The layout at a glance
This Swedish virtual keyboard mirrors the QWERTY layout of a physical Swedish keyboard. Its 48 character keys reach the 29 letters of the Latin script (U+0041–U+005A, U+0061–U+007A, U+00C0–U+024F) straight from the browser, with no software to install and no system setting to change.
The layout reaches 11 characters that an ordinary Latin keyboard does not carry: £ ¤ § ¨ ´ µ ½ ä å ö €.
12 further characters come from the AltGr key (Alt on mobile): @ £ $ € { [ ] } \ ~ | µ.
| Script | Latin |
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| Layout | QWERTY |
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| Reading direction | Left to right |
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| Character keys | 48 |
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| Letters available | 29 |
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| Non-ASCII characters | 11 |
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| Unicode range | U+0041–U+005A, U+0061–U+007A, U+00C0–U+024F |
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| Third layer (AltGr) | Yes |
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| Transliteration | No |
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How to type in Swedish
- Click the on-screen keys or type on your physical keyboard — both write into the same text area.
- Shift shows the second layer of every key: capitals and the characters printed at the top right.
- AltGr (Alt on mobile) shows the third layer, the characters printed at the bottom right.
- The Copy button puts the whole text on the clipboard, ready to paste into an email, a document or a form.
- The Google, YouTube and ChatGPT buttons run a search with the text you typed, without retyping it.
Key reference table
Each row is one physical key: the base character, the one produced with Shift, then the one produced with AltGr.
| Key | With Shift | With AltGr |
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| § | ½ | — |
| 1 | ! | — |
| 2 | " | @ |
| 3 | # | £ |
| 4 | ¤ | $ |
| 5 | % | € |
| 6 | & | — |
| 7 | / | { |
| 8 | ( | [ |
| 9 | ) | ] |
| 0 | = | } |
| + | ? | \ |
| ´ | ` | — |
| q | Q | — |
| w | W | — |
| e | E | € |
| r | R | — |
| t | T | — |
| y | Y | — |
| u | U | — |
| i | I | — |
| o | O | — |
| p | P | — |
| å | Å | — |
| ¨ | ^ | ~ |
| ' | * | — |
| a | A | — |
| s | S | — |
| d | D | — |
| f | F | — |
| g | G | — |
| h | H | — |
| j | J | — |
| k | K | — |
| l | L | — |
| ö | Ö | — |
| ä | Ä | — |
| < | > | | |
| z | Z | — |
| x | X | — |
| c | C | — |
| v | V | — |
| b | B | — |
| n | N | — |
| m | M | µ |
| , | ; | — |
| . | : | — |
| - | _ | — |
The characters on this layout
The 11 characters this layout can produce:
Other keyboards in the Latin script
These keyboards are written in the same script and share much of their character set.
Further reading
Typing å, ä and ö from a US or UK keyboard
Turn on "Type with my physical keyboard" and the three Swedish letters land on keys you already have, to the right of the letters:
- å on your
[ key (right of P)
- ö on your
; key (right of L)
- ä on your
' key (right of ö)
Shift gives Å, Ö and Ä, and Caps Lock capitalizes them like any other letter. The punctuation moves around in the usual Nordic way. Shift+7 types /, Shift+8 and Shift+9 type the parentheses, Shift+0 types =, and - sits at the bottom right where a US keyboard has /.
Symbols are on AltGr (Alt on mobile), as on a real Swedish keyboard: @ is AltGr+2, £ AltGr+3, $ AltGr+4, € AltGr+E or AltGr+5, { [ ] } AltGr+7 to 0, \ AltGr++, and | AltGr+<. The ´ and ¨ keys are dead keys. Press ´ and then e for the é in idé, armé and kafé, or ¨ and then u for ü. A space after a dead key types the mark by itself.
Never replace å, ä and ö with a and o
Å, ä and ö are full letters in Swedish, not accented versions of a and o. Leaving the dots off changes the word. Får (sheep, or "gets") becomes far (father). Hör (hear) becomes hor (an old word for adultery). Unlike German, Swedish doesn't write ae or oe as a substitute in ordinary text.
There is one place where substitutes are official: the machine-readable line of passports, and the airline bookings that copy it. ICAO rules turn Å into AA, Ä into AE and Ö into OE, so Åsa Öberg can show up as AASA OEBERG on a boarding pass. Email addresses usually just drop the marks (asa.oberg@…).
Swedish quotation marks are another surprise. Both ends use the same closing mark, ”like this”, and some books use »this». The English “…” pair is wrong in Swedish text. Decimals take a comma (3,5 procent), and large numbers are grouped with spaces (1 000 000).
Setting up Swedish on Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone
- Windows 11: Settings > Time & language > Language & region > Add a language > Swedish (Sweden). Switch layouts with Windows+Space.
- macOS: System Settings > Keyboard > Text Input > Edit > + > Swedish. Mac Swedish keyboards put some symbols in different places from PC ones, so check the Keyboard Viewer if @ or the brackets don't appear where you expect.
- Android (Gboard): Settings > Languages > Add keyboard > Svenska. Gboard puts å, ä and ö on their own keys. Long-pressing a or o also works on any Latin keyboard.
- iPhone/iPad: Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard > Swedish.
The Finnish layout is identical to the Swedish one. The Norwegian keyboard and the Danish keyboard keep å in the same place but use ø and æ where Swedish has ö and ä, and Norwegian and Danish swap those two keys with each other.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I type Swedish special characters (å, ä, ö)?
Swedish has three additional letters: å, ä, ö. They have dedicated keys on Swedish keyboards, typically positioned to the right of the letter keys.
What is the Swedish QWERTY keyboard layout?
Swedish uses a QWERTY-based layout with å, ä, ö as dedicated keys. The layout is similar to other Nordic keyboards (Danish, Norwegian).
How do I type the å character?
The å (a with ring) is a distinct Swedish letter, not just 'a' with a diacritic. It has its own key on Swedish keyboards, usually to the right of P.
What's the difference between ä and ö?
Ä and ö are separate vowels with distinct sounds: ä sounds like 'e' in 'bed', ö sounds like 'i' in 'bird'. They're essential letters in Swedish.
Can I use this keyboard for Norwegian or Danish?
Yes, Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish keyboards are very similar. All three use å, ä/æ, ö/ø. The main difference is æ/ø (Norwegian/Danish) vs ä/ö (Swedish).
How do I type special characters like @, $, €?
Use AltGr combinations: AltGr+2 for @, AltGr+4 for $, AltGr+E for €. Some symbols are on Shift+number keys.
How do I type the Euro symbol €?
Press AltGr + E to type the Euro symbol on Swedish keyboards.
What is the alphabetical order in Swedish?
Swedish alphabet has 29 letters: A-Z plus å, ä, ö at the end. So the order is ...x, y, z, å, ä, ö.
How do I type uppercase Å, Ä, Ö?
Use Shift + the letter key or enable Caps Lock. All three special letters have uppercase forms used at the beginning of words and names.
Can I type in Finnish with this keyboard?
Swedish and Finnish keyboards are nearly identical, both having å, ä, ö. Finnish uses these letters more frequently and has some additional characters available.
