Swedish (svenska)

Swedish (sv, swe) is a world language. Wikidata records about 9.2M speakers. It is written in Latin script and Swedish alphabet. It is an official language in 3 countries, including Finland, Russian Empire and Sweden.

Swedish uses informal du almost universally. Definite articles are suffixes (bok/boken), which affects terminology management.

Expect text translated from English into Swedish to grow by roughly 5–15%, which matters for layouts, subtitles and page counts.

Translation guides

• English → Swedish translation
• Swedish → English translation

Where Swedish is official

• Finland
• Russian Empire
• Sweden

Rates for Swedish translation

Swedish falls in our nordic & dutch band: roughly $0.12–$0.24 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.

For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →