Below is list of Swedish language exonyms for places in non-Swedish-speaking areas of the world. Not included are spelling changes and translations of non-proper nouns.
In general
Diacritical marks (such as ´ ` ^ etc above letters) are generally stripped, except that Å, Ä, Ö, are kept, and usually also Ü and É (but È and Á are written E and A). Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic and Faroese Æ and Ø are often written as AE or Ä and Ö, especially in the press.
Foreign place names containing a direction such as South or Upper are often translated, e.g.:
- East Timor – Östtimor
- Northern Ireland – Nordirland
- South Africa - Sydafrika
but U.S. states nowadays keep their English names in Sweden:
- e.g. South Carolina and West Virginia
Albania
 Albania Albanien | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Tirana | Tirana | Tiranë | |
Argentina
 Argentina Argentina | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Patagonia | Patagonien | Patagonia | |
| Tierra del Fuego | Eldslandet | Tierra del Fuego | |
Austria
 Austria Österrike | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Tyrol | Tyrolen | Tirol | |
Belgium
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium Belgien | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Bruges | Brygge | Brugge | Dutch | |
| Brussels | Bryssel (Brüssel) | Brussel | Dutch | |
| Bruxelles | French | |||
| Ostend | Ostende | Oostende | Dutch | |
| Ypres | Ypern | Ieper | Dutch | |
Bulgaria
 Bulgaria Bulgarien | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Balkan Mountains | Balkanbergen | Stara Planina | |
| Danube | Donau | Dunav | |
| Thrace | Thrakien | Trakiya | |
China
 China Kina | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Beijing | Peking | Běijīng | Mandarin | Endonym also used |
| Great Wall of China | Kinesiska muren | Chángchéng | Mandarin | |
| Guanghzou | Kanton | Guangzhou | Mandarin | |
| Hong Kong | Hongkong | Hong Kong | English | |
| Tiananmen Square | Himmelska fridens torg | Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng | Mandarin | |
Croatia
 Croatia Kroatien | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Dalmatia | Dalmatien | Dalmacija | |
| Danube | Donau | Dunav | |
| Istria | Istrien | Istra | |
Cuba
 Cuba Kuba | ||
|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym |
| Havana | Havanna | Habana |
Czechia
 Czechia Tjeckien | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Bohemia | Böhmen | Čechy | Czech | |
| Elbe | Elbe | Labe | Czech | |
| Moravia | Mähren | Morava | Czech | |
| Prague | Prag | Praha | Czech | |
| Silesia | Schlesien | Slezko | Czech | |
Denmark
 Denmark Danmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Aabenraa | Åbenrå | Aabenraa | |
| Aalborg | Ålborg | Aalborg | |
| Aarhus | Århus | Aarhus | |
| Elsinore | Helsingör | Helsingør | |
| Copenhagen | Köpenhamn | København | |
| Peberholm | Pepparholm | Peberholm | |
| Zealand | Själland | Sjælland | |
Newspapers in Sweden usually write all æ as ä or ae and all ø as ö, because of the lack of æ and ø on the Windows keyboard layout for Swedish, and historically because of the lack of them on Swedish typewriters. Swedish newspapers normally write aa as å. Aa is the traditional spelling of the "aw" sound in Danish, but this spelling does not exist for this sound in Swedish. Both spellings of the sound exist in Danish, aa in some names, but å always being correct.
Swedish Wikipedia writes Danish place names using the original æ and ø, except for those listed above.
Egypt
 Egypt Egypten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Egypt | Egypten | Miṣr, Maṣr | Arabic | |
| Alexandria | Alexandria | al-Iskandariyya | Standard Arabic | |
| Cairo | Kairo | al-Qāhira | Standard Arabic | |
| Luxor | Luxor | al-Uqṣur | Standard Arabic | |
Estonia
Estonia had a significant indigenous Swedish-speaking population until the mid-20th Century, so many of these names are not really exonyms in the strict sense of the word.
 Estonia Estland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Haapsalu | Hapsal | Haapsalu | ||
| Hiiumaa | Dagö | Hiiumaa | ||
| Kärdla | Kärrdal | Kärdla | ||
| Osmussaar | Odensholm | Osmussaar | ||
| Pakri | Rågö | Pakri | ||
| Pärnau | Pernau | Pärnau | ||
| Ruhnu | Runö | Ruhnu | ||
| Saaremaa | Ösel | Saaremaa | ||
| Tallinn | Lindanäs, Räffle, Reval | Tallinn | ||
| Tartu | Dorpat | Tartu | ||
| Vormsi | Ormsö | Vormsi | ||
Finland
Swedish is one of the two official languages of Finland, so the Swedish names of places in Finland are not exonyms.
