{"id":4659,"date":"2015-11-24T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/?p=4659"},"modified":"2026-09-23T15:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:49:31","slug":"swedish-swear-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/swedish-swear-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Swedish Swear Words and How to Pronounce Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Swedish-Swear-Words-Swearing-in-Sweden-1240x698.png\" alt=\"Swedish Swear Words\" class=\"wp-image-17326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Swedish-Swear-Words-Swearing-in-Sweden-1240x698.png 1240w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Swedish-Swear-Words-Swearing-in-Sweden-298x168.png 298w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Swedish-Swear-Words-Swearing-in-Sweden-799x450.png 799w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Swedish-Swear-Words-Swearing-in-Sweden-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Swedish-Swear-Words-Swearing-in-Sweden.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swedes usually don&#8217;t show&nbsp;when they are angry. At least not as much as people from other countries &#8211; like for example Italy, Germany or the USA. But when a certain level of anger is reached&nbsp;even Swedes can&#8217;t hold back and express their disliking with colorful&nbsp;language. Here is a list of popular Swedish swear words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/how-to-learn-swedish\/\">How to Learn Swedish in 10 Easy Ways<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Popular&nbsp;Swear Words in Sweden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you go to a Swedish pub&nbsp;and ask Swedes to teach you some Swedish words, I guess at least a few of the following ones will be among the first they will teach you&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><strong>fan &#8211; devil<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>helvete &#8211; hell<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>j\u00e4vlar &#8211; devils<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>skit &#8211; shit \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>satan &#8211; satan<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is how they are pronounced:<\/p><div id=\"hejsw-2125307085\" class=\"hejsw-content-sfa-desktop-and-tablet-1 hejsw-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3eu3RS1\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Book about Sweden - How to be Swedish\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1.png\" alt=\"Book about Sweden - How to be Swedish\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1.png 900w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Swedish-Swear-Words-Pronunciation-Schwedische-Schimpfworter-Aussprache.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<table>\n  <thead>\n    <tr><th>Swedish<\/th><th>Meaning<\/th><th>IPA<\/th><th>Sounds like<\/th><\/tr>\n  <\/thead>\n  <tbody>\n    <tr><td><strong>fan<\/strong><\/td><td>devil<\/td><td>[f\u0251\u02d0n]<\/td><td><em>fahn<\/em>, like the &#8220;a&#8221; in <em>father<\/em><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td><strong>helvete<\/strong><\/td><td>hell<\/td><td>[h\u025bl\u02d0v\u025bt\u025b]<\/td><td><em>HELL-veh-teh<\/em><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td><strong>j\u00e4vlar<\/strong><\/td><td>devils<\/td><td>[j\u025b\u02d0vlar]<\/td><td><em>YEHV-lar<\/em><\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td><strong>skit<\/strong><\/td><td>shit<\/td><td>[\u0267i\u02d0t]<\/td><td><em>sheet<\/em>, but breathier<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td><strong>satan<\/strong><\/td><td>satan<\/td><td>[\u02c8s\u0251\u02d0tan]<\/td><td><em>SAH-tahn<\/em><\/td><\/tr>\n  <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Friendly&#8221; swearing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A &#8220;nice&#8221; swear word you could say without feeling any guilt: <em><strong>sjutton &#8211; seventeen<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/em>This word is so nice and cute that you only say it if you have small children around you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Don&#8217;t say these words in public<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m not really sure whether I should write the more <strong>explicit Swedish swear words<\/strong> here. (Don&#8217;t want to offend anyone.) Yet,&nbsp;since these words are rather often used by Swedes &#8211; particularly when they are very, very angry &#8211; I guess I have to complete the list with them. Ok, here they are. The words for the female&nbsp;and male genital parts that you better never use in public or when you meet your Swedish girl- or boyfriend&#8217;s parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>So for the female part, the Swedish equivalent for <strong><em>c u n t<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is: <strong><em>f!tta<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;(yeah, I don&#8217;t want to write&nbsp;it out since I don&#8217;t want Google to think this Website contains inappropriate content ;) )<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The men&#8217;s part &#8211; &#8220;<strong><em>c0ck<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; is simply &#8220;<strong><em>k u k<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; in Swedish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m glad you can&#8217;t see that I&#8217;m actually blushing right now. ;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Swedish Swear Phrases<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><strong>F\u00f6r fan i helvete! &#8211; For the devil in hell!<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>Din j\u00e4vla &#8230; &#8211; You damn &#8230;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Din j\u00e4vla idiot!<\/em> &#8211;<\/strong> More freely translated:<strong><em> You stupid idiot!<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>J\u00e4vla tyskar! &#8211; Damn Germans!<\/em> <\/strong>That&#8217;s the one I use to hear a lot when&nbsp;I&nbsp;ask Swedes which nation builds the best cars in the world ;)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Skit ocks\u00e5! &#8211; Shit, too!<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also turn a &#8220;<em>skit<\/em>&#8221; into something positive if you combine it with a positive adjective, like <em>snygg<\/em>&nbsp;(pretty) &#8211; so something can be <em>skitsnygg<\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; <em>shit pretty<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any words you think I should add to the list? Write your comment below or on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HejSweden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hej Sweden&#8217;s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More about Swedish language<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/funny-swedish-words-and-phrases\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5701\">Funny Swedish words<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/how-to-learn-swedish\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4489\">How to learn Swedish fast<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/swedish-language-easy-to-learn\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5097\">Swedish language FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swedes usually don&#8217;t show&nbsp;when they are angry. At least not as much as people from other countries &#8211; like for example Italy, Germany or the USA. 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