The IKEA Dictionary

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By Lars Petrus

This site is not affiliated with IKEA in any way.

Part of what makes IKEA unique is their product names. Each name means something, often in a funny or ambigious way. When IKEA went international, they decided to use the same Swedish names everywhere. This makes sense from an organizational sanity standpoint, but it deprives most of the world of this particular joy.

Until now!

IKEA product names fall into a few main groups.
❞ Proper Swedish words.
❞ Improper Swedish words. IKEA laughs at the 'rules' of human language!
☺☺ First names. Mostly Swedish, some Scandinavian, occasional exotic names.
✖Geographical names. Swedish, Danish, Norwegian or Finnish. Yes, there are patterns. Here is a map of all 320 places
★ A few names that defy categorization.
? Mystery names I haven't figured out... Currently 130 out of 1362 names.

THIS SITE IS INCOMPLETE AND VERY MUCH UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

Even the defined words can be incomplete (or wrong), since the words are deliberately ambigious, and several places have the same name. Send feedback to ikea@lar5.com

* A B C ̰ D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Y Z Å Ä Ö

A

ADMETE★name from Greek mythologyW

AGAM❞the Agama Agama lizardW

AGEN✖a city in France?

AGNARYD✖uninhabited place in Småland

AGNE☺Swedish boy name

AINA☺Swedish girl name

AKURUM★a kind of big bottle used by the Turkana people in east Africa

AKUT❞acute   ❞emergency room

ALEX☺Swedish boy name

ALG❞alga (singular of algae)W

ALLAK✖mountain in arctic Sweden

ALSARP✖village in Småland

ALSVIK✖place in Stockholm archipelago

ALVE☺Old Swedish boy name

ALVINE☺Old English girl name

ALÄNG✖part of the town of Västervik in Sweden

AMON★seems like this is the Egyptian deity Amun-RaW

ANDY☺Swedish boy name

ANEBODA✖part of Lammhult in Sweden

ANITA☺Swedish girl name

ANJA☺Swedish girl name

ANNO❞year (from latin)

ANRIK❞rich in heritage

ANSSI☺Finnish boy name

APA❞ape/monkey

APELSKÄR✖Swedish island on south east coast

ARHOLMA✖an island in the Stockholm archipelago

ARILD✖part of the city of Höganäs, Sweden

ARV❞inheritance   ❞heritage

ARVINN☺Norwegian boy name

ASKER✖Norwegian city near Oslo

ASPUDDEN✖Stockholm neighborhood and subway station

ASPVIK✖'Aspen Bay'. In central Sweden

ASTRAKAN❞an apple variety popular in Sweden

ATNA✖village in south east Norway W

AUKRA✖town in west Norway W

B

BAGIS❞slang 1 Krona ($0.14)   ❞slang the Stockholm suburb of BagarmossenW

BAND❞ribbon   ❞(recording) tape   ❞(rock) band

BEATA☺Swedish girl name

BEDDINGE✖place in southernmost Sweden

BENNO☺Swedish boy name

BERIT☺Swedish girl name

BERTA☺Swedish girl name

BESTÅ❞remain   ❞consist of

BIBBI☺Swedish girl name

BIGUM✖Danish village, known for it's church

BILLY☺Swedish boy name

BITIG★Strangely constructed word. Should mean 'bite-y', or condusive to biting.

BJURSTA✖part of Sollefteå in north Sweden

BJÖRKEFALL✖'Birch Fall'. Tiny place in south Sweden

BLANKEN✖two lakes (Big Blanken and Small Blanken) in southeast Sweden.

BLIXT❞lightning   ❞(camera) flash

BLOMÖRT★Literally 'flower herb', but it looks most like a misspelling of 'bolmört', which is the toxic plant 'stinking nightshade'W

BLUNDA❞to close one's eyes

BOALT✖small place in south Sweden

BOHOLMEN✖inland lake in central Sweden

BOLIDEN✖gold mine in north Sweden W

BOLLÖ✖'Ball Island'. In south Sweden.

