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Swedish Greetings and Goodbyes

Greetings can be one of the most important things to learn when learning a new language. After all, most conversations will usually start and end with a friendly greeting like hello or goodbye.

On this page you will find several ways to say hello and goodbye in Swedish, plus a number of more timely greetings to be said during specific times of day like good morning, good afternoon, good evening and good night.

Greetings in Swedish:

Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view this list of greetings from English to Swedish.


Ways to Say Hello in Swedish

Hej ➔ Hi / Hello

Trevligt att träffas. ➔ Nice to meet you.


Timely Greetings in Swedish

God morgon ➔ Good morning

God eftermiddag ➔ Good afternoon

God kväll ➔ Good evening

God natt ➔ Good night


Ways to Say Goodbye in Swedish

Hejdå ➔ Bye

Adjö ➔ Goodbye

Vi ses senare. ➔ See you later.

Vi ses imorgon. ➔ See you tomorrow.

*Swedish greetings and goodbyes last updated: February 23, 2025.



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The Fine Print

I don't speak Swedish myself, so there could be mistakes in the translations. Most of what is here is user-submitted, but I do try to check for accuracy and make corrections as I can. Thanks for your understanding. Best of luck on your Swedish language learning journey!



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