Pokémon in Sweden

Pokémon in Sweden
Flag of Sweden
Language	Swedish
Continent	Europe
Original anime 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

The Pokémon anime first reached Sweden in March 2000, with the first broadcast of Pokémon - 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 is Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, but only the interface is translated, the cards themselves remains in English.

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

Pokémon anime

The Pokémon anime was broadcasted on Disney XD, previously known as Fox Kids and then Jetix, and TV4 in Sweden. Pokémon: Battle Frontier was not aired after Pokémon: Advanced Battle, but was just skipped, going directly to Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl. Pokémon: Battle Frontier was instead broadcast on TV4+ and TV4's online site.

In Sweden, Pokémon the Series: Black & White and Pokémon the Series: XY of the anime are available on Viaplay, Pokémon the Series: XY and Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon are available on Netflix with Swedish audio and subtitles, and Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl are available on C More with Swedish audio and no subtitles.

Movies

All movies up until the twenty-third, except Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, have been dubbed into Swedish. The first four movies and Mewtwo 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 and Pokémon 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 anime and movies have been dubbed into Swedish, except for Born to Be a Winner and We Will Be Heroes movie versions which were left in English. All movie ending themes from Giratina and the Sky Warrior onward has been dubbed into Swedish.

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

Cast and crew

Character	Voice actor	Period
Ash Ketchum	Dick Ericsson
Speaker	Felix Engström	M20
Misty	Annica Smedius Carla Abrahamsen Anna Book Pernilla Wahlgren Maria Rydberg	S05-S08, M04-M05, Sun and Moon series BW116 S01-S04, M01-M03 EP050 EP055
Brock	Mattias Knave Niclas Wahlgren	S01-S13 EP020, EP021
Delia Ketchum	My Bodell Pernilla Wahlgren Annelie Berg	S20, M20 M02, M03 Original series
Pokédex	Hans Wahlgren	The first season
Meowth	Unknown actor Unknown actor Linus Wahlgren Hasse Johnsson	S17-onward S11-S16 S01-S02, S06-S10 S03-S04
Jessie	Annelie Berg Bhagavan Mia Hansson	S01-S02, S06-onward S03-S05
James	Andreas Nilsson
Giovanni	Johan Hedeberg
Nurse Joy Syster Joy	Maria Rydberg Annika Rynger Mia Hansson	Occasionally in Season 1 Occasionally in Season 4
Officer Jenny Konstapel Jenny	Annika Rynger Annelie Berg Maria Rydberg Jennie Jahns Annica Smedius
Professor Oak	Bengt Järnblad Hans Wahlgren	M20 ?
Gary	Hasse Johnsson
Tracey	Johan Hedenberg Niclas Wahlgren	S02-S03 M02
May	Maria Rydberg
Max	Nick Atkinson
Dawn	Elina Raeder
Iris	Elina Raeder Amanda Renberg	S15-17, movies S14
Cilan	Oskar Kongshöj
Serena	Dorothea Norling
Clemont	Adam Portnoff
Bonnie	Dominique Pålsson Wiklund
Lana	Anna Isbäck
Kiawe
Lillie
Sophocles
Mallow	Mimmi Sandén
Rotom Pokédex	Adam Giertz
Mimey	Peter Sjöqvist
Movie 6 and 7	Staffan Hallerstam
Pikachu	Maria Rydberg	M20
Verity	Mikaela Tidermark
Sorrel	Daniel Melén
Cross	Nick Atkinson
Erika	Linda Åslund

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 common grammatical gender in Swedish, meaning that they are used with the indefinitive article en and the definitive article den, 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 form Pokémonen, can be heard occasionally throughout the series.

Trivia

• The headquarters of Bergsala, 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 of Project Globe, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon franchise around the world.