BONDIS❞made up -IS word 'Bonde' means 'farmer, so 'bondis' could mean 'farmer thingie'

BORRIS❞made up -IS word 'Borr' means 'drill', so 'borris' could mean 'drill thingie'

BOSSE☺Swedish boy name

BRALLIS❞made up -IS word 'Bralla' is slang for 'pants', so 'Brallis' could mean 'pants thingie'   ❞slang hot babe

BRASA❞fireplace   ❞slang crotch

BREDSKÄR✖'Wide Island' in Finland

BROMMÖ✖an island in Sweden's largest lake, Vänern

BRUNKRISSLA❞a flower apparently called 'Ploughman's-spikenard' in English

BRÄDA❞board   ❞slang outcompete a rival

BURS✖village on Gotland

BYGEL❞U shaped metal piece. As used in stirrups, underwire bras, padlocks, electronics, etc

BYHOLMA✖small village in Småland

BÅGVIK✖'Bend Bay'. Place in Småland

BÄRBAR❞carryable. mostly used for laptop computers

BÄRBY✖village outside Uppsala, Sweden W

BÖLSNÄS✖tiny place in Småland

BÖRJE☺Swedish boy name

C

CLIPS❞swenglish clips

CYRIL☺Ancient Greek boy name

D

DACKE❞The leader of the Dacke War rebellion of 1542-43W

DAVE☺English boy name

DEGERNES✖village in south east Norway W

DEKA❞slang to deteriorate

DILLING✖a village in Østfold, Norway

DIMPA❞drop unexpectedly

DITO❞ditto/likewise

DITTE☺German girl name

DOCKSTA✖village in north Sweden W

DOFTA❞to smell (nice)

DOMSJÖ✖town in north Sweden. Home of Peter Forsberg and other ice hockey stars.

DRAGAN☺Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian boy name

DRAGON❞Tarragon or dragon's-wortW

DRILL❞mechanical practice

DROPS❞swenglish drops

DRYCKJOM❞older word for (mostly alcoholic) drinks

DRÄLLA❞slang 'muck around' or 'spill'

DUTT❞a tiny amount

DYGN❞day   ❞24 hour period

DYNING❞swell (long low wave)

DÄNKA❞to spray water on laundry

E

EDGAR☺Swedish boy name

EDIT☺Swedish girl name

EDLAND✖village in central Norway W

EDSVIK✖small fishing village on Swedens west coast

EGBY✖village on Öland in Sweden

EIDE✖Norwegian coast town W

EINA✖village in central Norway W

EKBY✖'Oak Village'. Small village in west Sweden

EKÅS✖'Oak Ridge'. Part of the city of Borås in west Sweden

ELGÅ✖village in east Norway

ELIAS☺Swedish boy name

ELLY☺Swedish girl name

ELVERDAM✖a camping site in Denmark

EMSEN✖a small Swedish lake

ENGAN✖place in arctic Norway

ENGENES✖arctic Norwegian peninsula

ENGER✖small village in central Norway

ENSEN✖lake in central Sweden

ERBIUM❞Erbium. The 68th element, discovered in Sweden in 1843W

ERIK☺Swedish boy name

ERSLEV✖village in Denmark

EVERT☺Swedish boy name

F

FADO★a Portugese folk music genreW

FAMNIG❞'famn' = embrace, so 'famnig' would mean 'embrace-y' if that concept made any sense.

FANSTA✖place in central Sweden

FARUM✖ancient Danish city W

FATTBAR❞'graspable', with both hand and mind

FEJKA❞swenglish (to) fake

FEMMEN✖lake in south Sweden

FIGGJO✖porcelain manufacturing village in Norway W

FIL❞file   ❞lane   ❞Swedish youghurt

FILLSTA✖place in north Sweden

FINLIR❞finesse play (sports)

FINNVIK✖'Finn Bay'. In Norway

FINTORP✖a small place in Småland

FIRA❞celebrate   ❞lower with a rope

FISKÖ✖'Fish Island'. Small island in west Finland.

