Swedish Grammar Checker

Check Swedish spelling, grammar and punctuation for free. Paste your text, press Check and fix mistakes in one click. Gratis stavnings- och grammatikkontroll.

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At a glance

Price
Free
Sign-up
Not required
Checks
Grammar, spelling, punctuation and style
Language
Svenska (Swedish)
Text limit
20,000 characters per check
Privacy
Not stored by SpellMistake
Engine
LanguageTool (open source) plus SpellMistake rules
Grammar support
Basic (fewer grammar rules for this language)

What the Swedish grammar checker catches

  • Spelling and typos
  • Compound words (särskrivning)
  • Agreement of adjectives and nouns
  • Word order and common grammar mistakes
  • Punctuation

How to check your Swedish text

  1. Paste or type your Swedish text into the editor above. The language is already set to Swedish.
  2. Press Check text. Mistakes are highlighted and explained on the right.
  3. Click a suggestion to accept it, or press Fix all, then copy your corrected text.

About Swedish

Swedish is spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland. Splitting compound words into two, known as särskrivning, is one of the best-known writing mistakes in Swedish.

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About writing in Swedish

Swedish is fairly regular to spell, but compound words, the letters å, ä and ö, and a few pronoun pairs cause most mistakes. Grammar support for Swedish in LanguageTool, which the checker above uses, is basic, so it catches common spelling errors and some grammar, and a clean result is worth a second read.

5 common mistakes in Swedish

1. Compound words written apart

Swedish joins compound nouns into one word. Writing them apart, known as särskrivning, can change the meaning: brun hårig versus brunhårig.

❌ Jag köpte en ny dator mus.
✅ Jag köpte en ny datormus.

2. Å, ä and ö typed as a and o

å, ä and ö are separate letters at the end of the alphabet. Replacing them with a and o produces different or non-existent words.

❌ Jag ar glad over det.
✅ Jag är glad över det.

3. De or dem

De is the subject form (they) and dem the object form (them). Test it in English: if “them” fits, write dem.

❌ Jag såg de igår.
✅ Jag såg dem igår.

4. Var or vart

Var asks where something is. Vart asks where something is going: vart ska du?

❌ Vart bor du?
✅ Var bor du?

5. Unnecessary comma before att

Unlike German or Russian, Swedish does not put a comma before att in a sentence like this.

❌ Jag tror, att han kommer.
✅ Jag tror att han kommer.

Try it with a sample sentence

Paste this sentence, typed without å, ä and ö, into the checker above to see what it flags:

❌ Jag ar glad over att du kom.
✅ Jag är glad över att du kom.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Swedish grammar checker free?

Yes. It is completely free, with no sign-up and no download.

Is my Swedish text stored?

SpellMistake does not save it. To check it, your text is sent to the LanguageTool service, as explained in our Privacy Policy.

How good is the Swedish grammar check?

It is basic. Spelling is checked well, but LanguageTool has fewer grammar rules for Swedish than for languages such as German or French, so read your text over once more.

Does it check compound words?

It flags many misspelled words, but split compounds (särskrivning) are not always detected, because both parts are real words.

Does it accept å, ä and ö?

Yes. Text must use the Swedish letters; words typed with a and o instead are flagged as misspellings.