 Swedish is officially the main language of Sweden . Swedish is also one of two official languages of Finland . In Sweden it has long been used in local and state government and most of the educational system but remained only a de facto primary language with no official status in law until 2009 . A bill was proposed in 2005 that would have made Swedish an official language but failed to pass by the narrowest possible margin ( 145 – 147 ) due to a pairing @-@ off failure . A proposal for a broader language law , designating Swedish as the main language of the country and bolstering the status of the minority languages , was submitted by an expert committee to the Swedish Ministry of Culture in March 2008 . It was subsequently enacted by the Riksdag and entered into effect on 1 July 2009 . 