FJÄLLSTA✖village in central Sweden

FLAKSA★a misspellling of flaxa ('(to) flap'), or flaska ('bottle') ...?

FLOKATI❞ancient macedonian wool rugW

FLORVÅG✖part of the Norwegian city of Askøy. Site of German naval base during WW2.

FLORÖ✖Norways westernmost town W

FLYGEL❞grand piano   ❞wing (of mansion)

FLYN✖a village in central Sweden

FLÄNG❞slang hurry/bustle   ❞slang stupid

FLÄRKE✖3 different villages in Örnsköldsvik have this name

FONNES✖place in west Norway

FRAKTA❞to transport cargo

FRYKEN✖three lakes in west Sweden (upper, middle and lower Fryken)

FYLLEN✖two lakes (North & South Fyllen) in Småland   ❞(archaic) 'fill!'

FÅBORG✖ancient Danish city

FÅVANG✖town in central Norway W

FÖRNUFT❞reason (the capacity for rational thought)

G

GABBEH❞a sort of Persian carpetW

GATTEN✖Danish village. Has a golf court.

GEDSER✖the Danish city with the ferry to Germany W

GIDEÅ✖a village in north Sweden

GIMÅN✖river in north Sweden

GLASHOLM✖'Glass Island'. Place in south Sweden

GLENN☺Swedish boy name

GNARP✖town in central Sweden

GORM☺Danish boy name

GREVBÄCK✖village in south Sweden with a 700 year old church

GRILLER❞slang strange ideas   ❞slang ice skates

GRIMLE✖place in central Sweden

GRYBY✖'Dawn Village' in south Sweden

GRÄNUM✖village in south Sweden

GRÖNÖ✖'Green Island'. A beach in Småland

GULLHOLMEN✖'Gold Island'. Old fishing village on Sweden's west coast.

GÅSGRUND✖'Goose Ground'. Tiny Finnish island

GÖMMAREN✖'The Hider'. A lake south of Stockolm W

H

HAGALUND✖site of the landmark blue highrises near Stockholm W

HALSTED✖Danish village with a golf court, a church and a monestaryv

HAMNVIK✖'Harbor Bay' in Norway

HAMPEN✖a parish in central Denmark   ❞slang marijuana

HAROLA✖town in west Finland

HARRY☺Swedish boy name

HAVBRO✖village in north Denmark

HEAT❞swenglish used in Swedish only in the sports sense, as in 'heat 3 of the qualification round'

HEDDA☺short for Hedvig girl name

HEIDAL✖town in central Norway W

HEIMDAL✖area in the Norwegian city of Trondheim W

HELLUM✖town in north Denmark

HELSINGÖR✖Danish city. Hamlet's home town W

HEMNES✖town in north Norway W

HEMSJÖ✖'Home Lake', a church village in west Sweden

HENRIKSDAL✖'Henrik's Valley', village in west Finland

HENSVIK✖subvillage in central Sweden

HERAND✖village in west Norway

HJELMÅS✖a place in west Norway

HJUVIK✖a heighborhood in Göteborg W

HOO★this doesn't seem to mean anything. My guess is it's 'HOOD' with a D-octomy.

