{"id":20827,"date":"2020-05-28T14:43:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T14:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/?page_id=20827"},"modified":"2021-01-03T17:49:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T17:49:35","slug":"swedish-language-quick-facts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/ebooks\/swedish-language-quick-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Language Quick Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Swedish, a close relative of Norwegian and Danish, is spoken by approximately 9 million people worldwide. The vast majority of whom live in Sweden, where it is the de facto official language.<\/p>\n

A significant number of Swedish speakers also live in Finland (mainly on the southern, southwest and west coasts), where Swedish is recognized as an official language along with Finnish.<\/p>\n

Modern Swedish's origins date back to the early 1500s with the translation of the New Testament into Swedish, followed by a translation of the entire Bible into Swedish in 1540. The standard form of the language spoken today began to emerge in the 17th<\/sup> Century. It was formed primarily on the Svea dialects spoken in Stockholm with some features of the G\u00f6ta<\/em> dialects.<\/p>\n

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