Breakdown of Det finns färre stormar här i förhållande till vad som är normalt.
vara
to be
här
here
vad
what
det finns
there is, there are
stormen
the storm
som
who / which / that (relative pronoun)
färre
fewer
i förhållande till
in relation to
normal
normal
Questions & Answers about Det finns färre stormar här i förhållande till vad som är normalt.
Does i förhållande till mean the exact same thing as jämfört med here?
They are very similar and often interchangeable, but they have a slight difference in nuance. jämfört med simply means "compared with," while i förhållande till translates to "in relation to" or "in proportion to." In this sentence, it emphasizes the ratio of storms against a normal baseline.
Why do we need the word som in vad som är normalt?
In Swedish, when vad (what) is the subject of a relative clause, you must add som. Here, "what" is the subject that "is normal." If "what" were the object of the clause, you would drop som, like in vad jag ser (what I see).
Why does the adjective normalt end in a -t here?
It gets the neuter -t ending because it describes the abstract concept of vad (what). When an adjective refers to a general idea, a whole clause, or the pronoun vad rather than a specific en-word or ett-word noun, it always takes the neuter form.
Could I say mindre stormar instead of färre stormar?
No, because stormar (storms) are countable. Just like the rule for "fewer" versus "less" in English, Swedish uses färre for things you can count and mindre for uncountable amounts (like rain or snow).
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