HOSLE✖neighborhood in the city of Bærum on south Norway

HOVET✖a major ice hockey arena in Stockholm W

HOVÅS✖a part of Askim in Gothenburg, Sweden

HUGLO✖an island in west Norway

HUGO☺Swedish boy name

HULDA☺Swedish girl name

HULINGEN✖the lake by the city of Hultsfred in south Sweden

HULTÖ✖Island off the Småland coast

HUSNES✖Aluminium town in west Norway W

HUSVIK✖place in north Norway

HUSÅ✖'House Creek. Swedish mountain village

HUTTEN❞the shot (of alcohol)

HYLLIS❞made up -IS word 'Hylla' means 'shelf', so 'Hyllis' could mean 'shelf thingie'

HYTTAN❞an iron ore or glass furnace

HÅBOL✖small village in west Sweden

HÅVA❞there seems to be no English word for using a landing net? Anyway, the term is most used meaning 'raking in'

HÄGG❞the tree called 'bird cherry' or 'mayday tree' in English

HÄLSA❞health   ❞(to) greet

HÄSTÖ✖'Horse Island' in Småland

HÖLLVIKEN✖beach town on the southern edge of sweden W

HÖRBY✖city in south Sweden W

I

IDELIG❞(annoyingly) perpetual and repetitive

IKEA❞the name comes from the initials of the founder, Ingvar Kamprad, his home farm Elmtaryd, and village and AgunnarydW

ILSBO✖village in north Sweden

INEZ☺Swedish girl name

INGER☺Swedish girl name

INGO❞nickname for 'Ingemar'. Mostly refers to boxing legend Ingemar JohanssonW

INGOLF☺Ancient Scandinavian boy name

INNER❞centre midfielder in footballW

INSATS❞contribution/stake

IRIS☺Swedish girl name

IRJA☺Russian/Finnish girl name

IRMA☺Swedish girl name

IVAR☺Swedish boy name

J

JABBA❞(to) jab (boxing term)

JAKOB☺Swedish boy name

JANNE☺Swedish boy name

JANSJÖ✖lake in north Sweden

JAREN✖village in west Sweden

JEFF☺Swedish boy name

JERRIK☺Ancient Scandinavian boy name

JIGGA❞to dance jig   ❞to engage in jig fishingW

JOHAN☺Swedish boy name

JONAS☺Swedish boy name

JORUN☺Swedish girl name

JUBILAR❞person celebrating anniversary

JULES☺French boy name

JÄRLEBO✖place in central Sweden

JÖKEL❞glacier (from Icelandic)

K

KAJ❞pier   ☺Swedish boy name

KAJSA☺Swedish girl name

KARLSTAD✖the capital of Värmland in west Sweden W

KARLSÖ✖'Charles Island'. In south Sweden.

KATTUDDEN✖'Cape Cat'. place in west Sweden.

KAUSTBY✖town in Finland (the map shows the finnish name)

KETTY☺Italian girl name

KILBY✖place in central Sweden

KIRP★US professor and author David L. Kirp is the ONLY remotely well known 'kirp' I can find...W

KIVSTA✖place in central Sweden

KLADD❞goo   ❞rough copy

KLIPPAN✖'The Rock'. City in south Sweden. My mother is from Klippan. W

KLUBBO✖tiny place in arctic Norway

KLUDD❞a clumsy drawing

KLÄPPE✖unknown place in north Sweden

KNÖS❞slang rich person

KOLDBY✖'Cold Town'. Town in north west Denmark

KOLON❞Colon (punctuation)

KORPO✖island town in Finland W

KRABB❞choppy (sailor jargon)

KRAMSNÖ❞easily shapable snow (Swedes have as many words for snow as eskimos)

KRYSSBO✖place in central Sweden

KULLA❞a female DalecarlianW

KULLEN✖'The Hill'. Site of a famous lighthouse in south Sweden W

KVART❞quarter (of an hour)

KVISSEL✖town in north Denmark

KÖGE✖Danish port city W

L

LACK❞varnish   ❞slang angry

LAGAN✖river and town in south Sweden

LAIVA★Finnish word for 'ship'

LAUKVIK✖arctic Norwegian fishing and tourist village

LAXEBY✖'Salmon Village'. On Öland in south Sweden

LEIRVIK✖'Clay Bay', a town in Norway W

LEKSVIK✖a town in central Norway

LENA☺Swedish girl name

LENDA☺Old Germanic girl name

LERBERG✖'Mud Mountain'. Village in south Norway

LERBÄCK✖'Mud Creek. Village in central Sweden

LIATORP✖a village in south Sweden

LILL☺Swedish girl name

LILLEBY✖'Little Village'. Suburb of Gothenburg, Sweden.

