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* ''Film/CaptainsCourageous'' is called "Havets hjältar", meaning "[The] Heroes of the Sea".
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* ''Film/TheEarringsOfMadameDe'' is called "Bröllopsgåvan", meaning "The Wedding Gift".
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* ''Film/{{Jezebel}}'' is called "Skandalen kring Julie", meaning "The Scandal Surrounding Julie"
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* ''Film/DontLookNow'' is called "Rösten från andra sidan", meaning "The Voice from the Other Side".
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* ''[[Film/EuropaFiftyOne Europa '51]]'' is called "Den stora kärleken", meaning "The Great Love".
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* ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfColonelBlimp'' is called "Det började i Berlin", meaning "It Began in Berlin".
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* ''Film/{{Paisan}}'' is called "Befriande eld", meaning "Liberating Fire".
* ''Film/ThePalmBeachStory'' is called "Dårarnas paradis", meaning "The Fools' Paradise".
* ''Film/ThePalmBeachStory'' is called "Dårarnas paradis", meaning "The Fools' Paradise".
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* ''Film/MyBlueHeaven'' is called "Hur jag lärde en FBI-agent dansa marengo", meaning "How I Taught an FBI Agent to Dance the Merengue".
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* ''Film/AndreiRublev'' is called "Den yttersta domen", meaning "The Final Judgment".
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* ''Film/EyesWithoutAFace'' is called "De bestialiska", meaning "The Bestial [Ones]".
* ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'' is called "Häftigt drag i plugget", meaning something like "Cool Intensity in School".
* ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'' is called "Häftigt drag i plugget", meaning something like "Cool Intensity in School".
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* ''Film/TheJerk'' is called "Supernollan", meaning "The Super-Loser [/-Nobody[[note]]literally ''-Zero''[[/note]]]".
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* ''Film/OneEyedJacks'' is called "Revansch", meaning "Revenge" (in the competitive sense--defeating someone who has previously defeated you--''not'' in the sense of vengeance).
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* Both ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'' and its remake ''Film/HighSociety'' are called "En skön historia", meaning "A Beautiful Story".
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* ''Film/AnAffairToRemember'' is called "Allt om kärlek", meaning "All About Love".
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* ''Film/TheLegendOf1900'' is called "Pianisten", meaning "The Pianist". So is, of course, both ''Film/ThePianist'' and ''Film/ThePianoTeacher'', causing some confusion.
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* ''Film/MakeWayForTomorrow'' is called "Skymning", meaning "Twilight". No, not [[Literature/{{Twilight}} that one]].
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* The 1963 version of ''Film/TheNuttyProfessor'' is called "Dr. Jäkel & Mr. Hyde", meaning roughly "Dr. Bastard & Mr. Hyde" (obviously a pun on ''Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde'').
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* ''Film/OnTheTown'' is called "New York dansar", meaning "New York Dances [/Is Dancing]".
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* ''Film/MrHulotsHoliday'' is called "Semestersabotören", meaning "The Vacation Saboteur".
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* Several Creator/MontyPython movies got very different titles.
** ''Film/AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent'' is called "Livet é python", a pun on the group's name and an expression that roughly means "life sucks".
** ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' got the title "Monty Pythons galna värld", meaning "Monty Python's Crazy World"
** ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' got the Swedish subtitle "ett herrans liv", which literally means "A Life of The Lord", but is also figuratively used to describe high levels of noise caused by groups of people enjoying themselves (adults at parties or kids playing, for instance).
** ''Film/AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent'' is called "Livet é python", a pun on the group's name and an expression that roughly means "life sucks".
** ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' got the title "Monty Pythons galna värld", meaning "Monty Python's Crazy World"
** ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' got the Swedish subtitle "ett herrans liv", which literally means "A Life of The Lord", but is also figuratively used to describe high levels of noise caused by groups of people enjoying themselves (adults at parties or kids playing, for instance).
* ''Film/BeatTheDevil'' is called "skälmarnas marknad", meaning roughly "The Market of the Rogues".
* ''Film/BiggerThanLife'' is called "Bakom spegeln", meaning "Behind the Mirror".
* ''Film/InALonelyPlace'' is called "Nakna Nerver", meaning "Naked Nerves".
* ''Film/IWalkedWithAZombie'' is called "Svart mystik", meaning "Black Mystique".
* Several Creator/MontyPython movies got very different titles.
** ''Film/AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent'' is called "Livet é python", a pun on the group's name and an expression that roughly means "life sucks".
** ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' got the title "Monty Pythons galna värld", meaning "Monty Python's Crazy World"
** ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' got the Swedish subtitle "ett herrans liv", which literally means "A Life of The Lord", but is also figuratively used to describe high levels of noise caused by groups of people enjoying themselves (adults at parties or kids playing, for instance).
** ''Film/AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent'' is called "Livet é python", a pun on the group's name and an expression that roughly means "life sucks".
** ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' got the title "Monty Pythons galna värld", meaning "Monty Python's Crazy World"
** ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' got the Swedish subtitle "ett herrans liv", which literally means "A Life of The Lord", but is also figuratively used to describe high levels of noise caused by groups of people enjoying themselves (adults at parties or kids playing, for instance).
* ''Film/OddManOut'' was given a SpoilerTitle, namely "[[spoiler:En natt att leva]]", meaning "[[spoiler:One Night to Live]]".
* ''Film/PickupOnSouthStreet'' is called "Ficktjuven", meaning "The Pickpocket". So is, of course, Creator/RobertBresson's ''Film/{{Pickpocket}}'', causing some confusion.
* ''Film/{{Tabu}}'' is called "Kärlekens ö", meaning "The Island of Love".
* Creator/BusterKeaton's ''Film/ThreeAges'' is called "Tro, hopp och kärlek", meaning "[[Literature/BookOfCorinthians Faith, Hope and Love]]".
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* The 1981 ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans'' is called "Gudarnas krig", meaning "War of the Gods", presumably to make the stakes seem even higher.
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** ''Film/LifeOfBrian'' got the Swedish subtitle "ett herrans liv", which literally means "A Life of The Lord", but is also figuratively used to describe high levels of noise caused by groups of people enjoying themselves (adults at parties or kids playing, for instance).
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** ''Film/LifeOfBrian'' ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' got the Swedish subtitle "ett herrans liv", which literally means "A Life of The Lord", but is also figuratively used to describe high levels of noise caused by groups of people enjoying themselves (adults at parties or kids playing, for instance).
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* ''Film/AngelsWithDirtyFaces'' is called "Panik i gangstervärlden", meaning "Panic in the Gangster World".
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* ''Film/TheAwfulTruth'' is called "Min fru har en fästman", meaning "My Wife Has a Fiancé".
* ''Film/BadDayAtBlackRock'' is called "En man steg av tåget", meaning "A Man Got Off the Train".
* ''Film/BadDayAtBlackRock'' is called "En man steg av tåget", meaning "A Man Got Off the Train".
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* ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'' is called "Triumfens ögonblick", meaning "The Moment of Triumph".
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* ''Film/TheIdesOfMarch'' is called "Maktens män", meaning roughly "Men of Influence".
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* ''Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' is called "Vilse", meaning "Lost".
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* ''Film/ReversalOfFortune'' is called "Mysteriet von Bülow", meaning "The von Bülow Mystery".
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* ''Film/{{Seconds}}'' is called "Död man lever", meaning "[A] Dead Man Lives [/Is Alive]".
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* ''Film/SonsOfTheDesert'' is called "Följ med oss till Honolulu", meaning "Follow Us to Honolulu".
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* ''Film/{{Victim}}'' is called "Fallet Barret", meaning "The Barret Case".
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* ''Film/YouCantTakeItWithYou'' is called "Komedien om oss människor", meaning "The Comedy About Us Humans".
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* ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'' is called "Mästerdetektiven Basil Mus", meaning "Basil Mouse the Master Detective".
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* ''Film/{{Dodsworth}}'' is called "Varför byta männen hustru?", meaning "Why Do Men Change Wives?"
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* Music/TheBeatles' ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' is called "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!", referencing the song "She Loves You".
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* ''Film/KissMeDeadly'' is called "Natt utan nåd", meaning "Night Without Mercy".
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* ''Film/{{Shane}}'' is called "Mannen från vidderna", meaning "The Man from the Plains".
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* ''Film/{{Suspiria}}'' is called "Flykten från helvetet", meaning "The Escape from Hell".
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* ''Film/WaitUntilDark'' is called "Nattens ögon", meaning "The Eyes of the Night".
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* ''Film/HouseOnHauntedHill'' is called "Skriet vid midnatt", meaning "The Scream [/Shriek] at Midnight".
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* ''Film/HouseOnHauntedHill'' ''Film/HouseOnHauntedHill1959'' is called "Skriet vid midnatt", meaning "The Scream [/Shriek] at Midnight".
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* [[StephenieMeyer Stephenie Meyer's]] books:
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* Creator/MontyPython's ''Film/AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent'' is called "Livet é python", a pun on the group's name and an expression that roughly means "life sucks".
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* Creator/MontyPython's Several Creator/MontyPython movies got very different titles.
** ''Film/AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent'' is called "Livet é python", a pun on the group's name and an expression that roughly means "lifesucks".sucks".
** ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' got the title "Monty Pythons galna värld", meaning "Monty Python's Crazy World"
** ''Film/LifeOfBrian'' got the Swedish subtitle "ett herrans liv", which literally means "A Life of The Lord", but is also figuratively used to describe high levels of noise caused by groups of people enjoying themselves (adults at parties or kids playing, for instance).
** ''Film/AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent'' is called "Livet é python", a pun on the group's name and an expression that roughly means "life
** ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' got the title "Monty Pythons galna värld", meaning "Monty Python's Crazy World"
** ''Film/LifeOfBrian'' got the Swedish subtitle "ett herrans liv", which literally means "A Life of The Lord", but is also figuratively used to describe high levels of noise caused by groups of people enjoying themselves (adults at parties or kids playing, for instance).
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* Act Two of ''Literature/BrokenSky'', which was only given the subtitle "Communion" in its second reissue in English, was given the title ''Broken Sky 2: Parakka Slår Til Igen'' (Parakka Strikes Again). Given the events that occur in the middle of the story, the Swedish title is actually pretty fitting.
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** ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' was called "Sagan om ringen", meaning "The Tale of the Ring". This name is also on occasion used to refer to the trilogy as a whole.
** ''The Two Towers'' was called "Sagan om de två tornen", meaning "The Tale of the Two Towers".
** ''The Return of the King'' was called "Sagan om konungens återkomst", meaning "The Tale of the King's Return".
** ''The Two Towers'' was called "Sagan om de två tornen", meaning "The Tale of the Two Towers".
** ''The Return of the King'' was called "Sagan om konungens återkomst", meaning "The Tale of the King's Return".
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** ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' was called "Sagan om ringen", meaning "The Tale Saga of the Ring". This name is also on occasion used to refer to the trilogy as a whole.
** ''The Two Towers'' was called "Sagan om de två tornen", meaning "TheTale Saga of the Two Towers".
** ''The Return of the King'' was called "Sagan om konungens återkomst", meaning "TheTale Saga of the King's Return".
** ''The Two Towers'' was called "Sagan om de två tornen", meaning "The
** ''The Return of the King'' was called "Sagan om konungens återkomst", meaning "The
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* ''Film/BadLieutenant'' is called "Den korrumperade snuten", meaning "The Corrupt Cop".
* The 1981 ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans'' is called "Gudarnas krig", meaning "War of the Gods", presumably to make the stakes seem even higher.
* ''Film/HouseOnHauntedHill'' is called "Skriet vid midnatt", meaning "The Scream [/Shriek] at Midnight".
* ''Film/TheItalianJob1969'' is called "Den vilda biljakten", meaning "The Wild Car Chase".
* ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' is called "Bleka dödens minut", meaning "The Minute of Pale Death". It's a reference to an obscure Swedish poem from 1922, for no obvious reason.
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* ''Film/Scrooge1951'' is called "Andarnas natt", meaning "Night of the Spirits".
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* ''Film/TheAndromedaStrain'' is called "Hotet", meaning "The Threat".
* ''Film/AsGoodAsItGets'' is called "Livet från den ljusa sidan", meaning "Life from the Bright Side".
* ''Film/AsGoodAsItGets'' is called "Livet från den ljusa sidan", meaning "Life from the Bright Side".
* ''Film/CourageUnderFire'' is called "I sanningens namn", meaning "In the Name of the Truth".
* ''Film/{{DOA}}'' is called "Lysande gift", meaning "Luminous Toxin".
* ''Film/TheFullMonty'' is called "Allt eller inget", meaning "Everything or Nothing".
* ''Film/GodOnTrial'' is called "Fångarna i Auschwitz", meaning "The Inmates in Auschwitz".
* ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' is called "Svarta änglar", meaning "Black Angels".
* ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'' is called "Strebern", meaning roughly "The Career Man".
* ''Film/KeyLargo'' is called "Stormvarning utfärdad", meaning "[A] Storm Warning [Has Been] Issued".
* ''Film/ManonDesSources'' is called "Manons källa", meaning "Manon's Source" – reversing the genitive.
* ''Film/MarAdentro'' is called "Gråta med ett leende", meaning "Crying with a Smile".
* ''Film/AMatterOfLifeAndDeath'' is called "Störst är kärleken", meaning "The Greatest [of These] Is Love"[[note]]From ''Literature/BookOfCorinthians''[[/note]]
* ''Film/MeetJohnDoe'' is called "Vi behöver varann", meaning "We Need Each Other".
* ''Film/MarAdentro'' is called "Gråta med ett leende", meaning "Crying with a Smile".
* ''Film/AMatterOfLifeAndDeath'' is called "Störst är kärleken", meaning "The Greatest [of These] Is Love"[[note]]From ''Literature/BookOfCorinthians''[[/note]]
* ''Film/MeetJohnDoe'' is called "Vi behöver varann", meaning "We Need Each Other".
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* Creator/BusterKeaton's ''Film/OurHospitality'' is called "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Krut, kulor och kärlek]]", meaning "Gunpowder, Bullets and Love".
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* Creator/BusterKeaton's ''Film/OurHospitality'' is called "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Krut, kulor och kärlek]]", meaning "Gunpowder, Bullets and Love". Love".
* ''Film/PresumedInnocent'' is called "Misstänkt för mord", meaning "Suspected for Murder".
* ''Film/TheQuietMan'' is called "Hans vilda fru", meaning "His Wild Wife".
* ''Film/PresumedInnocent'' is called "Misstänkt för mord", meaning "Suspected for Murder".
* ''Film/TheQuietMan'' is called "Hans vilda fru", meaning "His Wild Wife".
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* ''Film/Scrooge1951'' is called "Andarnas natt", meaning "Night of the Spirits".
* ''Film/SearchingForBobbyFischer'' is called "Oskyldiga drag", meaning "Innocent Moves" or "Innocent Features".
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* ''Film/ShallowGrave'' is called "Dödsleken", meaning "The Game of Death".
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* ''Film/TheSpanishPrisoner'' is called "Konspirationen", meaning "The Conspiracy".
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* ''Film/TheStarChamber'' is called "Den inre cirkeln", meaning "The Inner Circle".
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* Creator/BusterKeaton's ''Film/SevenChances'' is called "Busters miljoner", meaning "Buster's Millions".
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* ''Film/SpringSummerFallWinterAndSpring'' is called "Livets hjul", meaning "The Wheels of Life".
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* ''Disney/Frozen'' is called "Frost", meaning "frost".
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* FiftyShadesOfGrey is translated to what amounts to "Fifty shades of ''him''", possibly since the pun in the title is untranslatable.
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* FiftyShadesOfGrey ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' is translated to what amounts to "Fifty shades of ''him''", possibly since the pun in the title is untranslatable.untranslatable.
* ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars'' is called "Förr eller senare exploderar jag", meaning "Sooner or later I'll explode".
* ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars'' is called "Förr eller senare exploderar jag", meaning "Sooner or later I'll explode".
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* ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'' is called "Mästerdetektiven Basil Mus", meaning "Basil Mouse the Master Detective".
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* ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'' is called "Nördarna kommer!", meaning "The Nerds Are Coming!". This in spite of the fact that the nerds are the protagonists.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' is called "Batman möter mörkrets härskare", meaning "Batman Meets the Lord of Darkness".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'' is called "Sanningen om Rödluvan", meaning "The Truth About Little Red Riding Hood".
* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' is called "Hajar som hajar", meaning approximately "Sharks who ''get it''", substituting one untranslatable pun for another.[[note]]It can also be translated (again, approximately) as "It doesn't matter which sharks; they are all alike".[[/note]]
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* ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' is called "12 edsvurna män", meaning approximately "12 Men Under Oath".[[note]]Under juror's oath that is, as they are jurors.[[/note]]
* ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' is called "Titta vi flyger!'' ("Look, we're flying!")
* ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' is called "Sista natten med gänget", meaning "The Last Night with the Gang".
