Translating Names of Ikea Products from Swedish to English - Back To School Edition 

This reminded me that my dad once tried to order something from Ikea on the phone and he had to state the name of the product, but the system didn't recognize the word, so my dad just kept yelling a random swedish word at the phone, trying to pronounce it in 5 million different ways... :D

IKEA names are awesome! Here is a nice little list of how they names their products. Enjoy! :) • Bathroom items = Name of Swedish watercourses/lakes • Bedclothes = Flowers and plants • Beds, wardrobes, hall furnitures = Places in Norway • Bookshelves = Occupations and Scandinavian boy names • Bowls, vases, candles and candle holders = Swedish places, adjectives, spices, herbs, fruits and berries • Boxes, wall decorations, paintings and frames, clocks = Swedish slang terms and Swedish places • Children's products = Mammals, birds, adjectives • Desks, chairs, swivel chairs = Scandinavian boy names • Fabrics, curtains = Scandinavian girl names • Garden furnitures = Scandinavian islands • Kitchen accessories = Fish, mushrooms and adjectives • Lights = Units of measurement, seasons, months, days, shipping and nautical terms, Swedish place names • Carpets = Danish place names • Sofas, armchairs, chairs and dining tables = Swedish place names

Tjenare från Jokkmokk! 😁❤️ btw, ”Fjälla” can also mean fiancee/wife/wifey, or swedish älskling/fästmö/fru ☺️

The naming is not random as you suspected. They actually have quite the comprehensive naming convention/system. Not to go all to detail but, here goes. Sofas, couches, garden furniture, bookshelves, coffee tables, doorknobs, media storage : are named after Swedish places such as for an example, Norråker which is a coffee table is named after the a locality in northern Jämtland county. Chairs and dining tables : Named after Swedish and Finnish places, see above. Carpets : Danish places Desks and chairs : Men's names Fabrics, materials and curtains : Whamen's names There is plenty of other categories left but I cba to write them all down.

1:25 It could also mean girlfriend, or fiance, in oldfashioned slang. 2:18 It's a series of products with the same name, there is a couple of whipping bowls with this name too, and this colander that looks similar. 2:25 I would translate flitighet to "diligence". 3:04 Jämka could be like adjust to make something even, conciliate. 3:25 "Stolpa" is to walk in a certain way, like very stiff and with a stride with big steps, like your legs are like big poles. 3:47 Skäggört is a plant called "Rocky Mountain penstemon" (I didn't know that, I looked it up on Wikipedia). But yes, literally, it is beard herb. 4:30 Urskog is forest that hasn't been exploited by humans, no forestry 5:07 It's something that takes a lot of effort, like a journey that isn't easy. Like in Lord of the rings... the journey to Mordor was a "strapats". 6:24 Ruter is also slang from.. like the 40's or something. When someone got "ruter" in them, they're like determined, and have guts. "Den fjällan är det ruter i!" (That's a determined gal) 7:06 The think you couldn't remember is perhaps splash water on something. Like if you wash your hands, and you don't do it properly, with soap, "Han tvättade inte händerna, han blaskade bara av dem i vattnet" (He didn't wash his hands, he just splashed some water on them).

This is fun, ladies! Subscribed 👍 Rememinded me of a silly old joke: if you pronounce six names of Ikea items, you will summon Satan, but you'll have to assemble him first

Laurens guess on försluta made so much sense!!!

I took my Swedish friend to our local Ikea because she missed their coffee so much and didn't have a car. A quick trip to Ikea ended up being a whole afternoon of pure laughter (at least for us Spaniards) because of the translations. We thought most names were cities/neighbourhoods/random proper names 😂😂😂 thank you for reminding me of those good times

There is a "rocking moose"-toy for children called EKORRE. It looks like a moose but "ekorre" actually means squirrel 😂

I think you did really good especially since you translated everything on the spot and it's not allways easy! Well done and super funny!

You guys are so wonderful

I would say that flitighet is diligence

Ingvar Kamprad the founder of IKEA was dyslexic so he came up with a system for naming things so he could keep track of them, so for example Beds would be named after one thing, desks after another and so on. I think nowdays when he's no longer around they removed all the rules. Also "Fjälla" is also slang for "Girlfriend".

Omg part two please!? 🙏🏼 I’m at ikea every second weekend, this is entertainment for life. I love you guys

I just discovered this channel and it’s great. Lauren cracks me up! “This is an angry little side table, that most of us have in our homes” hahaha

This is soo fun to watch as a swede! Love it!

You guys are just the sweetest.

I just came across you guys! I love you guys! You’re hilarious!

Yasssssss! Lauren speaking Swedish! Precious! Hehe As for the funny indeed names, I was crying, out of laughter! Dear Lis, you are so sunny, smiley, beautiful 😻😻😻

I love you both! You're adorable! Thank you for sharing glimpses into Swedish life and culture, and for making me laugh!

This was so amazingly hilarious. I couldn't think of a better translation for most words, you did really well! Also I had to go to IKEA's website and look some of these products up for myself, I've never thought about the names and how ridiculous they are haha

It's so fun to see you translate from Swedish! 😂😂😂

Blaska is also splash... Kind of... Honestly though, all the ikea names is just Sweden trolling the rest of the world and its glorious! 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

I love these, when your brain recharges...MORE please! lol.

You are getting crazy good speaking Swedish, YAY !!!!!!

I’m from Sweden and i’m just going to go with yeeeaaaahhh.... on some of the translations =) nice video!

That was adorably awkward and oddly interesting! Nice work both of you

"Jokkmokk" is a bit fun actually. It isn't swedish but rather sami (sami the language of the sami, the indegenous people of scandinavia, for you americans think of it like how you would cherokee or inuit). It is the name of a place that is called with a name that means "winter settlement/homestead" in sami (not going to try to type that name). However. The word "jokkmokk" itself is interesting. "jokk" is sami for "river", but the "mokk" is under heavy debate - the current prevailing theories are 'turn/bend' (so, "riverbend") or 'land passage' (so, "place where you can walk from the river to another waterway"). I had reason to look this up a year or so ago. But for the vast majority of swedes it just is "a town in the far north" and evokes feeling of the untounched nature that is heavy with beautiful snow, dense forests and rivers (for a swede these are soothing images - do remember that sweden is roughly at the same latitude as alaska)

Jag har varit deprimerad i ett par år men era videos fick mig att bli glad för första gången på väldigt länge:) Keep it Up !

You guys energy is great! 😊😊

"Skäggört" is a flower, Penstemon strictus. Also called "beardtongue" in english :)

Åh, det här va ju typ det härligaste jag sett! Roliga namn på produkter, kastrullerna sensuell, annons och snitsig eller kanske toalettborsten hejaren 😂

Thanks for the laughs! Turtle eating aunt? Color me intrigued :D

This was super funny and I can totally understand Lisa struggling with the translation. I speak Swedish as well, and some of the names for those items are totally ridiculous - even in Swedish. Somebody at IKEA must have had a lot of fun coming up with all those crazy names. 😂🤣😂

Hahaha roligt. My husband always ask me what stuff mean in Ikea but 70% of the items are random words that we definitely don't use 😂

is this the Swedish joke on the world? lol. I'm literally laughing out loud. A curtain rod with dignity? I love that NONE of the names make any sense. Giggling trash cans. sure what not? Thanks for the laugh loves!!! xoxoxo

Hahaha så kul! 😂😂😂😍 do one more video 😂

De här va så kul Lisa. Bra gjort så 😂😂😂🥰

One time me and my family went to IKEA and bought a lamp with the name Snuva, which kind of means cold, as in "get a cold", when you get sick. The funny thing is that I had a cold that day. Maybe not so funny, but whatever

Fick en reklam från alternativ för Sverige innan videon...jokes on them, nu har de sponsrat en regnbågsfamilj

Hahah bästa videon! // best video Idea ever!

Loved it!

And you are right you can "jämka" the taxes. It means like correct or even out...or even get closer or starting to agree on something:)

Dedär va så kul att kolla på!!

You are both so funny. thanks so much for the video you made me laugh

loved this!!

Thanks,I am learning.

That’s crazy!! Can’t believe what these words mean, I’m always amused at the products at ikea when I go

Haha kul det var att kolla på detta! Så sött

Detta var såå kul!!

My favorite is Bertil. (A Swedish name, ~=Burt). And this is a chair cushion / seat pad... To me, the association of sitting down on top of a person is hilarious. I also have a friend called Bertil...😀

Bästa jag sett!!

Hej hej! I just wanna say that i've been a youtube user since the beginning of time and I can quality tell what is good and what isn't, and im 120% sure this channel is about to blow up. Very soon. Keep it up, cheers

"I got it directly from the back to school section" lol

jag måsta bara ta och följa eran kanal, En mycket trevlig kanal, mycket skratt och glädje som ni sprider gör mig glad! // Mattias.

Ingvar Kamprad actually decided that every doormat they sell should be named after Danish towns as an insult to Denmark. I guess he had something against Danes for some reason.

"Stolpa" is also slang for walking fast/firmly, which fits with the swedish expression "time walks".

Ooooo! I am one of the first to see! :)) I have just started following this channel, very recently. You guys are adorable. Much love

Im still laughing, hillerious!!

