English words from Swedish
- SikenA surname from Swedish.
- skifferSlate.
- skvaderA fictional creature, associated with an old Swedish hunting story, that is half hare and half wood grouse.
- slöjdA system of handicraft-based education started in Finland in 1865 and later adopted worldwide.
- SödermanlandA historical province in central Sweden.
- SödertäljeA town and municipality in Stockholm county, Sweden.
- spodiositeAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- Stockholm syndromeA psychological condition in which a hostage emotionally bonds to their captor.
- surströmmingA traditional Swedish food made by fermenting Baltic herring in wooden casks.
- SvahnA surname from Swedish.
- Swedish VallhundA dog of a small, powerful breed associated with the Vikings.
- tall oilA dark yellow resinous acidic oil obtained as a byproduct during the pulping of pine; it is used in the manufacture of soaps and lubricants.
- ThornquistA surname from Swedish.
- ThorstensonA surname from Swedish.
- tjaelefrozen ground
- tomteA small human-like creature in Nordic folklore that lives on farmsteads and watches over their inhabitants.
- TornedalenTornedalen Finnish, or Meänkieli (Finnic language spoken in northern Sweden)
- TranemoA town and municipality in Västra Götaland, Sweden.
- tunnlandSynonym of barrel of land.
- UmeåA city on the east coast of northern Sweden.
- varveAn annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock.
- VästerbottenA historical province and county in northern Sweden.
- VästernorrlandA county in central Sweden.
- Västra GötalandA county in south-west Sweden.
- Vendel AgeSynonym of Vendel Period (of or relating to the Vendel Period, c. 550–800 AD).
- Vendel EraSynonym of Vendel Period (of or relating to the Vendel Period, c. 550–800 AD).
- Vendel Periodof or relating to the Vendel Period (c. 550–800 AD).
- vrockA humanoid demon with the head, claws, and wings of a giant vulture.
- WahlquistA surname from Swedish.
- WebergA surname.
- West BothniaSynonym of Västerbotten.
- WestergardA surname of Scandinavian origin.
- WestrobothniaSynonym of Västerbotten
- WieslanderA surname from Swedish.
- WinquistA surname from Swedish.
- YoungstromA surname from Swedish.
- yrareThe state of a nucleus with minimum energy, but excluding the yrast. The second-least excited state for a given angular momentum.
- yrastThe state of a nucleus with minimum energy (i.e. when least excited) for a given angular momentum.
- YtterbyA village and its former mine on the island of Resarö in Sweden.