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.”
Images
CC-licensed · free to useLoading images…
Video
Language information
- Language
- Svenska
- Swedish
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Germanic
- Speakers
- 10M