List of English words of Swedish origin

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Template:Short description Template:Expand list This is a list of English words borrowed from the Swedish language.

  • aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • fartlek, "endurance training in which a runner alternates periods of sprinting with periods of jogging"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • gantelope, "gauntlet"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • glögg, "a hot spiced wine and liquor punch served in Scandinavian countries as a Christmas drink"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • gravlax, "salmon cured especially with salt, sugar, pepper, and dill and often additional ingredients (such as fennel, coriander, lime, and vodka or aquavit)"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • gyttja, "a lacustrine mud containing abundant organic material"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • lek, "an assembly area where animals (such as the prairie chicken) carry on display and courtship behavior"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • lingonberry, "(or better: linberry, since the sw. suffix means berry) a low-growing, evergreen shrub (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) of cooler, northern regions of North America and Europe that has leathery, oval leaves, white or light pink, bell-shaped, nodding flowers and red berries and is related to the blueberry and cranberry"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • moped, "a lightweight, low-powered motorbike that can be pedaled"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • ombudsman, "a person who investigates, reports on, and helps settle complaints; an individual usually affiliated with an organization or business who serves as an advocate for patients, consumers, employees, etc."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • orienteering, "a competitive or noncompetitive recreational activity in which participants use a map and compass to navigate between checkpoints along an unfamiliar course (as in the woods)"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • rutabaga, "a turnip (Brassica napus napobrassica) that usually produces a large yellowish root that is eaten as a vegetable"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • skarn, "contact metamorphic rock rich in iron"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • smorgasbord, "a luncheon or supper buffet offering a variety of foods and dishes (such as hors d'oeuvres, hot and cold meats, smoked and pickled fish, cheeses, salads, and relishes)"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • strömming, "a small Baltic herring"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • tjaele, "frozen ground"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • torsk, "codfish"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • tungsten, "a gray-white heavy high-melting ductile hard polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and molybdenum in many of its properties and is used especially in carbide materials and electrical components (such as lamp filaments) and in hardening alloys (such as steel)"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • varve, "a pair of layers of alternately finer and coarser silt or clay believed to comprise an annual cycle of deposition in a body of still water"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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