Fun Swedish

If you have been living in Sweden a while 🇸🇪, you probably know what “godis” means.

Godis 🍬🍫 = Candy / Sweets.

Swedes love godis, so it is a hard one to miss 😁. Things like lördagsgodis, a Saturday candy binge are completely ingrained in the culture.

Swedes consume an average of 10.5 kilos of candy a year! 🙈 Which puts Sweden in the top 10 of candy consumption per capita.

This love affair with candy can even be seen in the word we use: “godis” 😊. Godis is short for “godsaker”.

God 😋= Good / tasty.
Saker = Things.

“Tasty things”, or “good things” is how the Swedes call candy 🤤. And just like “stammis” yesterday, it has that cute slang ending “-is”.

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1 day ago | [YT] | 71

Fun Swedish

When it's Friday in Sweden, there is nothing better than fredagsmys 😍.

Fredag is Friday but mys is a word that just does not exist in English, and the Swedes are proud of it 🇸🇪. It is a mix of comfort and coziness. Relaxation and somewhat guilty pleasure 😁.
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The classic formula for fredagsmys includes but it is not limited to potato chips, Swedish tacos, godis (candy), lots of candles and maybe a movie or serie on Netflix 🎥. And of course some comfy clothes. That is why, if you happen to go to the supermarket today, you will see most Swedes buying a bag of chips!.

The Swedes love all things “mysigt”.

Small Myslexicon.
Mysigt = Something that is mys 😊.
Fredagsmys = Mys fridays.
Att mysa = To mys 😁.
Åh, vad mysigt! = Oh, how mysigt! 😍.
Det var mysigt = It was mysigt!
Hon/Han är mysig = He/She is mysig 🥰.
Mysigare = More mysigt.
Mjukisbyxor = Sweatpants.
Ljus = Candle 🕯️.


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2 days ago | [YT] | 49

Fun Swedish

In Sweden 🇸🇪 you always have that possibility of voting before the date. This is called förtidsrösta which is 3 words mashed together.

För = Pre (preposition for before).
Tid ⌛ = Time.
Rösta = (To) Vote.
Förtidsrösta = Pre-time vote (Early voting).

If you are abroad, the process is quite simple, you can just send your vote through the mail. Which is called a brevröst (brev = letter, röst = vote). 🗳️ Which you might know as “postal voting” 😉.

If you want a challenge 💪 for your Swedish vocabulary, you can do it in person in one of the designated Förtidsröstningslokaler. 🙃 Taking it up a level we have 4 words mashed together.

Röstning = Voting.
Lokaler = Premises / stations.
Förtidsröstningslokaler = Pre time voting premises.

Or just wait until the 13th of September (Election day in Sweden) to avoid saying that 😅.

If you are very detail-oriented 🕵️‍♂️ you might have noticed that when we put two words together in Swedish we just put them together. ℹ️ However, once you want to add a third world into the mix you need to add an extra “s” before the word.

We say förtidSrösta and not förtidrösta 😁. The “S” works as a delimiter to know where the word ends. Otherwise even the Swedes would have trouble reading this.

4 days ago | [YT] | 79

Fun Swedish

Classic mistake for Swedish learners 🙈. Yet none of you would say “I can speaking”.

What is going on here? 🤔
When we have 2 verbs, typically one is a hjälpverb
(auxiliary verb).

And when using hjälpverb, you should not modify the
main verb.

The ones that work 👍.
✅Jag kan prata svenska = I can speak Swedish.
✅Jag kunde prata svenska = I could speak Swedish.

The one that brings in doubt (because it is wrong 👎).
❌Jag kan pratar svenska = I can speaking Swedish.

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5 days ago | [YT] | 173

Fun Swedish

Same word, two very different meanings in Swedish.

Att rösta = to vote (a word you will hear a lot since we have elections in Sweden on the 13th of September 2026)
Att rosta = to toast (often bread)

Ö vs O. Not just some tiny dots. Forgetting the tiny dots on the top of the O can change the meaning completly both in written and spoken Swedish.

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1 week ago | [YT] | 84

Fun Swedish

Val = whale / election.
Same word, two very different meanings in Swedish.

How can you tell the difference?

Context but also Val (whale) is an en-word and Val (election) is an ett-word.

En val = a whale
Ett val = an election

You will be hearing the word "val" (election) a lot in Sweden in September. Why?
Because Elections to the Riksdag (Swedish parliament) and regional and municipal councils will take place on 13 September 2026 in Sweden.

1 week ago | [YT] | 119

Fun Swedish

We are now in Kräftskiva season! 🦞🇸🇪.
Kräftskiva is a Swedish tradition at the end of the
summer.
Kräfta = Crayfish 🦞.
Skiva = Party (though there are more meanings to it)
🥳.
A party excuse around eating kräftor but with a lot more
😉.
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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 72

Fun Swedish

Last hours! 🇸🇪⌛ Fun fact: “The final countdown” is a Swedish song. 🤯
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4 weeks ago | [YT] | 41

Fun Swedish

Sure, you will feel ridiculous the first time you try doing a Swedish Y 🇸🇪😅. Since you have to put out your lips like you are making a duckface.
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1 month ago | [YT] | 59

Fun Swedish

Sure you will feel ridiculous the first time you do an Ö 🇸🇪😅.
At least until you get used to it.
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1 month ago | [YT] | 136