This is a list of
English language words borrowed from the
Swedish language. Some may be from other
Scandinavian languages such as
Danish or
Norwegian, or may come from
Old Norse when it was a single language.
- ångström, (after the Swedish scientist Anders Jonas Ångström)
- fartlek "speed-play", technique used in running
- gauntlet, (run the..., from Swedish gatlopp)
- glögg, (Swedish term for mulled wine)
- gravlax literally meaning "grave salmon", salmon preserved originally underground.
- gyttja
- lek, (from the Swedish "leka", "to play")
- lingonberry, from lingon
- moped
- ombudsman
- orienteering
- sloid from slöjd
- smorgasbord (from the Swedish "smörgåsbord"), which in Swedish only refers to a buffet with very specific types of food
- surströmming
- tungsten literally "heavy stone", refers in Swedish to a mineral containing tungsten and not the metal itself
References
See also