Below is list of Swedish language exonyms for places in non-Swedish-speaking areas of the world. Not included are spelling changes and translations of non-proper nouns.
In general[edit]
Diacritical marks (such as ´ ` ^ etc above letters) are generally stripped, except that Å, Ä, Ö, are kept, and usually also Ü and É (but È and Á are written E and A).
Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic and Faroese Æ and Ø are often written as AE or Ä and Ö, especially in the press.
Foreign place names containing a direction such as South or Upper are often translated, e.g.:
but U.S. states nowadays keep their English names in Sweden:
- e.g. South Carolina and West Virginia
Albania[edit]
 Albania Albanien
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| English name
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Swedish name
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Endonym
|
Notes
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| Tirana
|
Tirana
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Tiranë
|
|
Argentina[edit]
Austria[edit]
 Austria Österrike
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| English name
|
Swedish name
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Endonym
|
Notes
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| Tyrol
|
Tyrolen
|
Tirol
|
|
Belgium[edit]
 Belgium Belgien
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| English name
|
Swedish name
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Endonym
|
Notes
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| Name
|
Language
|
| Bruges
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Brygge
|
Brugge
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Dutch
|
|
| Brussels
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Bryssel (Brüssel)
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Brussel
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Dutch
|
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| Bruxelles
|
French
|
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| Ostend
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Ostende
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Oostende
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Dutch
|
|
| Ypres
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Ypern
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Ieper
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Dutch
|
|
Bulgaria[edit]
Croatia[edit]
 Cuba Kuba
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| English name
|
Swedish name
|
Endonym
|
| Havana
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Havanna
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Habana
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Czechia[edit]
 Czechia Tjeckien
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| English name
|
Swedish name
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Endonym
|
Notes
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| Name
|
Language
|
| Bohemia
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Böhmen
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Čechy
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Czech
|
|
| Elbe
|
Elbe
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Labe
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Czech
|
|
| Moravia
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Mähren
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Morava
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Czech
|
|
| Prague
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Prag
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Praha
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Czech
|
|
| Silesia
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Schlesien
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Slezko
|
Czech
|
|
Denmark[edit]
Newspapers in Sweden usually write all æ as ä or ae and all ø as ö, because of the lack of æ and ø on the Windows keyboard layout for Swedish, and historically because of the lack of them on Swedish typewriters. Swedish newspapers normally write aa as å. Aa is the traditional spelling of the "aw" sound in Danish, but this spelling does not exist for this sound in Swedish. Both spellings of the sound exist in Danish, aa in some names, but å always being correct.
Swedish Wikipedia writes Danish place names using the original æ and ø, except for those listed above.
 Egypt Egypten
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| English name
|
Swedish name
|
Endonym
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Notes
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| Name
|
Language
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| Egypt
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Egypten
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Miṣr, Maṣr
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Arabic
|
|
| Alexandria
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Alexandria
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al-Iskandariyya
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Standard Arabic
|
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| Cairo
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Kairo
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al-Qāhira
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Standard Arabic
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|
| Luxor
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Luxor
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al-Uqṣur
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Standard Arabic
|
|
Estonia[edit]
Estonia had a significant indigenous Swedish-speaking population until the mid-20th Century, so many of these names are not really exonyms in the strict sense of the word.
Swedish names in italic in the table can be considered archaic, and the Estonian version of those are usually used nowadays in Swedish.
Faroe Islands[edit]
Finland[edit]
Swedish is one of the two official languages of Finland, so the Swedish names of places in Finland are not exonyms.
