Category: HistoryPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate

historia

/historia/Roman

English meaning: History

Swedish Definition

(Svenska)

Studiet av mänsklighetens förflutna händelser och deras orsaker och konsekvenser.

English Definition

The record of past events. Swedish history includes the Viking Age (800–1100 CE), the Kalmar Union, Sweden as a great European power in the 17th century (Swedish Empire), the Napoleonic Wars (Sweden's last war, 1814), industrial revolution prosperity, and development into a modern welfare state. The Vikings reached North America 500 years before Columbus.

Example

Vikingarna från Sverige nådde Nordamerika 500 år före Kolumbus.

In English: The Vikings from Sweden reached North America 500 years before Columbus.

Synonyms

  • historik
  • förflutna

Literary Heritage

Historia är den härskarklassens lögner om det förflutna.

History is the ruling class's lies about the past.

August Strindberg · Playwright / Novelist · 19th–20th century

Röda Rummet

Röda Rummet (The Red Room), Ch. 18, 1879

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