Swedish

North Germanic language spoken in Sweden and Finland
Language language Q9027
Swedish
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Swedish

Summary

Swedish is a language[1]. Swedish ranks in the top 0.16% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,396 views/month, #9 of 5,611).[2]

Key Facts

  • Swedish is in the country of Sweden[3].
  • Swedish is in the country of Finland[4].
  • Swedish is in the country of Estonia[5].
  • Swedish's instance of is recorded as language[6].
  • Swedish's instance of is recorded as modern language[7].
  • Swedish is a type of East Scandinavian[8].
  • Swedish's writing system is recorded as Latin script[9].
  • Swedish's writing system is recorded as Swedish alphabet[10].
  • Swedish's Commons category is recorded as Swedish language[11].
  • Swedish's Wikimedia language code is recorded as sv[12].
  • Swedish comprises Contemporary Swedish[13].
  • Swedish comprises South Swedish[14].
  • Swedish comprises Götamål dialect[15].
  • Swedish comprises Svealand Swedish[16].
  • Swedish comprises Norrland Swedish[17].
  • Swedish comprises Gutnish[18].
  • Swedish comprises Eastern Swedish[19].
  • Swedish comprises Gotlandic[20].
  • Swedish's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 60, 'longitude': 16}[21].
  • Swedish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Swedish language[22].
  • Swedish's language regulatory body is recorded as Swedish Language Council[23].
  • Swedish's language regulatory body is recorded as Swedish Academy[24].
  • Swedish's language regulatory body is recorded as Institute for the Languages of Finland[25].
  • Swedish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+9244250'}[26].
  • Swedish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+3118000'}[27].

Why It Matters

Swedish ranks in the top 0.16% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,396 views/month, #9 of 5,611).[2] Swedish has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Swedish is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · Néhémienathan · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Runic Swedish, Old Swedish, Modern Swedish +8
    Indigenous to → Kymenlaakso, Ostrobothnia, Sweden +2
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Language", "Swedish"], Entity["Language", "Swedish::557qk"]
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||0 */ Changing order of values for [[Property:P4839|P4839]]"
  2. 21d ago · Arctic Circle System · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Sweden, Finland, Estonia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q191]]"
  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2yPWfx
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → swedish-language
    Has characteristic → agreement, translation from Swedish, translation into Swedish
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: swedish-language, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289961022|swedish language (#289961022)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  5. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004259-svedstina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0004259-svedstina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  6. 17w ago · LadyData · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb interest id → in0000234
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13636]]: in0000234, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/265224522|Swedish (#265224522)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6416|IMDb interest ID]] #m"
  7. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Nci thesaurus id → C154146
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  8. 23w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Twitch tag id → 145b073b-cb70-4e91-b170-f5fab2ebba05
    Ethnologue language status → 1 National
    Indigenous to → Kymenlaakso, Ostrobothnia, Sweden +2
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 60, 'longitude': 16}
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2892]]: C0038996"
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