France
 France Frankrike | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Aquitaine | Akvitanien | Aquitaine | French | |
| Ardennes | Ardennerna | Ardennes | French | |
| Burgundy | Burgund | Bourgogne | French | |
| Corsica | Korsika | Corse | French | |
| Normandy | Normandie(t) | Normandie | French | |
| Pyrenees | Pyrenéerna | Pyrénées | French | |
| Rhine | Rhen | Rhin | French | |
Germany
 Germany Tyskland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Gottorp | Gottorp | Gottorf | German | |
| Rhine | Rhen | Rhein | German | |
Greece
 Greece Grekland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Athens | At(h)en | Athina | |
| Attica | Attika | Attiki | |
| Boeotia | Boiotien | Viotia | |
| Corfu | Korfu | Kerkyra | |
| Corinth | Korinth | Korinthos | |
| Crete | Kreta | Kriti | |
| Cyclades | Kykladerna | Kyklades | |
| Dodecanese | Dodekaneserna, Tolvöarna | Dodekánisa | |
| Epirus | Epirus | Ipeiros | |
| Euboea | Euboia | Evvia | |
| Heraklion | Heraklion | Iraklio | |
| Ionian Islands | Joniska öarna | Ionia nisia | |
| Missolonghi | Messolonghi | Mesolongi | |
| Naupactus | Naupaktos | Nafpaktos | |
| Patras | Patras | Patra | |
| Pireus | Pireus | Peiraiás | |
| Rhodes | Rhodos | Rodos | |
| Samothrace | Samothrake | Samothraki | |
| Sparta | Sparta | Sparti | |
| Thebes | Thebe | Thivai | |
| Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki, Saloniki | Thessaloniki | |
| Thessaly | Thessalien | Thessalia | |
| Thrace | Thrakien | Thraki | |
Hungary
 Hungary Ungern | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Danube | Donau | Duna | |
Iceland
 Iceland Island | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Heimaey | Hemön | Heimaey | |
| Reykjavík | Reykjavik | Reykjavík | |
| Vestmannaeyjar | Västmannaöarna | Vestmannaeyjar | |
Iraq
 Iraq Iraq | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Euphrates | Eufrat | al-Furāt | Arabic | |
| Tigris | Tigris | Dijla | Arabic | |
Israel
 Israel Israel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Acre | Akko | 'Akkā | Arabic | |
| 'Ako | Hebrew | |||
| Capernaum | Kafarnaum (Kapernaum) | Kfar Naḥum | Hebrew | |
| Talhum | Arabic | |||
| Galilee | Galileen | Al-Jalīl | Arabic | |
| HaGalil | Hebrew | |||
| Jaffa | Jaffa | Yaffa | Arabic | |
| Yafo | Hebrew | |||
| Judea | Judeen | Yahudia | Arabic | |
| Yehuda | Hebrew | |||
| Nazareth | Nasaret | al-Nāṣira | Standard Arabic | |
| al-Nāṣeriyye | Palestinian Arabic | |||
| Natzrat, Natzeret | Hebrew | |||
| Tiberias | Tiberias | Ṭabariyya | Arabic | |
| Tverya | Hebrew | |||
Italy
 Italy Italien | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Florence | Florens | Firenze | Italian | |
| Genoa | Genua | Genova | Italian | |
| Lombardy | Lombardiet | Lombardia | Italian | |
| Naples | Neapel | Napoli | Italian | |
| Padua | Padua | Padova | Italian | |
| Rome | Rom | Roma | Italian | |
| Sardinia | Sardinien | Sardegna | Italian | |
| Sicily | Sicilien | Sicilia | Italian | |
| Syracuse | Syrakusa | Siracusa | Italian | |
| Tiber | Tibern | Tevere | Italian | |
| Turin | Turin | Torino | Italian | |
| Tyrol | Tyrolen | Tirolo | Italian | |
| Venice | Venedig | Venezia | Italian | |
| Venetia | Venetien | Veneto | Italian | |
| Vesuvius | Vesuvius | Vesuvio | Italian | |
Latvia
 Latvia Lettland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Livonia | Livland | Vidzeme | |
| Courland | Kurland | Kurzeme | |
| Latgale | Lettgallen | Latgale | |
| Zemgale | Semgallen | Zemgale | |
Lebanon
 Lebanon Libanon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Beirut | Beirut | Bayrūt | Arabic | |
| Sidon | Sayda, Sidon | Ṣaydā | Arabic | |
| Tyre | Tyros | Ṣūr | Arabic | |
Lithuania
 Lithuania Litauen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Samogitia | Samogitien | Žemaitija | |
Mali
 Mali Mali | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Timbuktu | Timbuktu | Tombouctou | French | |
Morocco
 Morocco Marocko | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Casablanca | Casablanca | Ed-Dah el-Biḍa | Arabic | |
| Marrakesh | Marrakech | Murrākuš | Arabic | |
| Tangier | Tanger | Ṭanjah | Arabic | |
Netherlands
 Netherlands Nederländerna | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Rhine | Rhen | Rijn | |
| The Hague | Haag | Den Haag | |
Norway
The (more or less, requires some knowledge of certain words) mutually intelligible Norwegian and Swedish languages have different spelling systems for the same sounds.
Newspapers in Sweden usually write all æ as ä or ae and all ø as ö, because of the lack of æ and ø on the Windows keyboard layout for Swedish, and historically because of the lack of them on Swedish typewriters. Apart from æ and ø, the Norwegian spelling is used in Sweden.
Examples include Askøy, Bodø, Bærum, Galdhøpiggen, Gjøvik, Hønefoss, Røros, Stjørdal, Tønsberg, Tromsø, Vadsø and Østfold, which are usually by media written as Asköy, Bodö, Bärum or Baerum, Galdhöpiggen, Gjövik, Hönefoss, Röros, Stjördal, Tönsberg, Tromsö, Vadsö and Östfold.
The Norwegian spelling with æ and ø is still often used. Swedish Wikipedia writes Norwegian place names using the original æ and ø.
Palestine
 Palestine Palestina | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Bethlehem | Betlehem | Bayt Laḥm | Arabic | |
| Beyt Leḥem | Hebrew | |||
| Hebron | Hebron | Al-Khalīl | Arabic | |
| Ḥevron | Hebrew | |||
| Jericho | Jeriko | 'Arīḥā | Arabic | |
| Yeriḥo | Hebrew | |||
| Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Al-Quds | Arabic | |
| Yerushaláyim | Hebrew | |||
Poland
 Poland Polen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Carpathians | Karpaterna | Karpaty | Polish | |
| Gdańsk | Gdansk (Danzig) | Gdańsk | Polish | |
| Masuria | Masurien | Mazury | Polish | |
| Mazovia | Masovien | Mazowieckie | Polish | |
| Pomerania | Pommern | Pomorze | Polish | |
| Silesia | Schlesien | Śląsk | Polish | |
| Szczecin | Stettin | Szczecin | Polish | |
| Warmia | Ermland | Warmia | Polish | |
| Warsaw | Warschau | Warszawa | Polish | Swedish now uses endonym |
| Poznań | Poznan (Posen) | Poznań | Polish | |
| Wschowa | Wschowa (Fraustadt) | Wschowa | Polish | |
| Wrocław | Wroclaw (Breslau) | Wrocław | Polish | |
Portugal
 Portugal Portugal | ||
|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym |
| Lisbon | Lissabon | Lisboa |
Romania
 Romania Rumänien | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Bucharest | Bukarest | București | |
| Danube | Donau | Dunărea | |
| Moldavia | Moldavien | Moldova | |
| Wallachia | Valakiet | Țara Românească, Valahia | |
Russia
 Russia Ryssland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Bashkortostan | Basjkirien | Bashkortostan | Russian | |
| Caucasus | Kaukasien | Kavkaz | Russian | |
| Chukotka | Tjuktien | Chukotka | Russian | |
| Ingria | Ingermanland | Ingermanlandiya | Russian | |
| Ingushetia | Ingusjien | Ingushetiya | Russian | |
| Kabardino-Balkaria | Kabardinien-Balkarien | Kabardino-Balkariya | Russian | |
| Karachay-Cherkessia | Karatjajen-Tjerkessien | Karachayevo-Cherkesiya | Russian | |
| Karelia | Karelen | Kareliya | Russian | |
| Khakassia | Chakassien | Khakasiya | Russian | |
| Pechenga | Petsamo | Pechenga | Russian | |
| Petrozavodsk | Petroskoj (Onegaborg) | Petrozavodsk | Russian | Endonym also used |
| Priozersk | Kexholm | Priozersk | Russian | |
| Saint Petersburg | Sankt Petersburg | Sankt Peterburg | Russian | |
| Shlisselburg | Nöteborg | Shlisselbúrg (Шлиссельбу́рг) | Russian | |
| Siberia | Sibirien | Sibir | Russian | |
| Rostov-on-Don | Rostov vid Don | Rostov-na-Donu | Russian | Endonym also used |
| Vyborg | Viborg | Vyborg | Russian | |
| Zelenogorsk | Terijoki | Zelenogorsk | Russian | |
| Kingisepp | Jama | Kingisepp | Russian | |
| Sortavala | Sordavala | Sortavala (Serdobol) |
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| Gogland | Hogland | Gogland | Russian | |
| Rodsher | Rödskär | Ródsher (Родшер) | Russian | |
| Moshchny Island | Lövskär | Moshchny | Russian | |
| Seskar | Seitskär | Seskar | Russian | |
| Sommers Light | Sommarö | Russian | ||
| Kotlin | Reitskär | Kotlin | Russian | |
| Bolshoy Tyuters | Tyterskär | Bolshoy Tyuters | Russian | |
| Bolshoy Beryozovy Island | Storbjörkö | Russia | ||
| Sestroretsk | Systerbäck | Sestroretsk | Russian | |
| Maly Vysotsky Island | Trångsund | Russian | ||
| Beryozovye Islands | Björkö | Russian | ||
Some of these names are not really exonyms in the strict sense of the word, as the places have been part of Sweden, some founded as such.
