Complete Swedish translation table for care instructions, washing labels, and textile symbols. Copy-ready translations for your Shopify product labels.
TL;DR: Need to translate washing labels and care instructions to Swedish for your Shopify store?
Here’s a complete translation table plus tips for the Sweden market.
If you sell clothing, textiles, or any products with care labels to Swedish-speaking customers, you need translated washing instructions. Customers expect to see care information in their language – and in many markets, it’s legally required.
Here’s every standard washing label instruction translated to Swedish (Svenska). Copy these directly or use them as reference:
| English | Swedish |
|---|---|
| Machine wash cold | Maskintvätt kallt |
| Machine wash warm | Maskintvätt varmt |
| Hand wash only | Endast handtvätt |
| Do not wash | Tvätta ej |
| English | Swedish |
|---|---|
| Do not bleach | Bleka ej |
| Bleach when needed | Bleka vid behov |
| English | Swedish |
|---|---|
| Tumble dry low | Torktumla låg värme |
| Tumble dry medium | Torktumla medelvärme |
| Do not tumble dry | Torktumla ej |
| Dry flat | Torka plant |
| Hang to dry | Häng torrt |
| English | Swedish |
|---|---|
| Iron low heat | Stryk låg värme |
| Iron medium heat | Stryk medelvärme |
| Iron high heat | Stryk hög värme |
| Do not iron | Stryk ej |
| English | Swedish |
|---|---|
| Dry clean only | Endast kemtvätt |
| Do not dry clean | Kemtvätta ej |
Sweden has one of the highest e-commerce adoption rates globally. Swedish consumers spend €15+ billion online annually.
Properly translated care labels signal that you take the Swedish-speaking market seriously. It builds trust and reduces returns from customers who couldn’t understand washing instructions.
Swedish uses å, ä, ö which are distinct letters (not accented a/o). These come at the end of the alphabet and affect sorting.
When translating product images for your Shopify store, keep these language-specific requirements in mind. Your translations need to display correctly on the actual product labels.
You have several options to display translated care instructions:
For stores with many products, manually translating each care label is time-consuming. Our bulk translation features let you translate all product images and labels to Swedish in minutes instead of hours.
Care labels are just one type of product label that needs translation. Consider also translating:
Now you have all the Swedish care instruction translations you need. For a complete solution that handles all your product image translations automatically: