Years in Swedish by SwedishLesson.com

Here you will learn how to pronounce years in the right way.
In Sweden we focus on the centurys. See examples below.
It may be wise to repeat "numbers" before you start with "years".

1965

In swedish, the year of 1965 is pronounced
as "nineteen hundred sixty five".
19 (x) 100 (+) 60 (+) 5.

You can listen further down, how to
pronounce 1965 in swedish.

When it comes to the year of 2000,
it is (or should be) pronounced as
"twenty hundred".
20 (x) 100. In reality, people use
"two thousand", even if it was desided that
it should be "twenty hundred".

SWEDISH (in red color) ////// ENGLISH (in blue color)

1965 - nitton hundra sextio fem:
19 (x) 100 (+) 60 (+) 5.
1965 - nineteen hundred sixty five

1528 - femton hundra tjugo åtta:
15 (x) 100 (+) 20 (+) 8.
1528 - fifteen hundred twenty eight

2006 - tjugo hundra sex:
20 (x) 100 (+) 6.
2006 - twenty hundred six

1296 - tolv hundra nittio sex:
12 (x) 100 (+) 90 (+) 6.
1296 - twelve hundred ninety six

947 - nio hundra fyrtio sju:
9 (x) 100 (+) 40 (+) 7.
947 - nine hundred forty seven