Saudi Arabia
 Saudi Arabia Saudiarabien | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Jeddah | Jeddah | Jidda | |
| Mecca | Mekka | Makkah | |
| Medina | Medina | Al-Madīnah | |
| Riyadh | Riyadh | Ar-Riyāḍ | |
Slovakia
 Slovakia Slovakien | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Carpathians | Karpaterna | Karpaty | |
| Danube | Donau | Dunaj | |
South Africa
 South Africa Sydafrika | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Cape Town | Kapstaden | Cape Town | English | |
| iKapa | Zulu | |||
| Kaapstad | Afrikaans | |||
Spain
 Spain Spanien | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Andalusia | Andalusien | Andalucía | Spanish | |
| Aragon | Aragonien | Aragón | Spanish | |
| Asturias | Asturien | Asturias | Spanish | |
| Basque Country | Baskien | Euskadi | Basque | |
| País Vasco | Spanish | |||
| Castile | Kastilien | Castilla | Spanish | |
| Catalonia | Katalonien | Cataluña | Spanish | |
| Catalunya | Catalan | |||
| Galicia | Galicien | Galicia | Spanish | |
| Pyrenees | Pyrenéerna | Pirineus | Catalan | |
| Pirinoak | Basque | |||
| Pireneos | Spanish | |||
| Tenerife | Teneriffa | Tenerife | Spanish | |
Switzerland
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland Schweiz | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Rhine | Rhen | Reno | Italian | |
| Rhein | German | |||
| Rhin | French | |||
Syria
 Syria Syrien | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Aleppo | Aleppo | Ḥalab | Arabic | |
| Damascus | Damaskus | Dimashq | Arabic | |
| Euphrates | Eufrat | Al-Furāt | Arabic | |
Turkey
 Turkey Turkiet | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Anatolia | Anatolien | Anadolu | |
| Antioch | Antiochia | Antakya | |
| Bosphorus | Bosporen | Boğaziçi/ İstanbul Boğazı | |
| Cappadocia | Kappadokien | Kapadokya | |
| Cilicia | Kilikien | Kilikya | |
| Dardanelles | Dardanellerna | Çanakkale Boğazı | |
| Edirne (Adrianople) | Edirne (Adrianopel) | Edirne | |
| Ephesus | Efesos | Efes | |
| Euphrates | Eufrat | Fırat | |
| Gallipoli | Gallipoli | Gelibolu | |
| Halicarnassus | Halikarnassos | Halikarnas | |
| Istanbul (Constantinople) | Istanbul, Stanbul (Konstantinopel) | İstanbul (Kostantiniyye) | |
| Thrace | Thrakien | Trakya | |
| Tigris | Tigris | Dicle | |
| Trabzon (Trebizond) | Trabzon (Trapezunt) | Trabzon | |
| Troy | Troja | Truva/Troia | |
Ukraine
 Ukraine Ukraina | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes |
| Danube | Donau | Dunai | |
| Galicia | Galizien | Halychyna | |
| Kyiv | Kiev | Kyiv | |
United Kingdom
 United Kingdom Förenade kungadömet/ Storbritannien | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| British Virgin Islands | Brittiska Jungfruöarna | British Virgin Islands | English | |
| Great Britain | Storbritannien | Great Britain | English | Preferred name for the country |
| Thames | Themsen | Thames | English | |
Some historic area names beginning with British are translated, such as British Guyana into "Brittiska Guyana". British Columbia in Canada is nowadays kept.
United States
 United States Förenta staterna/ Amerika | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English name | Swedish name | Endonym | Notes | |
| Name | Language | |||
| Appalachian Mountains | Appalacherna | Appalachian Mountains | English | |
| California | Kalifornien | California | English | |
| Rocky Mountains | Klippiga bergen | Rocky Mountains | English | |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Amerikanska Jungfruöarna | U.S. Virgin Islands | English | |
See also
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