 France Frankrike
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| English name
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Swedish name
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Endonym
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Notes
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| Name
|
Language
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| Aquitaine
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Akvitanien
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Aquitaine
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French
|
|
| Ardennes
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Ardennerna
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Ardennes
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French
|
|
| Burgundy
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Burgund
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Bourgogne
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French
|
|
| Corsica
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Korsika
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Corse
|
French
|
|
| Normandy
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Normandiet
|
Normandie
|
French
|
|
| Pyrenees
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Pyrenéerna
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Pyrénées
|
French
|
|
| Rhine
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Rhen
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Rhin
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French
|
|
Germany[edit]
 Germany Tyskland
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| English name
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Swedish name
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Endonym
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Notes
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| Name
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Language
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| Gottorp
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Gottorp
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Gottorf
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German
|
|
| Rhine
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Rhen
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Rhein
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German
|
|
Hungary[edit]
Iceland[edit]
Ireland[edit]
 Iraq Iraq
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| English name
|
Swedish name
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Endonym
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Notes
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| Name
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Language
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| Euphrates
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Eufrat
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al-Furāt
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Arabic
|
|
| Tigris
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Tigris
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Dijla
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Arabic
|
|
 Israel Israel
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| English name
|
Swedish name
|
Endonym
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Notes
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| Name
|
Language
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| Acre
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Akko
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'Akkā
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Arabic
|
|
| 'Ako
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Hebrew
|
|
| Capernaum
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Kafarnaum (Kapernaum)
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Kfar Naḥum
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Hebrew
|
|
| Talhum
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Arabic
|
|
| Galilee
|
Galileen
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Al-Jalīl
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Arabic
|
|
| HaGalil
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Hebrew
|
|
| Jaffa
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Jaffa
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Yaffa
|
Arabic
|
|
| Yafo
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Hebrew
|
|
| Judea
|
Judeen
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Yahudia
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Arabic
|
|
| Yehuda
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Hebrew
|
|
| Nazareth
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Nasaret
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al-Nāṣira
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Standard Arabic
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|
| al-Nāṣeriyye
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Palestinian Arabic
|
|
| Natzrat, Natzeret
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Hebrew
|
|
| Tiberias
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Tiberias
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Ṭabariyya
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Arabic
|
|
| Tverya
|
Hebrew
|
|
 Italy Italien
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| English name
|
Swedish name
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Endonym
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Notes
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| Name
|
Language
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| Florence
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Florens
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Firenze
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Italian
|
|
| Genoa
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Genua
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Genova
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Italian
|
|
| Lombardy
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Lombardiet
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Lombardia
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Italian
|
|
| Naples
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Neapel
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Napoli
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Italian
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|
| Padua
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Padua
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Padova
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Italian
|
|
| Rome
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Rom
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Roma
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Italian
|
|
| Sardinia
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Sardinien
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Sardegna
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Italian
|
|
| Sicily
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Sicilien
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Sicilia
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Italian
|
|
| Syracuse
|
Syrakusa
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Siracusa
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Italian
|
|
| Tiber
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Tibern
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Tevere
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Italian
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|
| Turin
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Turin
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Torino
|
Italian
|
|
| Tyrol
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Tyrolen
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Tirolo
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Italian
|
|
| Venice
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Venedig
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Venezia
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Italian
|
|
| Venetia
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Venetien
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Veneto
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Italian
|
|
| Vesuvius
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Vesuvius
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Vesuvio
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Italian
|
|
Lebanon[edit]
 Lebanon Libanon
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| English name
|
Swedish name
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Endonym
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Notes
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| Name
|
Language
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| Beirut
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Beirut
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Bayrūt
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Arabic
|
|
| Sidon
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Sayda, Sidon
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Ṣaydā
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Arabic
|
|
| Tyre
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Tyros
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Ṣūr
|
Arabic
|
|
Lithuania[edit]
 Mali Mali
|
| English name
|
Swedish name
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Endonym
|
Notes
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| Name
|
Language
|
| Timbuktu
|
Timbuktu
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Tombouctou
|
French
|
|
Morocco[edit]
 Morocco Marocko
|
| English name
|
Swedish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
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| Name
|
Language
|
| Casablanca
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Casablanca
|
Ed-Dah el-Biḍa
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Arabic
|
|
| Marrakesh
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Marrakech
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Murrākuš
|
Arabic
|
|
| Tangier
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Tanger
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Ṭanjah
|
Arabic
|
|
Netherlands[edit]
The (more or less, requires some knowledge of certain words) mutually intelligible Norwegian and Swedish languages have different spelling systems for the same sounds.
Newspapers in Sweden usually write all æ as ä or ae and all ø as ö, because of the lack of æ and ø on the Windows keyboard layout for Swedish, and historically because of the lack of them on Swedish typewriters. Apart from æ and ø, the Norwegian spelling is used in Sweden.
Examples include Askøy, Bodø, Bærum, Galdhøpiggen, Gjøvik, Hønefoss, Røros, Stjørdal, Tønsberg, Tromsø, Vadsø and Østfold, which are usually by media written as Asköy, Bodö, Bärum or Baerum, Galdhöpiggen, Gjövik, Hönefoss, Röros, Stjördal, Tönsberg, Tromsö, Vadsö and Östfold.