* Creator/MontyPython's ''Film/AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent'' is called "Livet é python", a pun on the group's name and an expression that roughly means "life sucks".
* ''Film/{{Atonement}}'' is called "Försoning", which usually means "Reconciliation"[[note]]It does mean "atonement" in the religious sense (becoming one with God again), but in the sense of "making up for wrongdoings by doing good", the Swedish word is "botgöring".[[/note]], missing the whole point of the movie.
* ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' is called "Snuten i Hollywood", meaning "The Cop in Hollywood", despite not actually being set in Hollywood.
* Creator/FritzLang's ''Film/BeyondAReasonableDoubt'' was given a kind of SpoilerTitle, namely "[[spoiler:Falskt alibi]]", meaning "[[spoiler:False Alibi]]".
* ''Film/TheBigSleep'' is called "Utpressning", meaning "Blackmail". So is, of course, Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/{{Blackmail}}'', causing some confusion.
* ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'' is called "Stilla natt, blodiga natt", meaning "Silent Night, Bloody Night".
* ''Film/BringingUpBaby'' is called "Ingen fara på taket", meaning approximately "No Cause for Alarm"[[note]]Literally "No Danger on the Roof"[[/note]].
* ''Film/CitizenKane'' was originally translated into "En sensation", meaning "A Sensation". Nowadays, everyone uses the English title.
* ''Film/TheConversation'' is called "Avlyssningen", meaning approximately "The Wiretapping"[[note]]The word means systematic eavesdropping, usually by technological means.[[/note]].
* ''Film/CoolHandLuke'' is called "Rebell i bojor", meaning "Rebel in Shackles".
* ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' is called "Mannen från Mars", meaning "The Man from Mars".
* ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'' is called "Den sista färden", meaning "The Final Journey".
* ''Film/DoubleIndemnity'' is called "Kvinna utan samvete", meaning "Woman Without Conscience".
* Creator/TheMarxBrothers' ''Film/DuckSoup'' became "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Fyra Fula Fiskar]]", meaning something along the lines of "Four Crooks [/Untrustworthy People]"[[note]]Literally, "Four Ugly Fish"[[/note]]
* ''Film/FatalAttraction'' is called "Farlig förbindelse", meaning "Dangerous Connection", which really softens the title.
* ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'' is called "Dumpad", meaning "Dumped".
* ''Film/TheFugitive'' is called "Jagad", meaning "Pursued" (by law enforcement, that is).
* ''Film/GettingEvenWithDad'' is called "Nu är vi kvitt[,] farsan!", meaning either "Now We're Even, Dad!" or "Now We're Rid of Dad!", depending on whether the comma is included or not.
* Creator/BusterKeaton's ''Film/TheGeneral'' is called "Så går det till i krig", meaning approximately "That's what happens in wars".
* ''Film/GirlInterrupted'' is called "Stulna år", meaning "Stolen Years".
* ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' is called "Maffiabröder", meaning "Mafia Brothers".
* ''Film/TheGraduate'' is called "Mandomsprovet", meaning approximately "The Test of Manhood".
* ''Film/GroundhogDay'' is called "Måndag hela veckan", meaning "Monday All Week Long".
* ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' is called "[[RhymesOnADime Häxor, läxor]] och dödliga lektioner", meaning "Witches, Homework, and Deadly Lessons".
* ''Film/HighNoon'' is called "Sheriffen", meaning "The Sheriff".
* ''Film/HisGirlFriday'' is called "Det ligger i blodet", meaning "It's in the Blood".
* ''Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingMan'' is called "I skräckens klor", meaning "In the Claws of Terror".
* Some of the Film/JamesBond films got very different titles. In chronological order:
** ''Film/DrNo'' is called "Agent 007 med rätt att döda", meaning "Agent 007 with a Licence [literally ''the Right''] to Kill".[[note]]Rumour has it, they almost translated it into "Vi vill inte ha någon läkare", meaning "We don't want any physician".[[/note]]
** ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' is called "Agent 007 ser rött", meaning "Agent 007 Sees Red" (as in, becomes infuriated, but the pun on Russia being associated with red works in both languages).[[note]]After this one, they dropped the "Agent 007..." thing for reasons unknown.[[/note]]
** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' is called "Ur dödlig synvinkel", which is the Swedish translation of "From a View to a Kill".[[note]]One of Creator/IanFleming's collections of short stories was called ''For Your Eyes Only'', and it contained, among other things, the short story ''From a View to a Kill''. The Swedish publishers decided to call the collection the Swedish equivalent of "From a View to a Kill". For some reason, this carried over to the film, where it doesn't make any sense.[[/note]]
** ''Film/AViewToAKill'' is called "Levande måltavla", meaning "Living Target", as they couldn't use the appropriate title (see above).
** ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' is called "Iskallt uppdrag", meaning "Ice-cold Mission".
** ''Film/LicenceToKill'' is called "Tid för hämnd", meaning "Time for Revenge", as they had already used "Licence to Kill" previously (see above).
** ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' managed to get a completely different title without even being translated. The Swedish word "Skyfall"[[note]]Not pronounced the same way, but the words "sky" and "fall" individually mean the same in both languages.[[/note]] means "downpour", a heavy rain.
* ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts'' is called "Det gyllene skinnet", meaning "The Golden Fleece".
* ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' is called "Hajen", meaning "The Shark".
* ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' is called "Stjärnor utan hjärnor", meaning "Stars without Brains".
* ''Film/TheKilling'' is called "Spelet är förlorat", meaning approximately "The Game is Lost".
* ''Film/KindHeartsAndCoronets'' is called "Sju hertigar", meaning "Seven Dukes". In the movie, there is of course only one Duke of Chalfont at a time (three different ones through the course of the movie), and one of the people in line for the title is a woman.
