Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| angstrom | a unit of one ten-billionth of a meter. [From A. J. Ångström (1814—74), Swed. physicist]. |
| arfvedsonite | an iron-rich sodium amphibole which occurs as black or dark green monoclinic crystals. [From J. A. Arfvedson (1792—1841), Swed. chemist]. |
| bastnaesite bastnasite | a reddish-brown fluorite of cerium. |
| dahlia | a showy garden flower. [From Andreas Dahl (1751—89), Swed. botanist]. |
| desman | a semi-aquatic insectivorous shrewlike mammal of the mole family. [Swedish desman, musk]. |
| erbia | an oxide of of ERBIUM. |
| erbium | a soft malleable metallic chemical element of the lanthanide series. [From Ytterby, a town in Sweden]. |
| fartlek | a training technique, used esp. among runners, consisting of bursts of intense effort alternating with less strenuous activity. [Swed. fart, speed + lek, play]. |
| gahnite | a mineral, zinc spinel. [From J.G.Gahn, a Swedish chemist]. |
| glogg | a hot spiced drink: wine, brandy, and sherry, with raisins, almonds and orange peel. |
| gravadlax gravlaks gravlax | a Scandinavian dish of salmon with spices and salad. |
| gyttja | sediment on a lake bottom. |
| halleflinta | a dense rock containing quartz and feldspar. [Swedish 'hornstone']. |
| ide | a fish of the carp family, aka silver orfe. [Swedish 'id']. |
| kalmia | a genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. [From Pehr Kalm (1716—79), Swed. botanist]. |
| krumkake | a kind of Scandinavian biscuit. |
| limpa | rye bread made with molasses. |
| ombudsman | a government official who investigates complaints against government departments; (often without capital ombudsman) any official with a similar function. Pl. OMBUDSMEN. |
| plogging | a recreational activity, originating in Sweden, that combines jogging with picking up litter. [Portmanteau of Swedish ploca + jogging]. |
| rudbeckia | a composite plant of the sunflower family. [From Olaf Rudbeck (1660—1740), Swed. botanist]. |
| rutabaga | a root vegetable like a swede. [Swed. dialect rotabagge]. |
| salchow | an ice-skating leap with turns from inner backward edge of one skate to outer backward edge of other. [From Ulrich Salchow, a Swedish figure-skater]. |
| sievert | the SI unit of radiation dose. [From R. M. Sievert, 20th-cent. Swed. radiologist]. |
| sloid slojd sloyd | a Swedish system of manual training by woodwork. |
| solander | a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged. [From Daniel Charles Solander (1736-1782), the Swedish naturalist who invented it.] |
| svedberg | a unit of time used to measure sedimentation velocity. [From Theo Svedberg, Swedish chemist]. |
| terbic | relating to TERBIUM. |
| terbium | a rare metal found in certain YTTRIUM minerals. [From Ytterby in Sweden]. |
| thunbergia | any of a genus of evergreen climbing plants. [From C. P. Thunberg (1743—1822), Swed. botanist]. |
| tillandsia | a genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. [From Elias Tillands (1640—93), Swed. botanist]. |
| trona | a native hydrated double salt of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, occurring esp. as an evaporite. Aka URAO. |
| vallhund | a Swedish breed of dog. |
| ytterbia | an oxide of YTTERBIUM. |
| ytterbium | a rare earth element. [From Ytterby, a town in Sweden]. |
| yttria | an oxide of YTTRIUM. |
| yttrium | a rare earth element. [From Ytterby, a town in Sweden]. |
| yttric yttrous | relating to compounds of YTTRIUM. |
| yttriferous | yielding YTTRIUM. |