The
Swedish alphabet consists of the following 29 letters:
A,
B,
C,
D,
E,
F,
G,
H,
I,
J,
K,
L,
M,
N,
O,
P,
Q,
R,
S,
T,
U,
V,
W,
X,
Y,
Z,
Å,
Ä,
ÖIn addition to the commonly occurring letters of the
Latin alphabet, A-Z, the Swedish alphabet has the three
letters, "Å", "Ä" and "Ö". The letters "Å", "Ä" and "Ö" are considered distinct letters in Swedish and are sorted after
Z as shown above (unlike the
German umlauts in the
German alphabet).Since the additional letters do not mark grammatical variation, as in
tense or
mood, or syllable modification (
diaeresis), they are not in function instances of
diacritical marking. It is therefore not correct to refer to these characters as umlauts, despite the lack of a better term in English. The umlauted "
Ü" is recognised, but is only used in names of
German origin. It is otherwise treated as a variant of "
Y" and is called a "German Y". In Swedish "Y" is a vowel, and is pronounced as a consonant only in certain loanwords.
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