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English to Swedish Planet Names and Space Words

If you are ready to add a bunch of new space words to your Swedish vocabulary, then this is the page for you. Below you will find three lists of Swedish vocabulary - covering the three topics of general space words, names of the planet, and other named objects in space.

To skip to a certain topic if one is most interesting to you, you can use the quick links below. If you'd rather learn from all lists as they show up, then you can also simply scroll down throughout the page and you'll find all the translations that way as well.


Planets and Other Space Words from English to Swedish:

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

Without further ado, here come the translations...


General Space-Related Words from English to Swedish

This first list contains several of the more general types of space words you might want to add to your Swedish vocabulary.

Amateur astronomy ➔ Amatörastronomi

Astronaut ➔ Astronaut (also, Rymdfarare)

Astronomer ➔ Astronom

Astronomical unit (au) ➔ Astronomisk enhet

Astronomy ➔ Astronomi


Black hole ➔ Svart hål

Blue moon ➔ Blå måne

Brown dwarf (star) ➔ Brun dvärg


Comet ➔ Komet

Constellation ➔ Stjärnbild

Cosmos ➔ Kosmos


Dark matter ➔ Mörk materia

Double planet (binary planet system) ➔ Dubbelplanet

Double star ➔ Dubbelstjärna

Dwarf planet ➔ Dvärgplanet


Elliptical galaxy ➔ Elliptisk galax


Full moon ➔ Fullmåne


Galaxy ➔ Galax

Gas giant ➔ Gasjätte (ex. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune)

Globular cluster ➔ Klotformig stjärnhop


Ice giant ➔ Isjätte (ex. Uranus and Neptune)

Interstellar ➔ Interstellära


Light years ➔ Ljusår

Lunar eclipse ➔ Månförmörkelse


Meteor shower ➔ Meteorregn

Moon ➔ Måne


Nebula ➔ Nebulosa

Neutron star ➔ Neutronstjärna

New moon ➔ Nymåne


Planetary nebula ➔ Planetarisk nebulosa


Quasar ➔ Kvasar


Radio astronomy ➔ Radioastronomi

Red dwarf (star) ➔ Röd dvärg

Red giant (star) ➔ Röd jätte

Red supergiant (star) ➔ Röd superjätte


Satellite ➔ Satellit

Solar eclipse ➔ Solförmörkelse

Space ➔ Rymden

Space shuttle ➔ Rymdfärja

Space station ➔ Rymdstation

Space telescope ➔ Rymdteleskop

Spacecraft ➔ Rymdfarkost

Spiral galaxy ➔ Spiralgalax

Star ➔ Stjärna

Star chart ➔ Stjärnkarta (star map)

Stone planet / Terrestrial planet ➔ Stenplanet (ex. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars)

Supermassive black hole ➔ Supermassivt svart hål


Telescope ➔ Teleskop


Universe ➔ Universum


White dwarf (star) ➔ Vit dvärg


English to Swedish Names of the Planets (Plus the Sun and Moon)

This section lists the names of the planets in Swedish, plus gives the Swedish words for the Sun and Moon. Notice how several of the names are said the same in both Swedish and English.

Solar system ➔ Solsystemet


The Sun ➔ Solen

The Moon ➔ Månen


Mercury ➔ Merkurius

Venus ➔ Venus

Earth ➔ Jorden

Mars ➔ Mars

Jupiter ➔ Jupiter

Saturn ➔ Saturnus

Uranus ➔ Uranus

Neptune ➔ Neptunus


Pluto (dwarf planet) ➔ Pluto (dvärgplanet)


Other Named Objects in Space Translated from English to Swedish

There are a bunch of other named objects in space besides our planets. Here's a selection of these other such named objects in space.

Alpha Centauri ➔ Alfa Centauri

Andromeda Galaxy ➔ Andromedagalaxen

Asteroid belt ➔ Asteroidbältet

Aurora borealis ➔ Polarsken


Barnard's Star ➔ Barnards stjärna


Crab Nebula ➔ Krabbnebulosan


Gemini (constellation) ➔ Tvillingarna

Great Red Spot (on Jupiter) ➔ Stora röda fläcken


Halley's Comet ➔ Halleys komet

Hubble Space Telescope ➔ Hubbleteleskopet


International Space Station (ISS) ➔ Internationella rymdstationen


James Webb Telescope ➔ James Webb-teleskopet


Kuiper belt ➔ Kuiperbältet


Northern Lights ➔ Norrsken (formerly called Nordsken)


Oort cloud ➔ Oorts kometmoln (Oort comet cloud)

Orion Nebula ➔ Orionnebulosan


Sagittarius (constellation) ➔ Skytten

Southern Cross (constellation) ➔ Södra korset

Southern Lights ➔ Sydsken

Southern Triangle (constellation) ➔ Södra triangeln


The Big Dipper ➔ Karlavagnen

The Cat's Eye Nebula ➔ Kattögenebulosan

The Milky Way ➔ Vintergatan

The North Star ➔ Polstjärnan (Pole star)

The Perseids (meteor shower) ➔ Perseiderna

The Virgo Supercluster ➔ Virgosuperhopen


Ursa Major (constellation) ➔ Stora björnen (Big bear)

Ursa Minor (constellation) ➔ Lilla björnen (Little bear)


This list of English to Swedish planet names and space words was first created on October 9, 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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