Introduction to Swedish/Time and dates
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The King Gustav Vasa ruled Sweden 1523-1560. He was burried in Uppsala.

The parliament of Sweden has 349 members.

Sankta Lucia procession, normally occurs in the morning the 13:th of December
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Grammar
Numbers 0-10
| noll | zero |
| ett | one |
| två | two |
| tre | three |
| fyra | four |
| fem | five |
| sex | six |
| sju | seven |
| åtta | eight |
| nio | nine |
| tio | ten |
Numbers 11-19
| elva | eleven | |
| tolv | twelve | |
| tretton | thirteen | |
| fjorton | fourteen | |
| femton | fifteen | |
| sexton | sixteen | |
| sjutton | seventeen | |
| arton | eighteen | |
| nitton | nineteen | |
Numbers 21-29
| tjugo | twenty | |
| tjugoett | twenty-one | |
| tjugotvå | twenty-two | |
| tjugotre | twenty-three | |
| tjugofyra | twenty-four | |
| tjugofem | twenty-five | |
| tjugosex | twenty-six | |
| tjugosju | twenty-seven | |
| tjugoåtta | twenty-eigth | |
| tjugonio | twenty-nine | |
Numbers 30-99
| trettio | thirty | |
| trettioett | thirty-one | |
| ... | ... | |
| fyrtio | forty | |
| fyrtioett | forty-one | |
| ... | ... | |
| femtio | fifty | |
| femtioett | fifty-one | |
| ... | ... | |
| sextio | sixty | |
| sextioett | sixty-one | |
| ... | ... | |
| sjuttio | seventy | |
| sjuttioett | seventy-one | |
| ... | ... | |
| åttio | eighty | |
| åttioett | eighty-one | |
| ... | ... | |
| nittio | ninety | |
| nittioett | ninety-one | |
Numbers 100-999

| ett hundra/hundra | one hundered |
| ett hundra ett/hundraett | one hundered and one |
| ... | ... |
| ett hundra tio/hundratio | one hundered and ten |
| ... | ... |
| två hundra ett/tvåhundraett | two hundred and one |
Numbers 1000-9999
| ett tusen/tusen | one thousend |
| ett tusen ett/tusenett | one thousend and one |
| ... | ... |
The weekdays
| måndag | Monday |
| tisdag | Tuesday |
| onsdag | Wednesday |
| torsdag | Thursday |
| fredag | Friday |
| lördag | Saturday |
| söndag | Sunday |
The months

| januari | January |
| februari | February |
| mars | March |
| april | April |
| maj | May |
| juni | June |
| juli | July |
| augusti | August |
| september | September |
| oktober | October |
| november | November |
| december | December |
Years 0-2010
| 0 | noll |
| 1000 | år tusen, är tiohundra |
| 1100 | år elvahundra |
| 1991 | år nittonhundranittioett |
| 2000 | år tvåtusen, år tjugohundra |
| 2001 | år tvåtusen ett, år tjugohundraett |
| 2010 | år tvåtusen tio, år tjugohundratio |
Time
| en sekund, flera sekunder | a second, several seconds |
| en minut, flera minuter | a minute, several minutes |
| en timme, flera timmar | an hour, several hours |
| en dag, flera dagar | a day, several days |
| en vecka, flera veckor | a week, several days |
| en månad, flera månader | a month, several months |
| ett år, flera år | a year, several years |
| ett decenium, flera decenier | a decade, several decades |
| ett århundrade, flera århundraden | a hundred years, several hundred years |
| ett millennium, flera millennier | a thousand years, several thousand years |
The clock
| klockan två | at two o'clock |
| fem över två | five minutes past two |
| kvart över två | quarter past two |
| fem i halv tre | 25 minutes past two |
| halv tre | half past two/half two |
| fem över halv tre | 35 minutes past two |
| kvart i tre | quarter to three |
Exercise
Translate into English.
- Hon har väntat i en halvtimme.
- Mötet börjar tjugo över nio.
- Man har fem veckors semester här.
- Hon är i sjunde månaden.
- Hon är fem månader.
Translate into Swedish.
- January was colder than February.
- The Swedish Academy has eighteen chairs.
- You owe me a thousend crowns.
- They were born nineteen hundered and eighty seven.
- The pizza will be ready in fifteen minutes.
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