• Only names considered more or less typically Swedish are included in the list.


• Most names which are pronounced almost identically in English are not included in the list.


• General rules of pronunciation: The stress is on the underlined syllable as in English ‘Peter’. A vowel followed by a colon, /:/, indicates a long sound as in English ‘fa:ther’.

Agnes – ungness

Agneta – ungne:ta (/e:/ as a long variety of /e/ in ’set’)

Andersson – undeshonn (/e/ as in ‘set’)

Anna - unna

Annika – unnika

Berger – bairyerr (/err/ as in ’error’)

Birger – birryerr (/err/ as in ’error’)

Björck – byoerrk (/oe/ as vowel sound in ‘bird’)

Bjurman – byi:rmun (/y/ as in ‘young’, /i:/ sounds more Swedish with rounded lips, similar to French /u/ in ‘une’)

Blomkvist – bloomkvist (but /oo/ is short)

Bodin – boodi:n (but /oo/ is short)

Bohman – boomunn 

Borg – bory

Borgsjö - borysher

Camilla – kumilla

Christer – kristerr (/err/ as in ’error’)

Dag – da:g (/a:/ long /a/ as in ’arm’)

Edklinth – e:dklint (/e:/ as a long variety of /e/ in ’set’)

Ekström – e:kstroem (/e:/ as a long variety of /e/ in ’set’, /oe/ as vowel sound in ’bird’)

Erik – e:rik (/e:/ as a long variety of /e/ in ’set’)

Erika – eri:ka

Erlander – airlunderr (/a:/ long /a/ as in ’arm’)

Eugen – e-ooshe:n (/e:/ as a long variety of /e/ in ’set’)

Evert – e:vet (/e:/ as a long variety of /e/ in ’set’)

Falk – fulk

Faste – fuste (/e/ as in ‘set’)

Fräklund - frayklearned (/r/ in ’learned‘ not pronounced)

Frode – froode (/e/ as in ’set’)

Gerda –yaida (/ai/ as in ’air‘)

Greger – gre:gerr (/e:/ as a long variety of /e/ in ’set’, /err/ as in ’error’)

Gullberg – girlbairy (/r/ in ‘girl’ not pronounced)

Gunnar – gurnurr (/r/ in gur not pronounced)

Gustaf/Gustav – gurstav (/r/ in gur not pronounced)

Håkan - hawkunn

Hans – ha:ns (/a:/ long /a/ as in ’arm’)

Harald – ha:ruld (/a:/ long /a/ as in ’arm’)

Hedström – he:dstroem (/e:/ as a long variety of /e/ in ’set’, /oe/ as vowel sound in ’bird’)

Helena – hele:na (/e:/ as a long variety of /e/ in ’set’)

Holger – hollgerr (/g/ as in ’give’, /err/ as in ’error’)

Holmberg - holmbairy

Irene – ire:n (/e:/ as a long variety of /e/ in ‘set’)

Jacobsson – ya:kopsonn (/a:/ long /a/ as in ’arm’)

Jan – yarn (/r/ not pronounced)

Jerker – yerrkerr (/err/ as in ‘error’)

Jervas – yerrvuss (/err/ as in ‘error’)

Jesper – yesperr (/err/ as in ’error’)

Joakim – yoo’ukim

Johansson – yoohunssonn

Jonasson - yoonussonn

Kalle – kulle (/e/ as in ’set’)

Lisbeth – lisbett

Lundin – learndi:n (/r/ in ’learn‘ not pronounced)

Löderman – loederrmunn (/oe/ as vowel sound in ’bird’, /err/ as in ‘error’)

Magnusson - mungnerssonn

Malin – ma:lin

Malm – mulm

Mårtensson – mawtensonn

Martin - muttinn

Mia – mi:a

Mikaelsson – mi:ka-ellsonn

Modig – moodyg

Monica – mawnika

Nesser – nesserr (/err/ as in ’error’)

Nyberg – ni:bairy (/i:/ sounds more Swedish with rounded lips, similar to French /u/ in ‘une’)

Nygren – ni:gre:n (see Nyberg above and Palmgren below)

Palmgren – pulmgre:n (/e:/ as long variety of /e/ in ‘set’)

Persson – pairshon

Richard - rickudd

Salander – sullunderr (/err/ as in ’error‘)

Torsten - toshten

Ulrika – earlri:ka (/r/ in ’earl‘ not pronounced)

Vanger – vungerr (/err/ as in ’error‘)

Wadensjöö – va:denshir (/r/ not pronounced)

Wennerström – vennerrstroem (/err/ as in ’error‘, /oe/ as vowel sound in ’bird’)

William - villium