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Ian Hinchliffe, Ph.D, is a former lecturer in Swedish, a freelance translator and founder member of the Swedish Association of Professional Translators.Philip Holmes, Ph.D, (1944–2019) was Reader Emeritus in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Hull, UK.Sofia Malmgård, B.A., is an experienced translator, language consultant and author of Sveriges språkflora, a handbook for a multilingual society.

Winner of the Swedish National Language Council’s Erik Wellander Prize, 2003Praise for the first edition'This grammar has great assets. The first is that it is compiled by English-speaking people who have an excellent command of Swedish but who know at first hand where the difficulties of learning Swedish lie ... The second is that it represents contemporary Swedish and draws attention to different styles and registers ... a good reliable guide to modern Swedish and should serve as a standard reference of many years.' - Scandinavica'The strong points of this grammar are: (a) it concentrates on everyday informal language; (b) it gives a wealth of examples; (c) by being "unashamedly comparative" it highlights some aspects of the Swedish language that are hardly ever touched upon in Swedish grammars written by native speakers.'- Tijdschrift voor SkandinavistiekPraise for the second edition'A vital contribution to the presentation of Swedish to an international audience. The book adopts a valuable external perspective on Swedish, from which native speakers of Swedish can also benefit, and is a major source of knowledge for all of those either within or outside Sweden who teach Swedish as a second language or as a foreign language.' -The Swedish Language Council‘We have in Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar an extraordinarily workable teaching and reference tool that should continue to be a source of linguistic enrichment for many years to come.’ - Marilyn Johns Blackwell, Ohio State University, USA'(T)his is a reference work of the first rank ... Above all, however, this book constitutes the most important international work of reference for everyone with an interest in linguistics in search of detailed information about the morphology and syntax of Swedish.'- SkandinavistikPraise for the third edition'A thorough, clear guide to the rules of Swedish grammar… Holmes and Hinchliffe cover everything from basics such as nouns and adjectives to more advanced topics such as interjections and prepositions, and they do it all with ease and clarity. Javisst, this is the best reference book to Swedish grammar you’ll find in English.'- B.J. Epstein, University of East Anglia, UK

• Preface Symbols and abbreviations used in the text Chapter 1 Nouns 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Gender rules 1.3 Miscellaneous points of gender 1.4 Plural noun forms – the declensions 1.5 Miscellaneous points on indefinite plural forms 1.6 Special uses of the singular and plural 1.7 Noun homonyms 1.8 The genitive 1.9 The form of the indefinite article 1.10 The form of the definite (end) article1.11 The use of the indefinite and definite (end) article Chapter 2 Adjectives 2.1 Form and order 2.2 The indefinite declension 2.3 The definite declension 2.4 Adjectival nouns 2.5 Comparison of adjectives Chapter 3 Pronouns 3.1 Personal pronouns 3.2 Function and reference of personal pronouns3.3 Subject and object pronouns 3.4 Reflexive pronouns 3.5 Emphatic pronouns 3.6 Possessive adjectives and pronouns 3.7 Demonstrative pronouns 3.8 Determinative pronouns 3.9 Indefinite pronouns 3.10 Interrogative pronouns 3.11 Relative pronounsChapter 4 Numerals 4.1 Forms of numerals 4.2 The use of cardinal numbers 4.3 The use of ordinal numbers 4.4 Fractions 4.5 Dates 4.6 Telling the timeChapter 5 Verbs 5.1 Form 5.2 The use of the tenses 5.3 Ways of expressing mood 5.4 Transitive, intransitive and reflexive verbs 5.5 −s forms of the verb and the passive 5.6 Compound verbs 5.7 Some translation hintsChapter 6 Adverbs 6.1 Form 6.2 Meaning and function6.3 Location and movement 6.4 Translating adverbs Chapter 7 Prepositions 7.1 Introduction 7.2 The fifteen most common Swedish prepositions 7.3 Prepositional usage Chapter 8 Conjunctions 8.1 Coordination and subordination 8.2 Coordinating conjunctions 8.3 Subordinating conjunctions 8.4 Other subordinators 8.5 Some translation hintsChapter 9 Interjections 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Affirmations and denials 9.3 Reactions in conversation 9.4 Commands 9.5 Imitations 9.6 Polite expressions 9.7 Expletives Chapter 10 Sentence structure and word order 10.1 Clause elements 10.2 Phrases 10.3 Main clause word order – basic positions 10.4 Subordinate clause word order – basic positions 10.5 Order within positions 10.6 Main clause transformations 10.7 Subordinate clauses 10.8 Emphasis 10.9 Ellipsis 10.10 Swedish word order summarised Chapter 11 Word formation 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Affixation 11.3 Compounding11.4 Expressive formation11.5 Abbreviation 11.6 Foreign influences on Swedish 11.7 Conversion Chapter 12 Orthography 12.1 Symbols and sounds 12.2 Spelling 12.3 Upper-case and lower-case letters 12.4 MiscellaneousChapter 13 Punctuation 13.1 Introduction –Punctuation marks 13.2 Addresses 13.3 Dates Chapter 14 Written and spoken Swedish 14.1 Word choices in written and spoken Swedish 14.2 Swedish slang14.3 Youth argot - förortssvenska