Pokémon in Sweden
Flag of Sweden
Language	Swedish
Continent	Europe
Original animated series airdates
EP001	March 4, 2000
AG001	May 15, 2004
DP001	February 26, 2008
BW001	September 3, 2011
XY001	March 30, 2014
SM001	August 26, 2017
JN001	November 27, 2020 January 1, 2021
HZ001	March 7, 2024

ThePokémon animated series first reachedSweden in March 2000, with the first broadcast ofPokémon - Jag väljer dig!.

Pokémon video games

Pokémon games are sold in English with Swedish manuals. The games are released at the same time as in the rest of Europe. The only game released in Swedish isPokémon Trading Card Game Online, but only the interface is translated, the cards themselves remains in English.

Stores known for distributing Pokémon events in Sweden areGameStop, and Toys "R" Us.

Pokémon animation

ThePokémon animated series was broadcasted onDisney XD, previously known asFox Kids and thenJetix, andTV4 in Sweden.Pokémon: Battle Frontier was not aired afterPokémon: Advanced Battle, but was just skipped, going directly toPokémon: Diamond and Pearl. Pokémon: Battle Frontier was instead broadcast on TV4+ and TV4's online site.

In Sweden,Pokémon the Series: Black & White andPokémon the Series: XY of the animated series are available onViaplay,Pokémon the Series: XY andPokémon the Series: Sun & Moon are available onNetflix with Swedish audio and subtitles, andPokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl are available onC More with Swedish audio and no subtitles.

Movies

All movies up untilthe twenty-third, exceptLucario and the Mystery of Mew andPokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, have been dubbed into Swedish. The first four movies andMewtwo Återkomsten were released on VHS, and all movies up until the fifteenth movie were released on DVD in Sweden.

On May 15, 2009,Giratina and the Sky Warrior premiered on Disney XD. The tenth movie has also aired on Disney XD.Arceus and the Jewel of Life had a television premiere on Disney XD in 2010 and was said to be released on DVD soon by "Egmont Kärnan AB".Lucario and the Mystery of Mew andPokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea are not known to have been dubbed in Swedish.

Pokémon Detective Pikachu was shown in cinemas with subtitles in Sweden, with the premiere being held on May 8, 2019.

Music

All of the opening themes used in the animated series and movies have been dubbed into Swedish, except forBorn to Be a Winner andWe Will Be Heroes movie versions which were left in English. All movie ending themes fromGiratina and the Sky Warrior onward has been dubbed into Swedish.

The only Pokémon music CD to be released in Swedish isPokémon 3: The Ultimate Soundtrack, titledPokémon 3: Den ultimata samlingen. However, other albums in English, such asPokémon the First Movie, have been available for sale in Sweden.

Cast and crew

Pokémon Trading Card Game

The TCG is released in Sweden in English at the same time as the rest of Europe.

Pokémon and grammar

The word Pokémon and most Pokémon species names are of the commongrammatical gender in Swedish, meaning that they are used with the indefinitive articleen and the definitive articleden,den här,denna, however they are not inflected other than with the genitive suffix-s. Despie this, some other inflections such as the definitive singular formPokémonen, can be heard occasionally throughout the series.

Trivia

• The headquarters ofBergsala, Nintendo's distributor in the Nordic countries and the Baltics, is located at Marios Gata, Kungsbacka, Sweden.

External links

• The official Sweden Pokémon website (partial website)
• Pokémon at Nintendo.se
• Netflix
• Viaplay
• A Swedish Pokémon forum

Related articles

• List of Swedish Pokémon themes
• List of Swedish Pokémon home video releases

This article is part ofProject Globe, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon franchise around the world.

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