Dictionaries by The Swedish Academy: SAOL, SO, SAOB (svenska.se)
Search three dictionaries by The Swedish Academy—SAOL, SO och SAOB—at once.
- Svenska Akademiens Ordlista (SAOL) from 2015 (14th edition) is considered the unofficial standard for spelling and inflection of modern Swedish words.
- Svensk ordbok, published by the Swedish Academy (SO) in 2021 (2nd edition), provides an in-depth description of the modern Swedish vocabulary. The focus is on the meaning of the words and how they are used, but you can also hear how they are pronounced.
- Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) is a historical dictionary and an important tool when reading older texts.
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App version
SAOL and SO are also available as downloadable apps on App Store (iOS) and Google Play (Android).