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<div class="pg_page_title">Family members & Relatives in Swedish</div>
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If you're studying the family vocabulary in Swedish, you'll quickly discover that the distinction between your maternal and paternal family lines is deeply ingrained in the Swedish language. When it comes to grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews, there are different words for each depending on whether they fall on your mother's side or your father's side (or your daughter or your brother).


"Familj" means family and "släkt" means relatives. How these words are used in Swedish can vary a little. Some people talk about family as only the people you live with, others with the relatives you are close to, and some for extended family. Swedes usually don't use the word "släkt" unless it's for more distant family members that they aren't very close to.


Hej everybody,
Below, you'll find our comprehensive vocabulary guide for talking about family in Swedish. After mastering this lesson, you might also be interested in exploring other related topics, such as our [[Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/List-of-confused-words|list of commonly confused Swedish words]], learning [[Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/How-to-talk-about-a-person%27s-appearance-or-personality|how to describe a person's appearance or personality in Swedish]], or expanding your knowledge with our [[Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/Food|Swedish food vocabulary guide]].
 
==Familj (Family)==
In today's lesson you will learn how to talk about the family members in Swedish.
 
Feel free to edit this page by adding new words and expressions!
 
Good learning ! :)
 
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Svenska
!English
!English
!Swedish
|-
!'''grandparents generation'''
!'''farföräldrar och morföräldrar generation'''
|-
|father's father
|farfar
|-
|father's mother
|farmor
|-
|mother's father
|morfar
|-
|-
|en farfar (farfadern)
|mother's mother
en morfar (morfadern)
|mormor
|paternal grandfather
maternal grandfather
|-
|-
|en farmor (farmodern)
!'''parents generation'''
en mormor (mormodern)
!'''föräldrar generation'''
|paternal grandmother
maternal grandmother
|-
|-
|far  , en fader (fadern)
en pappa (pappan)
|father
|father
dad
|far
|-
|-
|mor  , en moder (modern)
en mamma (mamman)
|mother
|mother
mom
|mor
|-
|father's brother
|farbror
|-
|mother's brother
|morbror
|-
|-
|en make (maken)
|father's sister
|husband
|faster
|-
|-
|en hustru (hustrun)
|mother's sister
|wife, spouse
|moster
|-
|-
|en människa (människan)
|godfather
|human being
|gudfader
|-
|-
|en man (mannen)
|godmother
|man
|gudmor
|-
|-
|en kvinna (kvinnan)
|father-in-law
|woman
|svärfar
|-
|-
|släktingar (släktingarna),
|mother-in-law
anhöriga
|svärmor
|relatives
|-
|-
|en farbror (farbrodern)
!'''peers'''
en morbror (morbrodern)
!'''jämlikar'''
|paternal uncle
maternal uncle
|-
|-
|en faster (fastern)
|brother
en moster (mostern)
|bror
|paternal aunt
maternal aunt
|-
|-
|en brorson / systerson
|sister
en brorsdotter / systerdotter
|syster
|nephew [brother/sister's son
niece [brother/sister's daughter
|-
|-
|en kusin (kusinen)
|cousin
|cousin
|kusin
|-
|wife
|fru
|-
|-
|en pojke (pojken)
|husband
en flicka (flickan)
|man
|boy
girl
|-
|-
|en son (sonen)
|brother-in-law
en dotter (dottern)
|svåger
|-
|sister-in-law
|svägerska
|-
!'''children generation'''
!'''barn generation'''
|-
|son
|son
|son
daughter
|-
|-
|en bror, broder (brodern)
|daughter
en syster (systern)
|dotter
|brother
|-
sister
|brother's son
|brorson
|-
|sister's son
|systerson
|-
|brother's daughter
|brorsdotter
|-
|sister's daughter
|systerdotter
|-
|son-in-law
|svärson
|-
|-
|ett barn (barnet)
|daughter-in-law
|child
|svärdotter
|-
|-
|en baby (babyn)
!'''grandchildren generation'''
|baby
!'''barnbarn generation'''
|-
|-
|en vän (vännen)
|son's son
bästa vän, bästis
|sonson
|friend
best friend
|-
|-
|en pojkvän (pojkvännen)
|daughter's son
en flickvän (flickvännen)
|dotterson
|boyfriend
girlfriend
|-
|-
|en kompis (kompisen)
|son's daughter
|companion, comrade
|sondotter
|-
|-
|en granne (grannen)
|daughter's daughter
|neighbour
|dotterdotter
|}
|}
== '''Familj (Family)''' ==
* Mor = mother
* Far = father
* Mamma = mom
* Pappa = dad
* Son = son
* Dotter = daughter
* Barn = child
* Syster = sister
* Bror = brother
* Syskon = sibling
* Husdjur = pet
== '''Släkt (relatives)''' ==
* Moster = aunt (maternal)
* Faster = aunt (paternal)
* Morbror = uncle (maternal)
* Farbror= uncle (paternal)
* Kusin = cousin
* Mormor = grandmother (maternal)
* Morfar = grandfather (maternal)
* Farmor = grandmother (paternal)
* Farfar = grandfather (paternal)


