1
: the North Germanic language spoken in Sweden and a part of Finland
2
plural in construction
: the people of Sweden
Swedish
adjective
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All stakeholders could do worse than consider Alexander Skarsgard’s offering of a Swedish James Bond, a superspy with all the requisite Bond trappings – tuxedo, licence to kill, way with the ladies – but with a particularly Scandinavian flair.
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Caroline Frost, Deadline, 3 May 2025
Newsweek has contacted the U.S. Department of State and the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang for comment via email.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The major shift in her lifetime was from Swedish Grace in the ’20s (with which Carl and Carin Larsson, Ericson favorites, were associated) to Functionalism in the ’30s.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 1 May 2025
Because wolves are so adaptable and able to spread across Europe so easily, moving beyond conservation and into management of their populations is important, says Håkan Sand, an ecologist at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, who was not involved in the new study.
—Olivia Ferrari, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
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Caroline Frost, Deadline, 3 May 2025
Newsweek has contacted the U.S. Department of State and the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang for comment via email.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The major shift in her lifetime was from Swedish Grace in the ’20s (with which Carl and Carin Larsson, Ericson favorites, were associated) to Functionalism in the ’30s.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 1 May 2025
Because wolves are so adaptable and able to spread across Europe so easily, moving beyond conservation and into management of their populations is important, says Håkan Sand, an ecologist at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, who was not involved in the new study.
—Olivia Ferrari, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Swedish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Swedish. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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Swedish
noun
Swed·ish
ˈswēd-ish 
1
: the Germanic language spoken in Sweden
2
Swedish plural
: the people of Sweden
Swedish
adjective
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