Keywords in all topics
When searching for information, it is beneficial to have basic knowledge about the subject area you are interested in. This makes it easier to delimit the search query, find relevant keywords and select appropriate search tools. Additionally, since scientific material is usually written in English, translating your keywords can help broaden your search and retrieve more hits.
General dictionaries and encyclopedias
Swedish dictionaries
- Svenska.se
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Search in several Swedish dictionaries at the same time: Svenska Akademiens Ordbok (SAOB), Svenska Akademiens Ordlista (SAOL) and Svensk Ordbok (SO). - Rikstermbanken
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Terms and concepts from many disciplines. In Swedish, Sweden's minority languages, English, French, German and Russian.
Swedish-English dictionaries
- NE:s ordböcker
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Dictionaries for several languages, including Swedish-English dictionary. Select the dictionary you want to use under My dictionaries in the search field. - Google translate
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Translate words, phrases or entire web pages.
English dictionaries
- Oxford English Dictionary (LTU)
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A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of past and present words from across the English-speaking world. - Merriam-Webster Online Search
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English dictionary with definitions of words and suggestions for synonyms.
Synonyms
- Synonymer.se
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Synonyms in Swedish and English. - Woxikon
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Synonyms in Swedish and English.
Encyclopedias
- Nationalencyklopedin, NE (LTU)
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Swedish encyclopedia with facts on all subjects. Here you can also find dictionaries, synonyms and maps. - Oxford Grove Music Online (LTU)
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Music encyclopedia covering music, musicians, music creation, and musicology. Linking to Grove Music Online.
Economy
- Ekonomifaktas dictionary
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Words and concepts used in the fields of finance, taxes, labor market, energy, environment, entrepreneurship, education and the public sector. - ESV's dictionary on economic governance in the state
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The Financial Management Agency's (ESV) dictionary provides definitions of terms and concepts in economic governance, EU audit and forecasts.
History
- Keywords from the Swedish History Museum
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Common keywords when searching for images and objects. By The Swedish History Museum, available in Swedish.
Law
- IATE – Interactive Terminology for Europe
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Shared terminology database of the institutions of the European Union. For translation of EU-specific terminology between the official languages of the Member States. - Glossary of legal terms
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Glossary of legal terms from the Swedish National Courts Administration. Available in Swedish. - Lagrummets Glossary AZ
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Explanations of legal terms, available in Swedish. - Glossary of the legal manual
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Legal terms and conceptions, available in Swedish. - Glossary for the Swedish Courts
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Swedish–English and English–Swedish glossary of common legal terms in the area of the Swedish National Courts Administration. - Prosecutor's Office Glossary
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Explanation of legal terms mainly in the area of criminal case, available in Swedish.
Media
- IT-words
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Words and expressions used in the IT industry, available in Swedish. - Media Glossary
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A media glossary from the Media Compass, available in Swedish. - TT-language
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The TT language is a collection of writing rules, words and concepts to help anyone who writes, available in Swedish.
Music
- Music lexicon
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Digital edition of Music dictionary from Project Runeberg, available in Swedish. - Music tools
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Musicca, commonly used musical terms. - Vocabulary dictionary
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A glossary from Musikverket, available in Swedish.
Audio technology
- Absoflex glossary
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Words and terms within audio technology, available in Swedish. - Musician on a Mission
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Audio Terms: Every Word You Need to Know to Record Your Own Music. - Glossary with technical words within radio A-Z
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Swedish Radio's own glossary for technical words about radio, available in Swedish. - Recording Connection
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Glossary of Audio, Recording and Music Terms. - Technical words within the music
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Words and concepts in sound engineering, from Musikakuten.
Theater and dance
- Ballet ABC
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The dance portal's glossary with the most common terms within the ballet, available in Swedish. - Ballet Dictionary
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American Ballet Theaters glossary, both with text and sound. - Scenochfilm.se glossary
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Terms within theater from the Swedish Union for performing Arts and Film, available in Swedish.
Medicine and health
- SveMed+
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Use Karolinska Institutet's SveMed+ database to find MeSH terms. If you do a search, you will see suggestions for MeSH terms in the right-hand column. - Swedish MeSH
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Use Swedish MeSH when you need to find controlled vocabulary to use when searching in different databases. Here you also get an English translation of your search terms. MeSH is mainly used in PubMed. Created by Karolinska Institutet. - KIB – Terms of experiences, feelings, attitudes etc.
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Karolinska Institutet's University Library's website has a compilation of useful terms about experiences and treatment, available in Swedish.
Pedagogy
- School terms in English
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Information from Skolverket on how to translate common terms, school subjects and grade designations into English. - Swedish-English dictionary for higher education
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Glossary of terms and concepts in higher education. By the Swedish Council for Higher Education, UHR.
Psychology and sociology
- Dictionary in psychology
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Here you can find the word you are searching for in the Natur & Kulturs Dictionary in psychology by Henry Egidius, available in Swedish.
Language and literature
- The People's Dictionary
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English-Swedish dictionary that belongs to, and is extended by, its users. - Nyordslistor
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Compiled lists of new Swedish words and expressions. By the Institute for Language and Folklore, available in Swedish. - SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms
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Glossary covering more than 900 terms in linguistics. - Sign Language Dictionary
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Swedish sign language dictionary with over 18,000 characters. By The Sign Language Department, The Department of Linguistics at Stockholm University.
Technology
The topic technology is divided below.
Keywords in mathematics and science
- The Swedish Chemicals Agency's dictionary
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Contains examples of words, concepts, abbreviations and acronyms in chemistry. - Mathematical dictionary for the university: English-Swedish, Swedish-English
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Stefan B. Lindström's dictionary with mathematical terms and concepts.
Keywords in IT and electronics
- Termado
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The glossary of the Swedish data term group, available in Swedish.
Keywords in mining and metals
- Small Geological Encyclopedia
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Glossary of terms, concepts and definitions. By the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, department of Soil and Environment, available in Swedish. - A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences (LTU)
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Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences, published by Oxford University Press. Select the letters or search for a specific term or concept to get a description of the word.
Keywords in materials and mechanical engineering, automotive systems and space technology
- Astronomical terms
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Stockholm Observatory Glossary, available in Swedish.
- English-Swedish glossary in mechanics (.pdf)
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Luleå University of Technology's glossary contains mainly technical terms in physics, mathematics and technology.
Keywords in the Arctic and cold climate
- Klimatordlistan
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Klimatordlista is a dictionary of climate change related words and abbreviations, available in Swedish.
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