==Videos==
==Videos==
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===How to Talk about Your Family in Swedish?===
===How to Talk about Your Family in Swedish?===
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSklTi9v-60</youtube>
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSklTi9v-60</youtube>




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[[Category: Swedish/Beginner]]
[[Category: Swedish/Beginner]]
==Other Lessons==
* [[Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/How-to-keep-a-conversation-going|How to keep a conversation going]]
* [[Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/Feelings-and-Emotions|Feelings and Emotions]]
* [[Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/Verbs-in-Swedish|Verbs in Swedish]]
* [[Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/Months-of-the-Year|Months of the Year]]
* [[Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/Education|Education]]
* [[Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/Computer|Computer]]
* [[Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/Dinner-Table|Dinner Table]]
* [[Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/Animal|Animal]]
* [[Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/Clothes|Clothes]]
* [[Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/Camping|Camping]]
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Latest revision as of 22:35, 24 March 2023

Family members & Relatives in Swedish
Family in Swedish.png

If you're studying the family vocabulary in Swedish, you'll quickly discover that the distinction between your maternal and paternal family lines is deeply ingrained in the Swedish language. When it comes to grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews, there are different words for each depending on whether they fall on your mother's side or your father's side (or your daughter or your brother).

"Familj" means family and "släkt" means relatives. How these words are used in Swedish can vary a little. Some people talk about family as only the people you live with, others with the relatives you are close to, and some for extended family. Swedes usually don't use the word "släkt" unless it's for more distant family members that they aren't very close to.

Below, you'll find our comprehensive vocabulary guide for talking about family in Swedish. After mastering this lesson, you might also be interested in exploring other related topics, such as our list of commonly confused Swedish words, learning how to describe a person's appearance or personality in Swedish, or expanding your knowledge with our Swedish food vocabulary guide.

Familj (Family)[edit | edit source]

English Swedish
grandparents generation farföräldrar och morföräldrar generation
father's father farfar
father's mother farmor
mother's father morfar
mother's mother mormor
parents generation föräldrar generation
father far
mother mor
father's brother farbror
mother's brother morbror
father's sister faster
mother's sister moster
godfather gudfader
godmother gudmor
father-in-law svärfar
mother-in-law svärmor
peers jämlikar
brother bror
sister syster
cousin kusin
wife fru
husband man
brother-in-law svåger
sister-in-law svägerska
children generation barn generation
son son
daughter dotter
brother's son brorson
sister's son systerson
brother's daughter brorsdotter
sister's daughter systerdotter
son-in-law svärson
daughter-in-law svärdotter
grandchildren generation barnbarn generation
son's son sonson
daughter's son dotterson
son's daughter sondotter
daughter's daughter dotterdotter

Videos[edit | edit source]

Learning Swedish (Family Members) "Swedish dialogue" (2020)[edit | edit source]

Swedish names for family members - 10 Swedish Words[edit | edit source]

How to Talk about Your Family in Swedish?[edit | edit source]


Other Lessons[edit | edit source]

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