How many letters are in the Swedish alphabet?

Twenty-nine. The 26 basic Latin letters a–z are followed by three extra letters — å, ä and ö — which occupy positions 27, 28 and 29 at the end of the alphabet.

Are å, ä and ö accented versions of a and o?

No. In Swedish they are independent letters with their own alphabet positions and dictionary order. Treating them as accented a and o leads to wrong sorting and lost meaning, even though they look like accented vowels.

What are their Unicode code points?

Lowercase å is U+00E5, ä is U+00E4 and ö is U+00F6; the uppercase forms are U+00C5, U+00C4 and U+00D6. The table lists every letter's code points so you can use them in code or documents.

Is the letter w included?

Yes. Modern Swedish treats w as a separate letter rather than a variant of v, so it sits in its normal position between v and x in the 29-letter alphabet.

Swedish Alphabet Reference

Q: How do I type them without a Swedish keyboard?

On Windows use the Alt codes (Alt+0229 for å, Alt+0228 for ä, Alt+0246 for ö). On macOS use the option-key dead keys, for example option+a for å and option+u then a for ä.

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The Swedish Alphabet Reference lists all 29 letters of the Swedish alphabet, making clear that the three extra letters — å, ä and ö — sit at the end of the alphabet after z, not among the a and o letters.

How it works

The table is built from the 26 basic Latin letters a–z, with the three Swedish letters appended at positions 27, 28 and 29. For each letter it shows:

the alphabet position (1–29),
the uppercase and lowercase forms,
the Unicode code points in U+XXXX notation, and
a typing tip for keyboards without a Swedish layout.

A filter lets you collapse the view down to just å, ä and ö when you only need the extra letters.

The three extra letters

Letter	Position	Unicode (upper / lower)
Å å	27	U+00C5 / U+00E5
Ä ä	28	U+00C4 / U+00E4
Ö ö	29	U+00D6 / U+00F6

These are full letters, not accents, which is why a Swedish dictionary lists år (year) after zoo, and why software must use Swedish collation to sort them correctly.

Typing tips

On Windows, hold Alt and type the code on the numeric keypad: Alt+0229 for å, Alt+0228 for ä, Alt+0246 for ö. On macOS, use the option-key dead keys — option+a gives å, while option+u followed by a or o gives ä or ö. A Swedish keyboard layout has dedicated keys for all three to the right of the letter keys.