Ni är så vackra tillsammans, önskar er all lycka ♥️♥️♥️🇸🇪

You guys are the cutest couple on youtube after Texan in Tokyo stopped making videos.

Fjälla: totally agree with the northern connotation of the word. Enadearing, and sometimes degrading term for girl, depending how you use it. Flitighet: diligent work, but you say it to a kids these days. If you say it to a grown up , it is more endearing. In Småland, it used to be common back in the day, in proverbs hanging on the walls and such. Stolpa is just a name, I don't think it's an actual word. Just a "hittepå" /pun sort of name. Dignitet: a noun, but it means "of great importance" Jokkmokk: what people used to call me when teachers mispronounced my last name in class growing up (sorry Norrland). Blaska: make a mess with; or play with water. My grand mother used to say it and she's from Skåne. The catalogue, hmmmm.....I am not fond of the names serving "old frumpy man realness" if you know what I mean. When something is too obvious, like when the design is pretentiously aiming to immulate something Danish, but painfully obviously is Swedish, and you're just like "why do we have to be Danes to be minimal?" I don't remember the series but that's what I thought about anyway. Let them Danes be Danes and we'll visit when we have the time hahaha! We do Sweden so well :)

jämka [samman] = adjust [things, numbers, opinions, ... to each other] stolpa [in] = make a brutal or insensitive entrance

The names are to help the late Ingvar Kamprad to keep track of the products (he was dyslexic). Instead of serial numbers the use words from Sweden in a system. For example bookcases are professions and Scandinavian boys' names. Bed textiles are flowers and plants :)

Jag älskar den här video

Fjälla is also old slang for "girlfriend", but it is also the name of a place in Sweden, and IKEA often uses place names for products. "stolpa" is to walk strictly and quickly.

You ladies are my marriage goals. Funny video though.

Ni är så underbart fina och roliga

Its fun to hear people trying to pronounce Swedish things when it’s things only Swedish people can pronounce and don’t ask why I know that I am swedish

Yeah, this is Swedish humour at its finests. 🤣 Du pratar svenska enough to göra en video på swedish. Ha en riktigt bra weekend! (Bra weekend....) lol

Kul!!🤪👍🏼

Too funny. I happen to be an American whos been living in Göteborg for 11 years has been working at an IKEA for the past 7 years.

Thank you, thank you. I have always wondered what the heck these words may mean...just assumed that the nomenclature related to the item. BTW, you two are looking great. Always look forward to your blogs.

Think the Sweeds are taking the piss out of the rest of us lol

Hiya its been 4years since your proposal video how time flys 💕

Love you ladies! Hugs and kisses from Russia! The IKEA names are hilarious, now I want to know translations of every single item 😆

I was totally yelling out the answers haha

”Jämka” means get along/ together make things work. The word ”lack” in the meaning angry is slang. ”Blaska” can also mean wash up something by hand.

You guys are soooo sweet! 🌼

That was pretty good. Well done. Fjälla can also mean girlfriend. And it can mean the specific activity to go to and traverse a mountain.

I lmao when I realized I've been using the "LACK" as a foot rest while watching

I love that she took stuff from the “back to school section” with thrash bags and like a table, like who brings that to school😂😂

That was so funny

Im Swedish so this is so fun to watch😂

There is a frame named ribba. It means crossbar, but it is also slang for erection. :D

Haha omg this is soooo funny 😂😂 E från Malmö 👍😊

I laughed so hard at Jokkmokk :D As a person who can speak Swedish at some level (Finland) I'm always amused at Ikea because those names!!! I guess you tried to say "endemic forest/plant" with "urskog", indigenous is more people than animals or plants as they are endemic

these were so great xD our cutting board is named viktig !Tror att det passar :p

When I was younger my mom bought me a toy looking like a moose. It was called ekorre / squirrell 😂😂😂

Hillarious!!

Finding out I am not only a human but also a table leg was rather amusing ;)

Say-im Happy that i bought 3x Lack-a few weeks ago! They dont look angry-they come in black and white.A big Ikea seller-for years.I must look at all my Ikea furniture and Google the translations! Hej Do!

Nice!

Love you and your ideas for videos it always makes me lough 😍🤗 thank you from Israel 🙏🏼

I think my favourite IKEA product name is Grunka (like... "thingamajig" I guess?) which they use for some cooking utensils. It is just a funny word, and since it is applicable to anything I think they should use it more.

Good job! I would never have come up with a good word to describe "Jämka", I thought you came as close to it as you could :) But I would rather describe "Flitighet" with "hard work", but it's tough since the word "flitig" can be "frequent" as well as "hard working".

Do your best cooking dish video !!!

Productivity.

The beds that calls Malm and Släkt :)

I'm swedish and I don't even know some of these words. Idk how they even choose these words and why.