* ''Film/LifeOfBrian'' got the Swedish subtitle "ett herrans liv", which literally means "A Life of The Lord", but is also figuratively used to describe high levels of noise caused by groups of people enjoying themselves (adults at parties or kids playing, for instance).
* ''Film/LogansRun'' is called "Flykten från framtiden", meaning "The Escape from the Future". No, it's not about TimeTravel.
* ''Film/TheLongestYard'' is called "Benknäckargänget", which can be translated to [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Bone-breaker Gang."]]
* ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'' is called "7 vågade livet", meaning "Seven [People] Risked Their Lives".
* ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate'' is called "Hjärntvättad", meaning "Brainwashed".
* ''Film/MurderByDeath'' is called "Släpp deckarna loss, det är mord", meaning "Release the Detectives, It's Murder".[[note]]A reference to the then-recent Swedish comedy "Släpp fångarna loss, det är vår!", meaning "Release the Prisoners, It's Spring!"[[/note]]
* ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter'' was given a SpoilerTitle, namely "[[spoiler:Trasdockan]]", meaning "[[spoiler:The Ragdoll]]".
* ''Film/NorthByNorthwest'' is called "I sista minuten", meaning "At the Last Minute".
* Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/{{Notorious}}'' is called "Kvinna -- spion", meaning "Woman -- Spy".
* ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' is called "Harmonica - En hämnare", meaning "Harmonica - An Avenger".
* Creator/BusterKeaton's ''Film/OurHospitality'' is called "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Krut, kulor och kärlek]]", meaning "Gunpowder, Bullets and Love".
* ''Film/RagingBull'' is called "Tjuren från Bronx", meaning "The Bull from the Bronx".
* ''Film/RatRace'' is called "Sk(r)attjakten", meaning either "The Laughter Hunt" (with the "r"), or "The Treasure Hunt" (without it).
* ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' is called "De hänsynslösa", meaning "The Ruthless [Ones]". However, the English title is predominantly used.
* ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'' is called "Nördarna kommer!", meaning "The Nerds Are Coming!". This in spite of the fact that the nerds are the protagonists.
* ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' is called "Apornas planet: (r)Evolution", meaning "Planet of the Apes : (r)Evolution".
* The first ''Film/RoadTo'' film, ''Road to Singapore'', was called ''Två glada sjömän går iland'', meaning "Two Jolly Sailors Go Ashore". All later films in the series, even if not nautically-related, received titles starting with ''Två glada sjömän'', except the final film of the series, ''The Road to Hong Kong'', which averted this trope by using the direct translation ''Vägen till Hong Kong''.
* ''Film/RomanHoliday'' is called "Prinsessa på vift", meaning something like "Princess Gone AWOL".
* ''Film/RunawayJury'' is called "De utvalda", meaning "The Chosen [Ones]".
* Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/{{Sabotage}}'' is called "Fåglarna sjunga kl 1,45", meaning "The Birds [Will] Sing at 1:45".
* Creator/HaroldLloyd's ''Film/SafetyLast'' is called "Upp genom luften", meaning "Up Through the Air".
* ''Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians'' is called "Jultomten fixar allt!", meaning "Santa Claus Fixes [/Will Fix] Everything!".
* ''Film/SchindlersList'' gets a completely different title without even being translated (altough the apostrophe is removed). The Swedish word "list" means "cunning".
* ''Film/ShallowHal'' is called "Min stora kärlek", meaning "My Big [/Large] Love".
* ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' is called "Nyckeln till frihet", meaning "The Key to Freedom".
* Creator/BusterKeaton's ''Film/SherlockJr'' is called "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Fart, flickor och faror]]", meaning "Speed, Girls and Dangers".
* ''Film/SilverLiningsPlaybook'' is called "Du gör mig galen!", meaning "You Drive Me Crazy!".
* ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'' is called "I hetaste laget", meaning approximately "Bordering on Too Hot".
* ''Film/SpringSummerFallWinterAndSpring'' is called "Livets hjul", meaning "The Wheels of Life".
* ''Film/SupermanIII'' is called "Stålmannen går på en krypto-nit", meaning approximately "Superman[[note]]Literally, "The Steel-Man"[[/note]] Gets Swindled[[note]]or conned, or scammed, or hustled, or defrauded; there's really no good way to translate it[[/note]]", combined with a pun on the Swedish word for "kryptonite".
* ''Film/TheTerminator'' was originally translated into "Dödsängeln", meaning "The Angel of Death". Nowadays, everyone uses the English title, including the official DVD covers.
* ''Film/{{Them}}'', a 1954 horror/sci-fi movie movie about deadly giant ants, was legendarily mistranslated as "Spindlarna", meaning "The Spiders".
* ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'' is called "Fantomen från Mars", meaning "The Phantom from Mars".
* ''Film/TouchOfEvil'' is called "En djävulsk fälla", meaning "A Devilish Trap".
* ''Film/AnUnfinishedLife'' is called "En dag i livet", meaning "A Day in the Life".
* ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'' is called "De skoningslösa", meaning "The Merciless [Ones]".
* ''Film/TheUntouchables'' is called "De omutbara", meaning "The Unbribable [Ones]".
* The ''[[Film/NationalLampoonsVacation Vacation]]'' movies are called "Ett päron till farsa [...]", meaning "A Pear for a Father".[[note]]"Pears", in Swedish, is slang for "parents".[[/note]]
* ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'' is called "Studie i brott", meaning "Study in Crime". This might be a reference to ''En Studie I Rött'', the Swedish title of the first Sherlock Holmes novel.
* Creator/DWGriffith's ''Film/WayDownEast'' is called "Genom stormen", meaning "Through the Storm".
* The original ''Film/TheWickerMan'' from 1973 is called "Dödlig skörd", meaning "Deadly [/Lethal] Harvest".
