gender-neutral pronouns used by some to avoid a preference for female or male, when a person's gender is not known, or to refer to people who do not identify their gender as female or male, similarly to the singular they in English. They came into widespread use relatively recently, but since 2010 have appeared frequently in traditional and online media, legal documents, and literature. The use of these words has prompted political and linguistic debate in Sweden, and their use is not universally accepted by Swedish speakers. Demonstrative, interrogative, and relative pronouns den , , : this, these (may qualify a noun in the definite form). Literally "this here". den , , : that, those (may qualify a noun in the definite form). Literally "this there". , , , : this/these (may qualify a noun in the indefinite form). : as, that, which, who (strictly speaking, a subordinating conjunction rather than a pronoun, is used as an all-purpose relative pronoun whenever possible in Swedish). : who, whom (interrogative). , , : which, what, who, whom, that. : what. : whose (interrogative). : whose (relative). : when. : then, when (relative). , , : here, there, where (also form numerous combinations such as , "where from", and , "thereof"). , , : hither, thither, whither (not archaic as in English). vem som , , , , : whoever, whichever, whatever, whenever, wherever, etc. , , , : hence, thence, whence, since (the contractions and are common; these are all somewhat archaic and formal-sounding except for ). , , , often contracted to and nearly always said as , , : some/any, a few; someone/anyone, somebody/anybody, something/anything (the distinction between some in an affirmative statement and any in a negative or interrogative context is actually a slight difficulty for Swedes learning English). , , : no, none; no one, nobody, nothing. , , : other, else. , , , : somewhere/anywhere, nowhere, elsewhere, everywhere; (more formally , , , ). , , : somehow/anyhow, no way, otherwise. , , : something/anything, nothing, everything. Adjectives Swedish adjectives are declined according to gender, number, and definiteness of the noun. Strong inflection In singular indefinite, the form used with nouns of the common gender is the undeclined form, but with nouns of the neuter gender a suffix -t is added. In plural indefinite an -a suffix is added irrespective of gender. This constitutes the strong