript and translation.→
  5. Swedish personal pronouns, and how to introduce yourselfThe Swedish pronouns jag, du, han, hon, hen, vi, ni, de, with the pronunciation traps, plus the four sentences that make a first introduction.→
  6. Easy Swedish reader: the people of SwedenA short A1 Swedish text about who lives in Sweden and which languages you hear there, with audio, tap-to-translate, and an English translation.→
  7. Är, har, heter: your first three Swedish verbsThe Swedish verbs vara, ha and heta (to be, to have, to be called), why Swedish verbs never change for person, and how to negate with inte.→
  8. Swedish listening practice: visiting a new apartmentA short A1 Swedish listening dialogue. A friend visits a new apartment, admires it, and gets offered coffee. With transcript and English translation.→
  9. Easy Swedish reader: a Swedish homeA short A1 Swedish text about an apartment in Örebro, room by room. Practise en and ett words, definite forms and plurals in context. With audio.→
  10. Swedish listening practice: at a caféAn A1 Swedish listening dialogue at a café counter. Order coffee and a cinnamon bun, pay by card, and learn the fixed phrases Swedes really use.→
  11. Easy Swedish reader: a normal day, with fikaAn A1 Swedish text about an ordinary working day in Sweden, including the sacred coffee break. Practise the present tense and clock times, with audio.→
  12. Swedish word order: the V2 rule explainedWhy the verb always comes second in Swedish main clauses, what happens when a sentence starts with today or now, and how questions flip the order.→
  13. En or ett? Swedish noun gender explainedWhy every Swedish noun is either an en word or an ett word, the few rules of thumb that actually help, and the smart way to memorise new nouns.→
  14. Easy Swedish reader: småprat, or why the bus is so quietAn A1 Swedish text about small talk in Sweden. When Swedes chat with strangers, when they don't, and the one topic that always works. With audio.→
  15. Swedish listening practice: small talk at the bus stopAn A1 Swedish listening dialogue. Two strangers wait for a late bus and do what Swedes do best, complain gently about the weather. With transcript.→
  16. Easy Swedish reader: the Swedish year, from valborg to julAn A1 Swedish text about the Swedish year. Light summers, dark winters, and the holidays in between: valborg, midsommar, Lucia and julafton.→
  17. Swedish listening practice: midsummer plansAn A1 Swedish listening dialogue about midsommar plans. Dancing, herring, strawberries, and the eternal question of rain. With transcript and translation.→
  18. The Swedish definite form: en bil, bilenSwedish has no separate word for the. The article glues onto the end of the noun instead. How the definite form works for en and ett words.→
  19. Swedish plurals: the five patternsHow Swedish nouns form the plural. The five endings (or, ar, er, n, and nothing at all), which nouns take which, and the rules of thumb worth knowing.→
  20. The Swedish present tense: four verb groups, one letterSwedish present tense verbs end in r, never change for person, and cover both I eat and I am eating. The four verb groups, explained for beginners.→
  21. The Swedish imperative: kom, vänta, tittaHow to give instructions and make requests in Swedish. The imperative is the verb stem, it lives on every sign in Sweden, and it isn't rude.→
  22. Yes/no questions in Swedish, and the little word joHow to ask yes/no questions in Swedish by putting the verb first, how Swedes actually answer them, and the word jo that English is missing.→
  23. Swedish question words: vad, var, vem, när, hur, varförThe Swedish question words with examples, the var/vart distinction English speakers miss, and the hur combinations you'll use every day.→
  24. Swedish numbers: counting from noll to tusenAll the Swedish numbers with pronunciation notes. Memorise 0 to 20, learn the tens, and the rest is assembly. Includes prices, age, and phone numbers.→
  25. Telling the time in Swedish: klockan, kvart, and the halv trapHow to ask and say the time in Swedish. Why halv tre means half past two, how kvart works, and how Swedes write and say clock times.→
  26. Days, months, and dates in SwedishThe Swedish days of the week and months of the year (all lowercase), how to say dates and birthdays, and why Thursday belongs to Thor.→
  27. Swedish time prepositions: i, på, omThe difference between i en vecka and om en vecka, why på fredag points forward and i fredags points back, and the i words every beginner needs.→

A2 — Elementary

  1. Preteritum: the Swedish past tense explainedHow Swedish verbs form the simple past. The ade, de, te and dde endings, the strong verbs that change vowel instead, and the time words that go with them.→
  2. Swedish adjective endings: stor, stort, storaHow Swedish adjectives agree with en words, ett words and plurals, what happens after den and det, and the small list of rebels like liten and bra.→
  3. Swedish comparatives and superlatives: större and störstHow to compare things in Swedish with are and ast, the vowel-changing group around större and äldre, and the handful of suppletives like bättre and bäst.→
  4. The Swedish perfect tense: har ätit, har bott, har varitHow to build the Swedish perfect with har plus supinum, and the real rules for choosing between perfekt and preteritum without translating from English.→
  5. Swedish modal verbs: kan, vill, ska, måste, får, börThe six Swedish modal verbs with examples, the no-att rule, the vill/will false friend, and why får means both may and get.→
  6. Swedish possessives: min, mitt, mina and the restThe Swedish possessive pronouns, which ones agree with the noun and which never change, and the two traps around definite forms and adjectives.→
  7. Sin, sitt, sina: the difference between sin and hans or hennesThe Swedish reflexive possessive explained. Why Erik kysser sin fru and Erik kysser hans fru describe two very different evenings, with a rule you can trust.→
  8. Swedish object pronouns: mig, dig, honom, henne, demThe Swedish object pronouns with pronunciation notes, the prepositions that demand them, and why de and dem confuse Swedes more than learners.→
  9. Swedish reflexive verbs: känna sig, lära sig, gifta sigThe Swedish verbs that carry a self pronoun, how sig works across the persons, and the meaning gap between känner sig trött and känner henne.→
  10. The BIFF rule: Swedish word order in subordinate clausesWhy inte moves in front of the verb after att, eftersom, om and när. The BIFF rule explained with minimal pairs, plus what happens when the bisats comes first.→
  11. Swedish particle verbs: tycka om, känna igen, komma ihågThe two-word verbs of Swedish, why the stress lands on the particle, and how hälsa på can mean greet or visit depending on where you put the emphasis.→