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[[folder:Literature]]
* FiftyShadesOfGrey is translated to what amounts to "Fifty shades of ''him''", possibly since the pun in the title is untranslatable.
* ''Literature/TheHobbit'' is called "Bilbo", the name of the protagonist.
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' was originally called "Härskarringen", meaning, approximately, "The Ruling Ring". The books have since been retranslated, giving the series as a whole and each part direct translations of the original English.
** ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' was called "Sagan om ringen", meaning "The Tale of the Ring". This name is also on occasion used to refer to the trilogy as a whole.
** ''The Two Towers'' was called "Sagan om de två tornen", meaning "The Tale of the Two Towers".
** ''The Return of the King'' was called "Sagan om konungens återkomst", meaning "The Tale of the King's Return".
* [[StephenieMeyer Stephenie Meyer's]] books:
** Except for ''The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner'', all the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' books have completely different titles in Swedish (though the series as a whole is commonly referred to as the ''Twilight'' series anyway, probably because the [[TheFilmOfTheBook movies]] kept the original titles):
*** Twilight -- ''Om jag kunde drömma'' ("If I could dream")
*** New Moon -- ''När jag hör din röst'' ("When I hear your voice")
*** Eclipse -- ''Ljudet av ditt hjärta'' ("The sound of your heart")
*** Breaking Dawn -- ''Så länge vi båda andas'' ("As long as both of us are breathing")
** Her stand-alone novel, ''TheHost'' is titled ''Genom dina ögon'' ("Through your eyes").
* ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' is called "Dödssynden", meaning "The Deadly Sin". The film is called "Skuggor över södern", meaning "Shadows over the South".
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* The American TV series ''Series/{{JAG}}'' has a different title in UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} because ''Jag'' in Swedish is the first-person pronoun. Coincidently, the movie ''Film/AFewGoodMen'' also has the same title: "''På heder och samvete''", which is a phrase taken from the Swedish witness oath and literally means "by honor and conscience".
* Series/{{Scrubs}} was called "Första Hjälpen," meaning "First Aid," when it first aired. The name did ''not'' stick.
* Jim Henson's ''Series/TheStoryteller'' was called ''"Sagor för stora barn"'' (''"Fairytales for older children"'') in Sweden. A not too subtle but very accurate warning to kids and parents about the rather grim feeling in many of the episodes.
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[[folder:Other]]
* Fairy Liquid is known a "Yes" in Sweden, allegedly because Swedish women find it difficult to say "Fairy".
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[[folder:Film (Animation)]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' is called "Batman möter mörkrets härskare", meaning "Batman Meets the Lord of Darkness".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'' is called "Sanningen om Rödluvan", meaning "The Truth About Little Red Riding Hood".
* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' is called "Hajar som hajar", meaning approximately "Sharks who ''get it''", substituting one untranslatable pun for another.[[note]]It can also be translated (again, approximately) as "It doesn't matter which sharks; they are all alike".[[/note]]
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[[folder:Film (Live-Action)]]
* ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' is called "12 edsvurna män", meaning approximately "12 Men Under Oath".[[note]]Under juror's oath that is, as they are jurors.[[/note]]
* ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' is called "Titta vi flyger!'' ("Look, we're flying!")
* ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' is called "Sista natten med gänget", meaning "The Last Night with the Gang".
* Creator/MontyPython's ''Film/AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent'' is called "Livet é python", a pun on the group's name and an expression that roughly means "life sucks".
* ''Film/{{Atonement}}'' is called "Försoning", which usually means "Reconciliation"[[note]]It does mean "atonement" in the religious sense (becoming one with God again), but in the sense of "making up for wrongdoings by doing good", the Swedish word is "botgöring".[[/note]], missing the whole point of the movie.
* ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' is called "Snuten i Hollywood", meaning "The Cop in Hollywood", despite not actually being set in Hollywood.
* Creator/FritzLang's ''Film/BeyondAReasonableDoubt'' was given a kind of SpoilerTitle, namely "[[spoiler:Falskt alibi]]", meaning "[[spoiler:False Alibi]]".
* ''Film/TheBigSleep'' is called "Utpressning", meaning "Blackmail". So is, of course, Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/{{Blackmail}}'', causing some confusion.
* ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'' is called "Stilla natt, blodiga natt", meaning "Silent Night, Bloody Night".
* ''Film/BringingUpBaby'' is called "Ingen fara på taket", meaning approximately "No Cause for Alarm"[[note]]Literally "No Danger on the Roof"[[/note]].
* ''Film/CitizenKane'' was originally translated into "En sensation", meaning "A Sensation". Nowadays, everyone uses the English title.
* ''Film/TheConversation'' is called "Avlyssningen", meaning approximately "The Wiretapping"[[note]]The word means systematic eavesdropping, usually by technological means.[[/note]].
* ''Film/CoolHandLuke'' is called "Rebell i bojor", meaning "Rebel in Shackles".
* ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' is called "Mannen från Mars", meaning "The Man from Mars".
* ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'' is called "Den sista färden", meaning "The Final Journey".
* ''Film/DoubleIndemnity'' is called "Kvinna utan samvete", meaning "Woman Without Conscience".
* Creator/TheMarxBrothers' ''Film/DuckSoup'' became "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Fyra Fula Fiskar]]", meaning something along the lines of "Four Crooks [/Untrustworthy People]"[[note]]Literally, "Four Ugly Fish"[[/note]]
* ''Film/FatalAttraction'' is called "Farlig förbindelse", meaning "Dangerous Connection", which really softens the title.
* ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'' is called "Dumpad", meaning "Dumped".
* ''Film/TheFugitive'' is called "Jagad", meaning "Pursued" (by law enforcement, that is).
