<P> Swedish evolved from Old Norse around the 14th and 15th century , and historically , the Swedish dialects were generally much more different than today . Since the 20th century Standard Swedish prevails throughout the country . The Scandinavian languages constitute a dialectal continuum and some of the traditional Swedish dialects could equally be described as Danish ( Scanian ) or Norwegian ( Jamtlandic ) . </P>
<P> Swedish evolved from Old Norse around the 14th and 15th century , and historically , the Swedish dialects were generally much more different than today . Since the 20th century Standard Swedish prevails throughout the country . The Scandinavian languages constitute a dialectal continuum and some of the traditional Swedish dialects could equally be described as Danish ( Scanian ) or Norwegian ( Jamtlandic ) . </P>
when did swedish become the official language of sweden
when did swedish become the official language of sweden
20th century
20th century