Om vi tar taxi, hinner vi fram före mötet.

Swedish often uses the present tense to talk about the future when the meaning is clear from the context.

So Om vi tar taxi literally looks like If we take a taxi, but it naturally means If we take a taxi / If we take a cab (then)... referring to a future possibility.

This is very common in Swedish:

• Om det regnar, stannar vi hemma. = If it rains, we’ll stay home.
• Jag ringer dig imorgon. = I’ll call you tomorrow.

You do not need a special future form here.

In Swedish, forms of transport are often used without an article after verbs like ta.

So:

• ta taxi = take a taxi / go by taxi
• ta bussen = take the bus
• ta tåget = take the train

Using en taxi is possible in some contexts, but ta taxi is the most natural general expression when you mean the mode of transport rather than one specific vehicle.

Hinna means something like:

• have time to
• manage to do something in time
• make it in time

In this sentence, hinner vi fram means will we get there in time or will we make it there in time.

It is not just about physical speed. It is about whether there is enough time before something happens.

Examples:

• Jag hinner inte äta. = I don’t have time to eat.
• Hinner du till tåget? = Will you make it to the train in time?

This is because Swedish has verb-second word order in main clauses.

The sentence begins with the subordinate clause:

• Om vi tar taxi = If we take a taxi

After that, the main clause starts, and the conjugated verb comes first:

• hinner vi fram före mötet

So the order is:

1. subordinate clause
2. finite verb in the main clause
3. subject

This is normal in Swedish:

• Om du vill, kommer jag.
• När han kommer, går vi.

If the main clause stood alone, it would be:

• Vi hinner fram före mötet.

Fram often means forward, but in this kind of sentence it is part of the expression hinna fram or komma fram, which means:

• arrive
• get there
• make it there

So hinner vi fram means will we get there in time.

Compare:

• Vi kommer fram klockan fem. = We arrive at five.
• Tror du att vi hinner fram? = Do you think we’ll make it there in time?

Both före and innan can often mean before, but there is a slight difference in usage.

• före is especially common before nouns
• innan can also be used before nouns, but is very common before clauses

So:

• före mötet = before the meeting
• innan mötet is also possible and natural in many contexts

Before a full clause, innan is especially common:

• innan mötet börjar = before the meeting starts

In your sentence, före mötet is completely natural.

Mötet is the definite form of möte and means the meeting.

The sentence is talking about a specific meeting that both speaker and listener already know about:

• före mötet = before the meeting

Swedish usually adds definiteness as an ending:

• ett möte = a meeting
• mötet = the meeting

So the ending -et is doing the job that the does in English.

No. In this sentence, fram is not introduced by att because hinna fram works as a fixed verbal expression.

You can say:

• Vi hinner fram. = We’ll make it there / We’ll arrive in time.

But hinna can also be followed by att plus an infinitive in other cases:

• Jag hinner inte äta.
• Jag hinner inte att äta.

In modern Swedish, att is often omitted after hinna, especially in speech, but both patterns can appear depending on the structure. Here, with fram, you simply say hinna fram.

Here om means if.

Swedish om can mean different things depending on context:

• om = if
  
  • Om du vill, kan vi gå. = If you want, we can go.
• om = about
  • Vi pratar om resan. = We are talking about the trip.

In Om vi tar taxi, it clearly means if because it introduces a condition.

The comma after Om vi tar taxi separates the conditional clause from the main clause.

In modern Swedish, this comma is often optional, especially in shorter sentences. So both of these are acceptable:

• Om vi tar taxi, hinner vi fram före mötet.
• Om vi tar taxi hinner vi fram före mötet.

Writers often include the comma to make the sentence easier to read.

Yes. Both are possible, but they emphasize slightly different things.

• we’ll arrive before the meeting focuses on arrival time
• we’ll make it before the meeting focuses more on managing to be on time

Because of hinna, the Swedish sentence strongly suggests having enough time. So a very natural English translation is:

• If we take a taxi, we’ll make it before the meeting.
• If we take a taxi, we’ll get there before the meeting.
• If we take a taxi, we’ll get there in time for the meeting.

The exact English wording depends on the situation.

Yes, but it changes the nuance.

• Om vi tar taxi = If we take a taxi
• Om vi ska ta taxi = If we are going to take a taxi / If we’re supposed to take a taxi

Adding ska can make it sound more like a plan, intention, or decision under discussion. The original sentence is simpler and more direct.

So in your example, Om vi tar taxi is the most natural choice.