Swedish exonyms
Below is list of Swedish language exonyms for places in non-Swedish-speaking areas of the world.
Older Swedish forms, which are not commonly used nowadays, are in brackets ().
Albania
| English name |
Local name (Albanian) |
Swedish name |
| Albania |
Shqipëri/Shqipëria |
Albanien |
| Tirana |
Tiranë |
Tirana |
Argentina
Austria
| English name |
Local name (German) |
Swedish name |
| Austria |
Österreich |
Österrike |
| Tyrol |
Tirol |
Tyrolen |
Belgium
| English name |
Local name (Dutch/French) |
Swedish name |
| Belgium |
België/Belgique |
Belgien |
| Bruges |
Brugge/Bruges |
Brygge |
| Brussels |
Brussel/Bruxelles |
Bryssel (Brüssel) |
| Ostend |
Oostende/Ostende |
Ostende |
| Ypres |
Ieper/Ypres |
Ypern |
China
Cuba
| English name |
Local name (Spanish) |
Swedish name |
| Cuba |
Cuba |
Cuba or Kuba |
| Havana |
Habana |
Havanna |
Czech Republic
Denmark
| English name |
Local name (Danish) |
Swedish name |
| Elsinore |
Helsingør |
Helsingör |
| Copenhagen |
København |
Köpenhamn |
| Zealand |
Sjælland |
Själland |
Egypt
| English name |
Local name (Arabic) |
Swedish name |
| Egypt |
Miṣr or Maṣr |
Egypten |
| Alexandria |
al-Iskandariyya |
Alexandria |
| Cairo |
al-Qāhira |
Kairo |
Estonia
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.
Faroese Islands
| English name |
Local name |
Swedish name |
| Tórshavn |
Tórshavn |
Torshamn or Tórshavn |
Finland
Swedish is one of the two official languages of Finland, so the Swedish names of places in Finland are not really exonyms (unless a municipality is officially and de facto unilingually Finnish, and even then they are just as official as local names as the Finnish names are). For Swedish places names in Finland, please consult Municipalities of Finland
| English name |
Local name (Finnish/Swedish) |
Swedish name |
| Finland |
Suomi/Finland |
Finland |
| Helsinki |
Helsinki/Helsingfors |
Helsingfors |
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Israel and Palestine
| English name |
Local name (Hebrew/Arabic) |
Swedish name |
| Bethlehem |
Beyt Leḥem/Bayt Laḥm |
Betlehem |
| Jerusalem |
Yerushaláyim/al-Quds al-Sharif |
Jerusalem |
| Nazareth |
Natzrat or Natzeret/al-Nāṣira or al-Naseriyye |
Nasaret |
Italy
Luxembourg
| English name |
Local name (French/German/Luxembourgian) |
Swedish name |
| Luxembourg |
Luxembourg/Luxemburg/ Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg |
Luxemburg |
Mexico
| English name |
Local name (Spanish) |
Swedish name |
| Mexico City |
Ciudad de México |
Mexico City |
The Netherlands
| English name |
Local name (Dutch) |
Swedish name |
| The Hague |
Den Haag |
Haag |
Poland
| English name |
Local name (Polish) |
Swedish name |
| Poland |
Polska |
Polen |
| Gdansk |
Gdańsk |
Gdansk (Danzig) |
| Szczecin |
Szczecin |
Stettin |
Portugal
| English name |
Local name (Portugese) |
Swedish name |
| Lisbon |
Lisboa |
Lissabon |
Romania
| English name |
Local name (Romanian) |
Swedish name |
| Romania |
România |
Rumänien |
| Bucharest |
Bucureşti |
Bukarest |
Russia
South Africa
| English name |
Local name (English/Afrikaans/Xhosa) |
Swedish name |
| Cape Town |
Cape Town/Kaapstad/iKapa |
Kapstaden |
Syria
| English name |
Local name (Arabic) |
Swedish name |
| Aleppo |
Ḥalab |
Aleppo |
| Damascus |
Dimashq |
Damaskus |
Turkey
| English name |
Local name (Turkish) |
Swedish name |
| Antioch |
Antakya |
Antiochia |
Istanbul
(Constantinople) |
İstanbul
(Kostantiniyye) |
Istanbul (Stanbul)
(Konstantinopel)
(Miklagarðr/Miklagård (ancient Norse in the Viking age)) |
| Troy |
Truva/Troia |
Troja |
United States of America
U.S. Virgin Islands
| English name |
Local name (English) |
Swedish name |
| Virgin Islands |
Jungfruöarna |
See also