* ''Film/GettingEvenWithDad'' is called "Nu är vi kvitt[,] farsan!", meaning either "Now We're Even, Dad!" or "Now We're Rid of Dad!", depending on whether the comma is included or not.
* Creator/BusterKeaton's ''Film/TheGeneral'' is called "Så går det till i krig", meaning approximately "That's what happens in wars".
* ''Film/GirlInterrupted'' is called "Stulna år", meaning "Stolen Years".
* ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' is called "Maffiabröder", meaning "Mafia Brothers".
* ''Film/TheGraduate'' is called "Mandomsprovet", meaning approximately "The Test of Manhood".
* ''Film/GroundhogDay'' is called "Måndag hela veckan", meaning "Monday All Week Long".
* ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' is called "[[RhymesOnADime Häxor, läxor]] och dödliga lektioner", meaning "Witches, Homework, and Deadly Lessons".
* ''Film/HighNoon'' is called "Sheriffen", meaning "The Sheriff".
* ''Film/HisGirlFriday'' is called "Det ligger i blodet", meaning "It's in the Blood".
* ''Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingMan'' is called "I skräckens klor", meaning "In the Claws of Terror".
* Some of the Film/JamesBond films got very different titles. In chronological order:
** ''Film/DrNo'' is called "Agent 007 med rätt att döda", meaning "Agent 007 with a Licence [literally ''the Right''] to Kill".[[note]]Rumour has it, they almost translated it into "Vi vill inte ha någon läkare", meaning "We don't want any physician".[[/note]]
** ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' is called "Agent 007 ser rött", meaning "Agent 007 Sees Red" (as in, becomes infuriated, but the pun on Russia being associated with red works in both languages).[[note]]After this one, they dropped the "Agent 007..." thing for reasons unknown.[[/note]]
** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' is called "Ur dödlig synvinkel", which is the Swedish translation of "From a View to a Kill".[[note]]One of Creator/IanFleming's collections of short stories was called ''For Your Eyes Only'', and it contained, among other things, the short story ''From a View to a Kill''. The Swedish publishers decided to call the collection the Swedish equivalent of "From a View to a Kill". For some reason, this carried over to the film, where it doesn't make any sense.[[/note]]
** ''Film/AViewToAKill'' is called "Levande måltavla", meaning "Living Target", as they couldn't use the appropriate title (see above).
** ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' is called "Iskallt uppdrag", meaning "Ice-cold Mission".
** ''Film/LicenceToKill'' is called "Tid för hämnd", meaning "Time for Revenge", as they had already used "Licence to Kill" previously (see above).
** ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' managed to get a completely different title without even being translated. The Swedish word "Skyfall"[[note]]Not pronounced the same way, but the words "sky" and "fall" individually mean the same in both languages.[[/note]] means "downpour", a heavy rain.
* ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts'' is called "Det gyllene skinnet", meaning "The Golden Fleece".
* ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' is called "Hajen", meaning "The Shark".
* ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' is called "Stjärnor utan hjärnor", meaning "Stars without Brains".
* ''Film/TheKilling'' is called "Spelet är förlorat", meaning approximately "The Game is Lost".
* ''Film/KindHeartsAndCoronets'' is called "Sju hertigar", meaning "Seven Dukes". In the movie, there is of course only one Duke of Chalfont at a time (three different ones through the course of the movie), and one of the people in line for the title is a woman.
* ''Film/LifeOfBrian'' got the Swedish subtitle "ett herrans liv", which literally means "A Life of The Lord", but is also figuratively used to describe high levels of noise caused by groups of people enjoying themselves (adults at parties or kids playing, for instance).
* ''Film/LogansRun'' is called "Flykten från framtiden", meaning "The Escape from the Future". No, it's not about TimeTravel.
* ''Film/TheLongestYard'' is called "Benknäckargänget", which can be translated to [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Bone-breaker Gang."]]
* ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'' is called "7 vågade livet", meaning "Seven [People] Risked Their Lives".
* ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate'' is called "Hjärntvättad", meaning "Brainwashed".
* ''Film/MurderByDeath'' is called "Släpp deckarna loss, det är mord", meaning "Release the Detectives, It's Murder".[[note]]A reference to the then-recent Swedish comedy "Släpp fångarna loss, det är vår!", meaning "Release the Prisoners, It's Spring!"[[/note]]
* ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter'' was given a SpoilerTitle, namely "[[spoiler:Trasdockan]]", meaning "[[spoiler:The Ragdoll]]".
* ''Film/NorthByNorthwest'' is called "I sista minuten", meaning "At the Last Minute".
* Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/{{Notorious}}'' is called "Kvinna -- spion", meaning "Woman -- Spy".
* ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' is called "Harmonica - En hämnare", meaning "Harmonica - An Avenger".
* Creator/BusterKeaton's ''Film/OurHospitality'' is called "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Krut, kulor och kärlek]]", meaning "Gunpowder, Bullets and Love".
* ''Film/RagingBull'' is called "Tjuren från Bronx", meaning "The Bull from the Bronx".
* ''Film/RatRace'' is called "Sk(r)attjakten", meaning either "The Laughter Hunt" (with the "r"), or "The Treasure Hunt" (without it).
* ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' is called "De hänsynslösa", meaning "The Ruthless [Ones]". However, the English title is predominantly used.
* ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'' is called "Nördarna kommer!", meaning "The Nerds Are Coming!". This in spite of the fact that the nerds are the protagonists.
* ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' is called "Apornas planet: (r)Evolution", meaning "Planet of the Apes : (r)Evolution".
* The first ''Film/RoadTo'' film, ''Road to Singapore'', was called ''Två glada sjömän går iland'', meaning "Two Jolly Sailors Go Ashore". All later films in the series, even if not nautically-related, received titles starting with ''Två glada sjömän'', except the final film of the series, ''The Road to Hong Kong'', which averted this trope by using the direct translation ''Vägen till Hong Kong''.
