Special characters
| [ ] | The phonetic alphabet is written in between square brackets. |
| ː | Long sound |
| ‘ | Accent I |
| ” | Accent II |
Sounds in Swedish
| [ɑː] | bra | [brɑː] | good |
| [a] | katt | [kat] | cat |
| [b] | bi | [biː] | bee |
| [d] | dum | [dɵmː] | stupid |
| [eː] | el | [eːl] | electricity |
| [f] | fel | [feːl] | wrong |
| [g] | god | [guːd] | good |
| [h] | hel | [heːl] | whole |
| [iː] | ila | [”iːla] | hurry |
| [ɪ] | inte | [”ɪnːtə] | not |
| [j] | jag | [jɑːg] | I |
| [k] | kul | [kʉːl] | fun |
| [l] | lim | [lɪmː] | glue |
| [m] | man | [manː] | man |
| [n] | natt | [natː] | night |
| [uː] | mor | [muːr] | mother |
| [ʊ] | dom | [‘dʊmː] | judgement |
| [p] | prata | [”prɑːta] | to talk |
| [r] | rum | [rɵmː] | room |
| [s] | snok | [snuːk] | grass snake |
| [t] | tal | [tɑːl] | speech |
| [ʉː] | ful | [fʉːl] | ugly |
| [ɵ] | full | [fɵlː] | full |
| [v] | vatten | [‘vatːən] | water |
| [yː] | yla | [”yːla] | howl |
| [ʏ] | sylt | [sʏlːt] | jam |
| [oː] | sova | [”soːva] | to sleep |
| [ɔ] | boll | [bɔlː] | ball |
| [æː] | lära | [”læːra] | to teach |
| [æ] | värre | [‘værːə] | worse |
| [ɛ] | elva | [”ɛlːva] | eleven |
| [ɛː] | läsa | [”lɛːsa] | to read |
| [œː] | öra | [”œːra] | ear |
| [œ] | dörr | [dœrː] | door |
| [øː] | öl | [øːl] | bier |
| [ø] | tölp | [tølːp] | sloab |
| [ə] | enkel | [ɛŋːkəl] | easy |
| [ŋ] | sång | [sɔŋː] | song |
| [ɧ] | sjuk | [ɧʉːk] | sick |
| [ɕ] | tjuv | [ɕʉːv] | thief |
| [ʂ] | kors | [kɔʂː] | cross |
| [ɖ] | jord | [juːɖ] | earth |
| [ʈ] | kort | [kɔʈː] | card |
| [ɳ] | garn | [gɑːɳ] | yarn |
| [ɭ] | Karl | [kɑːɭ] | Karl |