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  2. List of English words of Swedish origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words borrowed from the Swedish language. aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" [1] fartlek, "endurance training in which a runner alternates periods of sprinting with periods of jogging" [2] gantelope, "gauntlet" [3]

  3. Lagom - Wikipedia

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    Lagom is most often used as an adverb, as in the sentence "Han är lagom lång" (literally ' He is just the right height '). Lagom can also be used as an adjective: "Klänningen var lagom för henne" (literally ' The dress was just right for her '), which would be equivalent to ' The dress fits her '.

  4. List of English words of Scandinavian origin - Wikipedia

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    aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" [6]; brisling, "sprat" [7]; fjord, "a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes" [8]; flense, "to strip of blubber or skin" [9]

  5. Wikipedia : Language learning centre/Swedish word list

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    allvarlig - serious; andra - others; anledning - reason; ansikte - face; år - year; arbete - work; barn - child/kid; berättelse - story; bil - car; bok - book

  6. Culture of Sweden - Wikipedia

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    Swedish culture is an offshoot of the Norse culture which dominated southern Scandinavia in prehistory.Sweden was the last of the Scandinavian countries to be Christianised, with pagan resistance apparently strongest in Svealand, where Uppsala was an old and important ritual site as evidenced by the tales of Uppsala temple.

  7. Lexin - Wikipedia

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    Lexin is an online Swedish and Norwegian lexicon that can translate between Swedish or Norwegian and a number of other languages. Its original use was to help immigrants translate between their native languages and Swedish, but at least the English-Swedish-English lexicons are so complete that many Swedes use them for everyday use.

  8. Grandparent - Wikipedia

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    Languages and cultures with more specific kinship terminology than English may distinguish between paternal grandparents and maternal grandparents. For example, in the Swedish language there is no single word for "grandmother"; the mother's mother is termed mormor and the father's mother is termed farmor. [5]

  9. MorMor - Wikipedia

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    Seth Nyquist was born in Toronto, where he grew up with his adoptive mother, English professor Mary Nyquist, and his sister. [2] [3] [4] He was in a foster home initially and then got adopted by a Swedish family. "Mormor" is a reference to his grandmother, the word meaning "grandmother" in Swedish. [5]