Subtitling · Swedish
Swedish subtitling services
Native Swedish subtitlers for corporate video, eLearning, streaming content, broadcast and advertising. Sweden and Finland, delivered to platform specification. Part of a full Swedish language service: subtitles, voice over scripts, and translation of any content you need.
About Swedish subtitling
Swedish subtitles for a market that reads them daily
Sweden subtitles rather than dubs, and has done for decades. Foreign content arrives subtitled as standard, which means Swedish viewers read subtitles constantly and have a well-developed sense of when timing is off, when a line breaks awkwardly, or when a translation follows the English too closely.
Swedish also has an official presence beyond Sweden. It is one of the two national languages of Finland, and Finnish Swedish differs from the Swedish of Sweden in vocabulary and in some official terminology, which matters for public sector and institutional content aimed at that audience.
At GoLocalise, we work with native Swedish subtitlers and every file passes linguistic and technical QA before delivery.
Which do you need?
Open captions, closed captions or SDH
Three different deliverables that people often ask for by the wrong name. Here is the short version.
Open captions
Burnt inSubtitles burnt permanently into the picture. Nobody can switch them off, which is exactly what you want for social feeds that autoplay muted.
- Always visible
- Font, size, colour and position to match your brand
- Delivered as a finished video file
Closed captions
SwitchableA separate file the viewer can turn on and off, and that can carry several languages at once. The standard for YouTube, Vimeo and the streaming platforms.
- Viewer controls them
- Multiple languages from one video
- Indexed by search engines
SDH
AccessibilitySubtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing: dialogue plus speaker IDs and the sound effects and music cues that carry meaning.
- Speaker identification
- Non-dialogue audio described
- Meets accessibility requirements
What we subtitle
Swedish subtitling for every kind of content
Swedish subtitling shows up across public-sector, corporate and streaming work in a market that reads subtitles daily. These are the formats we subtitle most.
Corporate & training video
Internal comms, onboarding and product training subtitled for global teams and LMS delivery.
eLearning & online courses
Timed, readable subtitles for course platforms, MOOCs and instructional video.
Documentary & factual
Festival, broadcast and streaming documentaries, including interview clean-up and on-screen text.
Advertising & social
Burnt-in captions for muted autoplay on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and paid social.
Streaming & OTT
Platform-spec subtitle and caption files for VOD, OTT and broadcast delivery.
Accessibility (SDH & closed captions)
Same-language SDH and closed captions to meet WCAG and accessibility requirements.
Events, webinars & conferences
Recorded talks, town halls and webinars captioned for on-demand viewing.
E-commerce & product video
Short product and explainer videos captioned to lift conversion and reach.
How can we help you?
Your project manager has everything covered
One point of contact from brief to delivery, and both a linguistic and a technical check on every file.
Brief review
We review your video, your audience, and whether the content is aimed at Sweden, Finland, or both.
Template and translation
Where needed, we create an English subtitle template first, then send it to a native Swedish subtitler.
Timing and quality checks
Subtitles are timed against the video and checked for reading speed, line length, break points, and format compliance.
Delivery
Your subtitle files in the format your platform requires, on budget and on time.
Our standards
The specs we work to
Readable subtitles are a matter of measurable limits, not opinion. These are the defaults we apply to Swedish unless your style guide says otherwise.
Maximum per line
37 for broadcast delivery
Maximum on screen
Bottom-weighted, centred
Reading speed
Lower for children's content
Minimum duration
Seven seconds maximum
Hitting the limits is the easy part in Swedish. Because the audience reads subtitles every day, what gets noticed is everything above them: a line that breaks in an awkward place, a subtitle that lingers past the cut, a translation that follows the English so closely it stops sounding like Swedish. That is where an experienced subtitler earns the work, and it is what our linguistic QA pass is actually looking for.
Deliverables
Professional subtitle formats
We adapt your existing translations into subtitle format or create subtitles from scratch, in Swedish, English or any other language. And if the project needs a timed script or a plain document instead, we deliver that too.
Standard text-based
Compatible with most platforms and players.
Broadcast & professional
For broadcasters, post houses and streaming delivery specs.
Burnt-in video
A finished file with the subtitles baked into the picture.
Need a different format? Convert SRT, VTT and more with our free subtitle converter →
Swedish specifics
One language, two markets
For most commercial content, one Swedish file covers both markets. The written standard is shared between Sweden and the Swedish-speaking population of Finland, so a single version reads correctly on either side of the Gulf of Bothnia.
Where it stops being enough is official language. Finland Swedish carries its own vocabulary and, more importantly, its own institutional terminology, so for public sector, legal or healthcare content aimed at Swedish speakers in Finland we recommend a market-specific review. Tell us which audience the file is for and we will build that in.
Swedish is also its own written language, distinct from Norwegian and Danish. The three are mutually intelligible to a degree in speech, which leads to the assumption that one file might serve the whole region, but their spelling, vocabulary and grammar differ. Each market gets its own version, and we produce them together when a project covers the Nordics.
Since 2008
Subtitling & captioning
100+
Languages covered
ISO 9001 & 14001
Certified processes
In-house
Subtitling team & studios
Subtitling rates
Professional Swedish subtitling
For single videos and straightforward content where accurate, well timed subtitles are what you need.
- Native Swedish subtitler
- Sweden or Finland Swedish
- Frame-accurate timing
For longer content and recurring projects, including transcription, SDH, burned-in subtitles and multiple output formats.
- Everything in Standard
- Transcription and template
- SDH and burnt-in
- Multiple output formats
Every project is quoted individually and backed by our Price Match Promise. Send us your video for an exact, no-obligation quote.
Trusted by global brands
We have used GoLocalise on a regular basis for projects in a number of languages. The service we receive is great. The team is always friendly and professional. The voiceovers we receive are of a very high quality and the turnaround is extremely quick. We are very happy to recommend GoLocalise to other businesses.
It was a pleasure to work with David and the team at GoLocalise. David gave me lots of help and advice, guiding me through my first subtitling project. He really knows his stuff! The experience was completely pain-free. I would not hesitate to recommend GoLocalise – outstanding work at a good price.
They're reliable, adaptive and obsessed with quality. And while you can never be 100% guaranteed of perfection, you can be sure GoLocalise will go the extra mile to get it right every time. We've worked with them now for over 5 years and we are truly thankful to have such a strong localisation partner for our business.
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Most common questions
For most commercial content, no. The written standard is shared, and a single file works across both markets. Finland Swedish carries its own vocabulary and, more importantly, its own official and institutional terminology, so for public sector, legal, or healthcare content aimed at Swedish speakers in Finland, we recommend a market-specific review.
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