* ''Film/RomanHoliday'' is called "Prinsessa på vift", meaning something like "Princess Gone AWOL".
* ''Film/RunawayJury'' is called "De utvalda", meaning "The Chosen [Ones]".
* Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/{{Sabotage}}'' is called "Fåglarna sjunga kl 1,45", meaning "The Birds [Will] Sing at 1:45".
* Creator/HaroldLloyd's ''Film/SafetyLast'' is called "Upp genom luften", meaning "Up Through the Air".
* ''Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians'' is called "Jultomten fixar allt!", meaning "Santa Claus Fixes [/Will Fix] Everything!".
* ''Film/SchindlersList'' gets a completely different title without even being translated (altough the apostrophe is removed). The Swedish word "list" means "cunning".
* ''Film/ShallowHal'' is called "Min stora kärlek", meaning "My Big [/Large] Love".
* ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' is called "Nyckeln till frihet", meaning "The Key to Freedom".
* Creator/BusterKeaton's ''Film/SherlockJr'' is called "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Fart, flickor och faror]]", meaning "Speed, Girls and Dangers".
* ''Film/SilverLiningsPlaybook'' is called "Du gör mig galen!", meaning "You Drive Me Crazy!".
* ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'' is called "I hetaste laget", meaning approximately "Bordering on Too Hot".
* ''Film/SpringSummerFallWinterAndSpring'' is called "Livets hjul", meaning "The Wheels of Life".
* ''Film/SupermanIII'' is called "Stålmannen går på en krypto-nit", meaning approximately "Superman[[note]]Literally, "The Steel-Man"[[/note]] Gets Swindled[[note]]or conned, or scammed, or hustled, or defrauded; there's really no good way to translate it[[/note]]", combined with a pun on the Swedish word for "kryptonite".
* ''Film/TheTerminator'' was originally translated into "Dödsängeln", meaning "The Angel of Death". Nowadays, everyone uses the English title, including the official DVD covers.
* ''Film/{{Them}}'', a 1954 horror/sci-fi movie movie about deadly giant ants, was legendarily mistranslated as "Spindlarna", meaning "The Spiders".
* ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'' is called "Fantomen från Mars", meaning "The Phantom from Mars".
* ''Film/TouchOfEvil'' is called "En djävulsk fälla", meaning "A Devilish Trap".
* ''Film/AnUnfinishedLife'' is called "En dag i livet", meaning "A Day in the Life".
* ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'' is called "De skoningslösa", meaning "The Merciless [Ones]".
* ''Film/TheUntouchables'' is called "De omutbara", meaning "The Unbribable [Ones]".
* The ''[[Film/NationalLampoonsVacation Vacation]]'' movies are called "Ett päron till farsa [...]", meaning "A Pear for a Father".[[note]]"Pears", in Swedish, is slang for "parents".[[/note]]
* ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'' is called "Studie i brott", meaning "Study in Crime". This might be a reference to ''En Studie I Rött'', the Swedish title of the first Sherlock Holmes novel.
* Creator/DWGriffith's ''Film/WayDownEast'' is called "Genom stormen", meaning "Through the Storm".
* The original ''Film/TheWickerMan'' from 1973 is called "Dödlig skörd", meaning "Deadly [/Lethal] Harvest".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Literature]]
* FiftyShadesOfGrey is translated to what amounts to "Fifty shades of ''him''", possibly since the pun in the title is untranslatable.
* ''Literature/TheHobbit'' is called "Bilbo", the name of the protagonist.
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' was originally called "Härskarringen", meaning, approximately, "The Ruling Ring". The books have since been retranslated, giving the series as a whole and each part direct translations of the original English.
** ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' was called "Sagan om ringen", meaning "The Tale of the Ring". This name is also on occasion used to refer to the trilogy as a whole.
** ''The Two Towers'' was called "Sagan om de två tornen", meaning "The Tale of the Two Towers".
** ''The Return of the King'' was called "Sagan om konungens återkomst", meaning "The Tale of the King's Return".
* [[StephenieMeyer Stephenie Meyer's]] books:
** Except for ''The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner'', all the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' books have completely different titles in Swedish (though the series as a whole is commonly referred to as the ''Twilight'' series anyway, probably because the [[TheFilmOfTheBook movies]] kept the original titles):
*** Twilight -- ''Om jag kunde drömma'' ("If I could dream")
*** New Moon -- ''När jag hör din röst'' ("When I hear your voice")
*** Eclipse -- ''Ljudet av ditt hjärta'' ("The sound of your heart")
*** Breaking Dawn -- ''Så länge vi båda andas'' ("As long as both of us are breathing")
** Her stand-alone novel, ''TheHost'' is titled ''Genom dina ögon'' ("Through your eyes").
* ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' is called "Dödssynden", meaning "The Deadly Sin". The film is called "Skuggor över södern", meaning "Shadows over the South".
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* The American TV series ''Series/{{JAG}}'' has a different title in UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} because ''Jag'' in Swedish is the first-person pronoun. Coincidently, the movie ''Film/AFewGoodMen'' also has the same title: "''På heder och samvete''", which is a phrase taken from the Swedish witness oath and literally means "by honor and conscience".
* Series/{{Scrubs}} was called "Första Hjälpen," meaning "First Aid," when it first aired. The name did ''not'' stick.
* Jim Henson's ''Series/TheStoryteller'' was called ''"Sagor för stora barn"'' (''"Fairytales for older children"'') in Sweden. A not too subtle but very accurate warning to kids and parents about the rather grim feeling in many of the episodes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Other]]
* Fairy Liquid is known a "Yes" in Sweden, allegedly because Swedish women find it difficult to say "Fairy".
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