Meanings
plural Swedophiles
- A person who admires Sweden and things associated with it.
Sweden is often in his mind though he is no robotic Swedophile, as one sometimes finds; his theory is more general and its applications would be more diverse.
2013, Jonathan Boswell, Community and the Economy: The Theory of Public Co-operation, Routledge, →ISBN2 more examples
On the other hand it was unfashionable to be Swedish-speaking, Swedophile and believing in cooperation with Russia.'44 These contrasting attitudes were not necessarily mutually exclusive; for example, some of the leading Jägers were Swedish-speaking although in other ways they fell into the 'fashionable' category.
2000, John Ernest Oliver Screen, Mannerheim: The Finnish Years, Hurst, →ISBNBut even a Swedophile must exercise restraint. My memories of Swedish gardens are but one part and that indeed a small one, of my whole impression of Swedish life.
1935, Landscape and Garden: A Quarterly Journal Devoted to Garden Design and Landscape Architecture, volume 2, Arthurs Press, Ltd, page 102Synonyms: Suecophile, Sweeaboo
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who admires Sweden and things associated with it.
Origin
Translations
Finnish svekofiili
- svekofiiliperson
Swedish Sverigevän
- Sverigevänperson
Cite this entry
Swedophile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swedophile
“Swedophile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swedophile. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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