 Modern Swedish ( Swedish : <unk> ) begins with the advent of the printing press and the European Reformation . After assuming power , the new monarch Gustav Vasa ordered a Swedish translation of the Bible . The New Testament was published in 1526 , followed by a full Bible translation in 1541 , usually referred to as the Gustav Vasa Bible , a translation deemed so successful and influential that , with revisions incorporated in successive editions , it remained the most common Bible translation until 1917 . The main translators were Laurentius <unk> and the brothers Laurentius and Olaus Petri . 