LILLÅKER✖'Smallfield'. small place in Småland

LINGO❞swenglish Lingo

LINNARP✖an apparently uninhabited place in south Sweden

LJUDA❞to sound out each letter as you write it

LJUSDAL✖a town in central Sweden W

LJUSNAN✖major river in central Sweden W

LJUSÅS✖unknown place in Småland

LOCK❞lid   ❞lock of hair   ❞lure

LOKKA✖a lake in arctic Finland W

LONEVÅG✖the center of the west Norwegian city of Osterøy W

LUDDE☺Swedish boy name

LUMMIG❞lush (about vegetaion)

LUNTA❞tome   ❞fuse (for explosive)

LURÖY✖town in north Norway W

LYDUM✖a small parish in west Denmark with a 1000 year old church

LÅGIS❞made up -IS word 'Låg' means 'low', so 'Lågis' could mean 'low thingie'

LÖKÖ✖'Onion Island' in south Sweden.

LÖVA❞decorate with leafs

M

MACKIS❞made up -IS word 'Macka' is slang for 'sandwich', so 'Mackis' could mean 'sandwich thingie

MAGASIN❞magazine   ❞storage unit

MAJBY★9 people in Sweden have this last name. Nothing else seems to.

MALOU☺Swedish girl name

MALTE☺Swedish boy name

MANGER✖town in west Norway

MANNE☺Swedish boy name

MAVAS✖place in arctic Sweden

MELBU✖arctic Norwegian fishing village W

MELDAL✖small city in central Norway W

MERETE☺Scandinavian girl name

MIEN✖a meteorite crater lake in Småland W

MIL❞Swedish mile = 10km

MINDE✖Neighborhood in the city of Bergen, west Norway W

MIXTUR❞mixture (older word)

MJÄLLBY✖fishing town in south Sweden, known for it's football team W

MJÖNÄS✖small village in south Sweden

MONGSTAD✖major oil port and refinery in Norway W

MOSIPPA❞the flower 'Anemone Vernalis' has no English name

MOSJÖ✖tiny village in north Sweden

MUDDUS✖a Swedish National Park W

MULA❞mule   ❞rub with snow

MYKEN✖remote lighthouse island in arctic Norway

MÅNSTAD✖'Moon City' town in west Sweden

MÄLARÖ✖common name for any island in Lake Mälaren by Stockholm

MÄRIT☺Swedish girl name

MÖRRUM✖city in south east Sweden W

N

NANDOR❞a tribe of elves in the Tolkien world   ☺Hungarian boy name

NEGLINGE✖part the city of Nacka, by Stockholm

NILS☺Swedish boy name

NISSE☺Swedish boy name

NORDANÖ✖'Northerly Wind Island'. Part of the Swedish city on Avesta. Not an Island.

NORDEN❞the north   ❞the nordic countriesW

NORNA❞one of the three destiny goddesses in norse mythologyW   ❞the Calypso orchidW

NORRESKOG✖'North Forest'. Place in south Sweden.

NORRSTEN✖'Northstone'. Swedish village

NUTID❞the present   ❞present tense

NYSTED✖city in south Denmark W

NÄCKTEN✖lake in central Sweden

NÄSUM✖town in south Sweden

NÖJE❞entertainment

O

ODDVAR☺Norwegian boy name

OLLE☺Swedish boy name

OMAR☺Swedish boy name

ORE✖village in central Denmark

ORGEL❞organ (the keyboard instrument)

ORRLÖT✖a resort outside Stockholm

ORÖD✖a tiny, unknown place in south Sweden

OXEL❞'Swedish Whitebeam', a northern European plant related to the Rose bushW

OXSKÄR✖'Ox Island'. Small Swedish west coast island   ✖'Ox Island'. Small Swedish east coast island

