Languages of South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands - Historic - Swedish Language

Swedish Language

Swedish is closely related to and often mutually intelligible with Norwegian.

The placenames Grytviken (Pot Bay) and Maiviken (Majviken -May Bay) derive from Swedish.

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