The Norwegian spelling with æ and ø is still often used. Swedish Wikipedia writes Norwegian place names using the original æ and ø.
Palestine[edit]
 Palestine Palestina
|
| English name
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Swedish name
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Endonym
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Notes
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| Name
|
Language
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| Bethlehem
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Betlehem
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Bayt Laḥm
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Arabic
|
|
| Beyt Leḥem
|
Hebrew
|
|
| Hebron
|
Hebron
|
Al-Khalīl
|
Arabic
|
|
| Ḥevron
|
Hebrew
|
|
| Jericho
|
Jeriko
|
'Arīḥā
|
Arabic
|
|
| Yeriḥo
|
Hebrew
|
|
| Jerusalem
|
Jerusalem
|
Al-Quds
|
Arabic
|
|
| Yerushaláyim
|
Hebrew
|
|
 Poland Polen
|
| English name
|
Swedish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Carpathians
|
Karpaterna
|
Karpaty
|
Polish
|
|
| Gdańsk
|
Gdansk (Danzig)
|
Gdańsk
|
Polish
|
|
| Masuria
|
Masurien
|
Mazury
|
Polish
|
|
| Mazovia
|
Masovien
|
Mazowieckie
|
Polish
|
|
| Pomerania
|
Pommern
|
Pomorze
|
Polish
|
|
| Silesia
|
Schlesien
|
Śląsk
|
Polish
|
|
| Szczecin
|
Stettin
|
Szczecin
|
Polish
|
|
| Warmia
|
Ermland
|
Warmia
|
Polish
|
|
| Warsaw
|
Warschau
|
Warszawa
|
Polish
|
Swedish now uses endonym
|
| Poznań
|
Poznan (Posen)
|
Poznań
|
Polish
|
|
| Wschowa
|
Wschowa (Fraustadt)
|
Wschowa
|
Polish
|
|
| Wrocław
|
Wroclaw (Breslau)
|
Wrocław
|
Polish
|
|
Portugal[edit]
 Portugal Portugal
|
| English name
|
Swedish name
|
Endonym
|
| Lisbon
|
Lissabon
|
Lisboa
|
Romania[edit]
Some of these names are not really exonyms in the strict sense of the word, as the places have been part of Sweden, some founded as such.
Saudi Arabia[edit]
Slovakia[edit]
South Africa[edit]
 South Africa Sydafrika
|
| English name
|
Swedish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Cape Town
|
Kapstaden
|
Cape Town
|
English
|
|
| iKapa
|
Zulu
|
|
| Kaapstad
|
Afrikaans
|
|
 Spain Spanien
|
| English name
|
Swedish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Andalusia
|
Andalusien
|
Andalucía
|
Spanish
|
|
| Aragon
|
Aragonien
|
Aragón
|
Spanish
|
|
| Asturias
|
Asturien
|
Asturias
|
Spanish
|
|
| Basque Country
|
Baskien
|
Euskadi
|
Basque
|
|
| País Vasco
|
Spanish
|
|
| Castile
|
Kastilien
|
Castilla
|
Spanish
|
|
| Catalonia
|
Katalonien
|
Cataluña
|
Spanish
|
|
| Catalunya
|
Catalan
|
|
| Galicia
|
Galicien
|
Galicia
|
Spanish
|
|
| Pyrenees
|
Pyrenéerna
|
Pirineus
|
Catalan
|
|
| Pirinoak
|
Basque
|
|
| Pireneos
|
Spanish
|
|
| Tenerife
|
Teneriffa
|
Tenerife
|
Spanish
|
|
Switzerland[edit]
 Switzerland Schweiz
|
| English name
|
Swedish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Rhine
|
Rhen
|
Reno
|
Italian
|
|
| Rhein
|
German
|
|
| Rhin
|
French
|
|
 Syria Syrien
|
| English name
|
Swedish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Aleppo
|
Aleppo
|
Ḥalab
|
Arabic
|
|
| Damascus
|
Damaskus
|
Dimashq
|
Arabic
|
|
| Euphrates
|
Eufrat
|
Al-Furāt
|
Arabic
|
|
Ukraine[edit]
 Ukraine Ukraina
|
| English name
|
Swedish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Danube
|
Donau
|
Dunai
|
|
| Galicia
|
Galizien
|
Halychyna
|
|
