Holidays & Good wishes in Swedish

Now you know how to talk about date and time in Swedish, let’s continue with some more special occasions, holidays and how to wish people well in Swedish.

Contents

Good wishes
Holidays & festive occasions
Verbs
Vocabulary & Phrases
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Good wishes

English	Swedish	Pronunciation (Audio)
All the best!	Med vänliga hälsningar!
Congratulations!	Grattis!
Good luck!	Lycka till!
Happy birthday!	Grattis på födelsedagen!
Merry Christmas!	God jul!
Happy Easter!	Glad påsk!
Happy New Year!	Gott nytt år!
with all my heart / wholehearted	med hela mitt hjärta helhjärtat

Holidays & festive occasions

English	Swedish	Pronunciation (Audio)
birthday [Sg]	födelsedag
birthdays [Pl]	födelsedagar
Christmas [Sg]	jul
Christmas [Pl]	jular
Yule [Sg]	jul
Yule [Pl]	jular
Christmas Eve [Sg]	julafton
Christmas Eve [Pl]	julaftnar
Easter	påsk
Easter holidays	påskhelger
Pentecost / Whitsun	pingst
New Year’s Eve [Sg]	nyårsafton
New Year’s Eve [Pl]	nyårsaftnar
New Year	nyår
wedding [Sg]	bröllop
weddings [Pl]	bröllop
name day [Sg]	namnsdag
name days [Pl]	namnsdagar
Valentine’s Day	alla hjärtans dag
anniversary [Sg]	årsdag
anniversaries [Pl]	årsdagar

Verbs

English	Swedish	Pronunciation (Audio)
(to) invite	(att) bjuda in
(to) wish	(att) önska
(to) make a gift	(att) göra en gåva
(to) get	(att) hämta få

Vocabulary & Phrases

English	Swedish	Pronunciation (Audio)
party [Sg]	fest
parties [Pl]	fester
birthday party [Sg]	födelsedagsfest
birthday parties [Pl]	födelsedagsfester
invitation [Sg]	inbjudan
invitations [Pl]	inbjudningar
I invite you to the party!	Jag bjuder in dig till festen!
wish [Sg]	önskan
wishes [Pl]	önskningar
What would you like? / What do you want?	Vad skulle du vilja ha? Vad vill du ha?
surprise [Sg]	överraskning
surprises [Pl]	överraskningar
present / gift [Sg]	present gåva
presents / gifts [Pl]	presenter gåvor

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I invite you to the party!
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