Finland and Sweden use the same alphabet. The following 29 letters
are used:
How do you pronounce the letters ÅÄÖ in Finnish
and Swedish?
These vowels are pronounced in the same manner as the red
letters in the examples:
| clock, door | |
| hat | |
| bird, the |
Do they use any other letters?
No other letters are used in plain Finnish. The letter Å
is not used in Finnish, but it may be used in surnames with a
Swedish origin. In surnames with a German origin you can find
the letter Ü, equal to Y.
In Swedish you can see the letters Á, À,
É, È, Ó, Ò
and Ü mainly in names.
How do they sort the letters in Finland?
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| A (Á) (À) | All letters of same weight. |
| B |
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| C | Not used in modern Finnish. |
| D |
|
| E (É) (È) | All letters of same weight. |
| F |
|
| G | |
| H | |
| I | |
| J | |
| K | |
| L | |
| M | |
| N | |
| O (Ó) (Ò) | |
| P | |
| Q | Not used in modern Finnish, rare in modern Swedish. |
| R |
|
| S | |
| T | |
| U | |
| VW | Both letters of same weight. W is not used in modern Finnish or Swedish. W is used in Swedish names. |
| X | Not used in modern Finnish. |
| Y (Ü) | Both letters of same weight. Ü is only used in names in both Finnish and Swedish. |
| Z | Not used in modern Finnish, rare in modern Swedish. |
| Å | In Finnish only in names of Swedish origin. |
| Ä |
|
| Ö |
Note! If a name in Finnish or Swedish is preceeded by a
prefix (von, af, von der, etc.) it will always
be sorted according to the main part of the name. Exceptions are
de and de la, which belong to the main part of the
names.