| Kyiv
|
Kiev
|
Kyiv
|
Was called Könugård during the Viking age
|
United Kingdom[edit]
 United Kingdom Det Förenade Kungariket/ Storbritannien
|
| English name
|
Swedish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Great Britain
|
Storbritannien
|
Great Britain
|
English
|
The name of the island of Great Britain
|
| Danelaw
|
Danelagen
|
Danelagh (English)
Danelaw (English)
Denelagu (Old English)
Danelagen (Old Norse, Danish, Swedish)
|
Old Norse
|
|
| British Virgin Islands
|
Brittiska Jungfruöarna
|
British Virgin Islands
|
English
|
|
| United Kingdom
|
Storbritannien
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
United Kingdom (UK),
Britain
|
English
|
The name of the country of the United Kingdom
|
| Isle of Man
|
Mön
|
Isle of Man (English)
Mannin, Ellan Vannin (Manx)
Mön (Old Norse)
|
Old Norse
|
|
| Northern Ireland
|
Nordirland
|
Northern Ireland (English)
Tuaisceart Éireann (Irish)
Norlin Airlann (Ulster Scots)
|
Ulser Scots,
English
|
|
| England
|
England
|
England
|
Anglo-Saxon
|
|
| London
|
Lundúnir (old name, London is currently used)
|
London (English)
Lundúnir (Old Norse)
Londonium (Latin)
Londonjon (Common Brittonic)
|
Common Brittonic
|
|
| Thames
|
Themsen
|
Tamesas
|
Common Brittonic
|
|
| York
|
Jorvik
|
Jórvík
|
Old Norse
|
A ''true'' modern Swedish name for ''New York'' could be ''Nya Jorvik''
|
| Dover
|
Dofrar (little used)
|
Portus Dubris (Latin)
Dofrar (Old Norse)
Dover (English)
|
Latin
|
|
| Canterbury
|
Kantaraborg
|
Canterbury
|
Anglo-Saxon
|
|
| Cambridge
|
Kambabryggja (little used)
|
Cambridge
|
Anglo-Saxon
|
|
| Oxford
|
Öxnafurða (obsolete)
|
Oxford (English)
Öxnafurða (Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese)
|
Old Norse
|
|
| Yarmouth
|
Järnamoda
|
Járnamóða
|
Old Norse
|
|
| Southampton
|
Suðurhamtún (obsolete)
|
Clausentum (Latin)
Southampton (English, Anglo-Saxon)
Suðurhamtún (Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese
|
Latin
|
|
| Scotland
|
Skottland
|
Scotland (English, Scots)
Alba (Scottish Gaelic)
|
Scots, English
|
|
| Edinburgh
|
Edinborg
|
Edinburgh (English, Scots)
Dùn Èideann (Scottish Gaelic)
Edinborg (Swedish, Old Norse)
|
Scots,
English
|
|
| Aberdeen
|
Apardjon (obsolete)
|
Aberdeen (English)
Aiberdeen (Scots)
Obar Dheathain (Scottish Gaelic)
Apardjón (Old Norse)
Aberdonia (Latin)
|
Scots
|
|
| Lerwick
|
Larvik
|
Lerwick (English, Scots)
Larvik (Norn, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish)
Leirvík (Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese)
|
Old Norse
|
|
| Wales
|
Kymrien (though Wales is mostly used)
|
Cymru (Welsh)
Wales (English)
|
Welsh
|
|
Some historic area names beginning with British are translated, such as British Guyana into "Brittiska Guyana". British Columbia in Canada is nowadays kept.
United States[edit]
See also[edit]
This article "Swedish exonyms" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Swedish exonyms. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
Argentina Argentina
Bulgaria Bulgarien
China Kina
Croatia Kroatien
Denmark Danmark
Estonia Estland
Faroe Islands Färöarna
Greece Grekland
Hungary Ungern
Iceland Island
Latvia Lettland
Lithuania Litauen
Netherlands Nederländerna
Romania Rumänien
Russia Ryssland
Saudi Arabia Saudiarabien
Slovakia Slovakien
Turkey Turkiet
United States Förenta staterna/ Amerika
