How To Say 'How Are You?' In Swedish & Common Responses

In this post, you will learn how to say ‘how are you?’ in Swedish. You’ll also learn common responses so you can respond if you’re asked this question. This can be really useful if you’re speaking with someone from Sweden or if you’re travelling there.

Swedish is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in the Scandinavian country of Sweden, but also in some parts of Finland.

It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish but this varies on the dialect/accent of the speaker.

There are approximately 10 million speakers of Swedish.

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• How To Say ‘How Are You?’ In Swedish
• How To Respond To ‘How Are You?’ In Swedish
  • Example Conversation:

How To Say ‘How Are You?’ In Swedish

There are a few different ways to ask ‘how are you?’. Here are the most common:

In formal situations, such as in a business meeting or with people you don’t know, say:

English	Swedish	Pronunciation
How are you?	Hur mår du?	Hur moh du
How’s it going?	Hur står det till?	Hur stor de til

In more informal situations, such as with friends, say:

English	Swedish	Pronunciation
How are you?	Hur är det?	Hur ar deht
How’s it going?	Hur är läget?	Hur ar laget
What’s up? (very informal)	Läget?	Laget

How To Respond To ‘How Are You?’ In Swedish

There are many different ways that you can reply to this question. Below are the most common responses to this question. I’ve also included how to say ‘thank you’ as it’s polite to thank someone if they ask how you are.

Thank you	Tack	Tak
I’m fine	Jag mår bra	Ya moh bra
I’m not good	Jag mår inte bra	Ya moh in-teh bra
I’m very well	Jag mår jättebra	Ya moh yet-teh-bra
Good/fine	Bra	Bra
I’m sleepy/tired	Jag är sömnig	Ya ar somnig
I’m sick	Jag är sjuk	Ya ar hewk
I’m sad	Jag är ledsen	Ya ar lesen
I’m happy	Jag är glad	Ya ar glod

It’s also useful to know how to say ‘and you?’ or ‘what about you?’ to find out how someone else is if they ask you.

English	Swedish	Pronunciation
And you?	Och du?	Oh du
And yourself?	Själv?	Hi-elv

Check out the below video to hear the pronunciation of these phrases by a native:

Example Conversation:

Person 1: Hur är det? (How are you?)

Person 2: Jag mår bra, tack. Och du? (I’m fine, thanks. And you?)

Person 1: Jag mår bra (I’m fine)

Thanks for reading this post.

You should now know how to say ‘how are you?’ in Swedish and you should also be able to respond if you’re asked!

You can’t go wrong with these simple phrases. 

Why not also learn the names of the different countries in Swedish too! This vocabulary can be very useful. 

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