Welcome aboard! When giving instructions, you often need to emphasize that the rules apply to every individual.
| Welcome aboard the ship! | Välkommen ombord på fartyget! |
Each one (var och en)
To talk about "each one" or "everyone individually" in Swedish, use the distributive pronoun var och en.
| each one | var och en |
| Each one gets a cabin on the cruise. | Var och en får en hytt på kryssningen. |
| Each one checks in and gets a life jacket. | Var och en checkar in och får en flytväst. |
| Each one must find the lifeboat on the ship. | Var och en måste hitta livbåten på fartyget. |
Using "sin" with "var och en"
While a word like alla (everyone/all) is plural, var och en is strictly singular. Because it is a singular subject, it triggers the singular reflexive possessive pronoun sin (or sitt/sina) when referring to their own belongings.
Even though English often translates this using "their" (e.g., "each one takes their suitcase"), Swedish treats "each one" as singular, so you must use sin.
| Each one checks in their suitcase. | Var och en checkar in sin resväska. |
| Each one fetches their life jacket. | Var och en hämtar sin flytväst. |
Describing passengers: vars (whose)
To give extra information about a specific person and something they own, use the relative pronoun vars (whose). It connects a noun to a descriptive clause and never changes its form.
| The passenger, whose key card is broken, must wait. | Passageraren vars nyckelkort är trasigt måste vänta. |
| The passenger, whose cabin is cold, complains. | Passageraren vars hytt är kall klagar. |