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The Swedish alphabet (Swedish: Svenska alfabetet) is a basic element of the Latin writing system used for the Swedish language. The 29 letters of this alphabet are the modern 26-letter basic Latin alphabet ( a to z ) plus å , ä , and ö , in that order. It contains 20 consonants and 9 vowels ( a e i o u y å ä ö ).
In 2013, work on the font family was completed. The font family contained two weights for normal and bold text when released in 2013. In 2020, the font family was revised and a slightly lighter weight (Book) and a semi-bold weight were added. Sweden Sans has no weights for italic text. [4]
The Swedish Dialect Alphabet (Swedish: Landsmålsalfabetet) is a phonetic alphabet created in 1878 by Johan August Lundell and used for the narrow transcription of Swedish dialects. The initial version of the alphabet consisted of 89 letters, 42 of which came from the phonetic alphabet proposed by Carl Jakob Sundevall . [ 1 ]
The keyboard layout is now indentical the Swedish keyboard layout as printed and as it is on Windows. 16:12, 1 September 2006: 900 × 300 (147 KB) StuartBrady: Swap § and ½. Colour deadkeys red. 16:12, 1 August 2006: 900 × 300 (147 KB) StuartBrady: 16:09, 1 August 2006: 900 × 300 (147 KB) StuartBrady: Swedish keyboard layout.
The difference between the Dano-Norwegian and the Swedish alphabet is that Swedish uses the variant ä instead of æ , and the variant ö instead of ø , similarly to German. Also, the collating order for these three letters is different in Swedish: Å, Ä, Ö.
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Since Ø-with-diæresis did not exist in computer fonts, it was not used in the text. The logotype now uses the spelling Øresundsbron, with Øresunds- being Danish and -bron being Swedish. The letter Ø-with-diæresis sometimes appears on packaging meant for the Scandinavian market so as to prevent printing the same word twice.
The Sweden pronunciation is based primarily on Central Standard Swedish, and the Finland one on Helsinki pronunciation. Recordings and example transcriptions in this help are in Sweden Swedish, unless otherwise noted. See Swedish phonology and Swedish alphabet § Sound–spelling correspondences for a more thorough look at the sounds of Swedish.