| − | The '''Swedish language''' (''Svenska'' [`svɛnska]) is a Germanic language, spoken in [[Sweden]] and by ethnic Swedes in [[Finland]], where it is also an official language. It is related to [[Danish language|Danish]], [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], [[Icelandic]], and [[Faeroese language|Faeroese]]. It is remarkable that the structure of Modern Swedish is much different from the one in the ancient times. The systems of declension and conjugation have gone through a tough process of simplification, which nowadays makes Swedish easy to learn in comparison with Icelandic or German, for example. Having borrowed a relatively large amount of words from other European languages, Swedish has, however, saved most old lexemes, which makes it very similar to other Scandinavian languages. | + | The '''Swedish language''' (''Svenska'' [`svɛnska]) is a Germanic language, spoken in [[Sweden]] and by ethnic Swedes in [[Finland]], where it is also an official language. It is related to [[Danish language|Danish]], [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], [[Icelandic]], and [[Faeroese language|Faeroese]]. It is remarkable that the structure of Modern Swedish is much different from the one in the ancient times. The systems of [[declension]] and [[verb|conjugation]] have gone through a tough process of simplification, which nowadays makes Swedish easy to learn in comparison with Icelandic or German, for example. Having borrowed a relatively large amount of words from other European languages, Swedish has, however, saved most old lexemes, which makes it very similar to other Scandinavian languages. |