P

PELLO✖town in arctic Finland W

PILATORP✖tiny village or far in south Sweden

PJÄS❞piece   ❞(theatrical) play

PJÄTTERYD✖parish in Småland where Ingvar Kamprad was born

PLANK❞wooden fence   ❞planks

PLASTIS❞made up -IS word 'Plast' means 'plastic', so 'plastis' could mean 'plastic thingie'   ❞'plastic ice' or 'plasty'

PRÄKTIG❞good/strong/reliable   ❞slang overly wholesome

PYRA❞(to) smolder

PÄLLBO✖place in central Sweden

R

RAGNA☺Swedish girl name

RAJTAN❞slang 'rajtan tajtan' is a silly slang term for 'partying'

RAMVIK✖Village in north Sweden. Known as the home of former prime minster Thorbjörn Fälldin W

RARA❞adorable   ❞rare

REDALEN✖village in central Norway

RENS✖small Danish village by the German border

RESA❞travel   ❞raise (a building)

REXBO✖(only map for now)

RIBBA❞bar (as for high jump)

RIGEL❞the brightest star in OrionW

RINGSJÖN✖lake in Småland. 'Ring Lake'

RINGSKÄR✖small rocky island on the east coast

RITVA☺Finnish girl name

ROGER☺Swedish boy name

RUGGA❞(to) moult (for birds)W

RUTBO✖Part of the Swedish city of Avesta W

RUTER❞diamond (card suit)

RÅÅN✖creek in south Sweden. Should really be named 'Råå-ån' (The Råå creek)

RÄTTVIK✖place in central Sweden. My father is from Rättvik. W

RÖNNSKÄR✖Island in north Sweden. Location of a major Smelter.

RÖNÅS✖place in south Sweden

RÖRA❞(to) touch   ❞stir   ❞mess

S

SAGOLIK❞fabulous   ❞like a fairytale

SALBO✖place in central Sweden

SALMI✖place in central Finland

SANNI☺Finnish girl name

SAXÅN✖'Scissor Creek'. Place in west Sweden

SIGNE☺Swedish girl name

SIGNUM❞signum (really a latin word)

SILJAN✖Major Swedish lake

SINDAL✖town in north Denmark W

SIRLIG❞graceful & fragile

SJÖVIK✖'Lake Bay', village in west Sweden W

SKALA❞peel   ❞scale (of a map)

SKUBB❞slang can mean 'a run' and many other things

SKÄR❞cuts   ❞tiny rocky island   ❞pink

SLITBAR❞a made up word that would mean 'something that wears well' if it existed

SLUGIS❞made up -IS word 'Slug' means 'sly', so 'slugis' could mean 'sly one'

SLÅN❞blackthorn or sloeW

SLÄTTEN❞the plain. Several tiny Swedish places have this name

SMEDSTA✖'Blacksmith City' in north Sweden

SMIDD❞forged (in blacksmithing)

SMÅDAL✖'Small Valley'. Tiny village in west Sweden

SMÅLAND❞'Small Lands'. The province where IKEA was born. The IKEA kids play area has this name as a punny read of the word as 'land of the small'W

SMÄRT❞tall, thin & good looking

SNITTA❞(to) cut (flowers)

SNODD❞twisty string   ❞slang stolen

SNÄRTIG❞cutting (speech)   ❞slender

SNÖFLINGA❞several snow flakes stuck together

SOFIA☺Swedish girl name

SOLVAR☺Norwegian boy name

SPÄNN❞slang 1 Krona ($0.14)

STAVE✖place in southwest Norway

STEN❞stone   ☺Swedish boy name

STIBY✖village in south east Sweden

STICKA❞(to) knit   ❞(to) leave   ❞(to) stab

STJÄLK❞stalk (plant stem)

SUNE☺Swedish boy name

SUSSA❞(to) sleep (baby talk)

SUVERÄN❞superior   ❞independent

SY❞(to) sow

SYLLING✖village in south Norway W

SÄTER✖city in central Sweden W

SÖRLI✖Norwegian mountain village

SÖRUM✖city in south Norway W

T

TAG❞(to) take

TAJMA❞swenglish (to) time

TAJT❞swenglish tight

TANJA☺Russian girl name

TASSA❞to walk quietly and possibly sneakily, like a cat (there has to be a better word?)

