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When arranging furniture or looking for a lost item, you need to be specific about where things are located. Swedish uses a standard set of spatial prepositions to describe exact locations.

Let's look at how to place objects in a room in relation to one another.

### In Front Of and Behind

To say something is in front of an object, use **framför**. For the reverse, use **bakom** (behind).

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### Next To and Opposite

When placing things side by side, use **bredvid** (next to).

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If something is directly across a space from another object, use **mittemot** (opposite).

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### Under and Over

To describe vertical relationships, use **under** (under/below) and **över** (over/above).

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When placing items like lamps, pictures, or clothes, you will often see the verb **hänga** (to hang) paired with these prepositions:

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### Between

Use **mellan** to say something is "between" two places or objects. Just like in English, this preposition is usually followed by two nouns linked by *och* (and), or by a plural noun.

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Extended spatial prepositions (framför, bakom, bredvid)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The definite ending (barnet, hunden)

Indefinite articles and -ar verbs (en, ett)

Basic word order

Singular adjectives (stor, stort)

Plural adjectives (-a)

Sentence negation (inte)

Yes/No questions

Basic question words (vad, vem, var)

Regular Group 2 verbs (-er)

Short verbs and irregulars (har, gör)

The infinitive marker (att)

Modal verbs (kan, vill, måste, får)

Future intention (ska)

Time adverbs (imorgon, igår)

Word order inversion

Adverbs of frequency (ibland, aldrig)

Everyday things (dörren, stolen, tåget)

Definite suffix spelling changes

Plural nouns Group 1 and 2 (-or, -ar)

Plural nouns Group 3 (-er, -r)

Neuter indefinite plurals

Definite plural suffixes (-na, -a, -en)

Object pronouns (mig, dig, oss)

Reflexive pronouns (sig)

Expanded question words (när, varför)

Which and what (vilken, vilket, vilka)

Coordinating conjunctions (men, eller, för)

Prepositions of place (i, på, till, från)

Quantifiers (mycket, många)

Indefinite pronouns (någon, något, några)

First and second person possessives (min, din, vår, er)

Third person possessives (hans, hennes, dess, deras)

Reflexive possessives (sin, sitt, sina)

The genitive (-s)

Adjectives before singular nouns

Adjectives before plural nouns (-a)

Double definiteness (den, det, de)

Demonstratives (den här, det här, de här)

The imperative mood

Past tense of vara and ha (var, hade)

Possessives for names (-s)

Definite plural adjectives (de ... -a)

Genitive case for names (-s)

Numbers 1 to 10 (en, två, tre...)

Numbers 11 to 20 (elva till tjugo)

Counting by tens to 100 (trettio, fyrtio...)

Days of the week (måndag, tisdag...)

Months of the year (januari, februari...)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (första, andra...)

Greetings and politeness (hej, tack, förlåt)

Particle verbs of direction (gå ut, komma in)

Simple past: Group 1 (-ade)

Simple past: Group 2a (-de)

Simple past: Group 2b (-te)

Simple past: Group 3 (-dde)

Simple past: Group 4

Present perfect: Groups 1 and 2 (har)

Present perfect: Groups 3 and 4

Past perfect (hade)

Future predictions (kommer att)

Future with present tense

The adjective small (liten, litet, små)

Demonstratives of distance (den där, det där, de där)

Negative pronouns (ingen, inget, inga)

Universal pronouns (all, allt, alla)

The generic pronoun (man, en)

Possessive generic pronoun (ens)

Reciprocal pronoun (varandra)

Qualitative pronouns (sådan, sådant, sådana)

Habitual time expressions (på)

Specific past time expressions (i)

Past time expressions (för ... sedan)

Future time expressions (om)

Location and motion adverbs (här/hit, där/dit)

Consequences (så)

Correlative conjunctions (både ... och)

Either and neither (antingen ... eller, varken ... eller)

Verbs of opinion and belief (tycker, tror, tänker)

Subordinate clauses (att, om)

Time clauses (när, innan, medan)

Clauses of cause (eftersom, därför att)

Negation in subordinate clauses (inte)

V2 word order inversion

Relative clauses as subjects (som)

Relative clauses as objects (som)

Relative clauses for places (där)

Adverbs from adjectives (-t)

Adjective comparative and superlative (-are, -ast)

Question	Answer
the plant	växten
in front of / over (in preference to)	framför
We put that plant in front of the window.	Vi ställer den där växten framför fönstret.
behind	bakom
the TV	teven
The boy finds his toy behind the TV.	Pojken hittar sin leksak bakom teven.
next to	bredvid
There is something next to the bed.	Det finns något bredvid sängen.
under	under
The cat is sleeping under that table.	Katten sover under det där bordet.
to hang	hänga
over / past (in clock times)	över
We hang a new lamp over the table.	Vi hänger en ny lampa över bordet.
between	mellan
The armchair is between the TV and the plant.	Fåtöljen är mellan teven och växten.
opposite	mittemot
The bed is opposite the door.	Sängen är mittemot dörren.
The man hangs the jacket behind the door.	Mannen hänger jackan bakom dörren.
I see some birds behind the house.	Jag ser några fåglar bakom huset.
The TV is opposite the sofa.	Teven är mittemot soffan.
There are some newspapers under that desk.	Det finns några tidningar under det där skrivbordet.
She hangs her clothes over the chair.	Hon hänger sina kläder över stolen.
We put the cabinet next to the door.	Vi ställer skåpet bredvid dörren.
We put the table between the armchair and the sofa.	Vi ställer bordet mellan fåtöljen och soffan.
The dog is sleeping in front of the window.	Hunden sover framför fönstret.
near, in the vicinity of	i närheten av
We live near the school.	Vi bor i närheten av skolan.
There is a shop near the house.	Det finns en affär i närheten av huset.
to the right of	till höger om
The bank is to the right of the pharmacy.	Banken är till höger om apoteket.
Go to the right of the church!	Gå till höger om kyrkan!
to the left of	till vänster om
The shop is to the left of the bank.	Affären är till vänster om banken.
The house to the left of the park is old.	Huset till vänster om parken är gammalt.

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