Basic Swedish for Stockholm Visitors

When traveling to Stockholm City in Sweden, just like when you travel to other non-English speaking cities of the world, it would mean a world of convenience if you know some useful phrases and sentences that can make you stay there easier and more comfortable. Although you would find many establishments in Stockholm, such as restaurants and hotels for instance, that have English speaking staff members, a store of a few Swedish words and phrases would still be valuable.

Swedish is one of the four major languages in the Scandinavian region where Sweden is a part of. Like Norwegian and Danish, Swedish is also a Germanic language which can be classified as an Indo-European language. German and English are also sister languages of Swedish as they are also Germanic languages. Thus, you would find a lot of words and grammatical traditions in the German, Swedish and English language that are related. The English ‘Thank you’, German ‘Danke’ and Swedish ‘Tack’ all sounds quite similar and means the same thing.

That in fact, would make understanding Swedish words quite easier for English and German speaking tourists and visitors in Stockholm because of the fact that these three languages are related. In turn, Swedish speaking people can also easily understand English words and phrases they may not be familiar with before.

When introducing yourself, you may say ‘ Mitt namn