TEKLA☺Swedish girl name

TERJE☺Norwegian boy name

TERTIAL❞tertile (third of a year)

THISTED✖city in north Denmark

TJÖME✖island village in south east Norway W

TOBO✖small town in central Sweden

TOLG✖a village in Småland

TOLGA✖town in southeast Norway W

TORKA❞(to) dry   ❞drought

TORSBY✖'Thors Village' . Swedish town in the forests near Norway. W

TRANDAL✖'Crane Valley' in west Norway

TRENSUM✖tiny village in south Sweden

TROLLFJORDEN✖'Troll Fjord', Photogenic fjord in north Norway

TROLLSTA✖'Troll Town'. SMall place south of Stockholm

TROLSK❞magic/enchanted   ❞troll-like

TROMSNES✖a small Norwegian village/farm

TROMSÖ✖a city in arctic Norway. Home of Röyksopp W

TRONDHEIM✖one of Norway's biggest cities W

TRONES✖area in the Norwegian city of Verdal

TROSS❞strong rope used on boats

TRULS☺Scandinavian boy name

TRYTA❞run short   ❞be deficient

TULLERÖ✖an island in the Stockholm archipelago

TVEIT✖place in west Norway

TYLÖSAND✖An exclusive Swedish beach town. Home to Roxette star Per Gessle W

TÅRNBY✖Danish city near Copenhagen W

TÅRSTA✖'Tear Town'. Place in west Sweden

TÄRNAN✖'The Tern'. Lake in central Sweden.

TÄRNÖ✖'Tern Island'. In south Sweden

U

UNNI☺Swedish girl name

UTBY✖small village in West Sweden W

UVÅS✖'Owl Ridge'. Obscure place in central Sweden.

V

VALBY✖(only map for now)

VANVIK✖(only map for now)

VEJMON✖village in north Sweden

VIKARE❞something (or someone) that folds

VIKIS❞made up -IS word 'Vika' means 'to fold', so 'vikis' could mean 'fold thingie'

VINSTRA✖village and river in central Norway W

VISEN✖a lake in Småland

VITSKÄR✖tiny godforsaken Swedish island

VITTEN❞19th centry small coin. Now only used in the expression 'not worth a vitten'

VRETEN✖a station in the Stockholm subway W

VÄGGIS❞made up -IS word 'Vägg' means 'wall', so 'väggis' could mean 'wall thingie'

VÄGHULT✖tiny place in Småland

VÄNNA✖place in west Sweden

VÄV❞(a) weave

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WILMA☺Swedish girl name

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YNGSJÖ✖coastal village in south Sweden

YSBY✖village in south Sweden

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ZITA★The patron saint of maidsW   ★Stockholm's oldest movie theatre

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ÅDAL✖(only map for now)

ÅNES✖(only map for now)

ÅNN✖place in north Sweden

ÅRSTID❞season (one of the four)

ÅSARP✖place in Småland

ÅSELE✖town in north Sweden

ÅSUNDEN✖famous rauk site on Gotland

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ÄLMHULT✖city in Småland where the first IKEA store opened in 1958 W

ÄNGA✖rural place in central Sweden

ÄPPLARÖ✖an island in the Stockholm archipelago

ÄTRAN✖place and river in south Sweden

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ÖGLA❞loop (on a string)

ÖRESUND✖the strait between Sweden and Denmark W

ÖSTERÖ✖'East Island', Island in west Finland.