Pokémon in Sweden
Pokémon in Sweden | ||||
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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 | ||||
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 Sweden 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. The season Pokémon: Battle Frontier was not aired after the Pokémon: Advanced Battle season, but was just skipped, going directly to Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl. Pokémon: Battle Frontier was instead broadcasted on TV4+ and TV4's online site.
In Sweden the Best Wishes series of the anime is available on Viaplay and the XY series of the anime is available on Netflix in Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish audio with Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles.
Movies
All movies up until the eighteenth, 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 have been released on VHS, and all movies up until the fifteenth movie have been released on DVD in Sweden.
On May 15, 2009, Disney XD had their premiere of Giratina and the Sky Warrior. 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.
Music
All opening themes used in the anime and movies has 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 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 |
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Ash Ketchum | Dick Ericsson | |
Misty | Carla Abrahamsen Annica Smedius Anna Book Pernilla Wahlgren Maria Rydberg |
BW116 S05-S08, M04-M05 S01-S04, M01-M03 EP050 EP055 |
Brock | Mattias Knave Niclas Wahlgren |
S01-S13 EP020, EP021 |
Delia Ketchum | Annelie Berg Pernilla Wahlgren |
Original series M02, M03 |
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 Mia Hansson |
S01-S02, S06-onward S03-S05 |
James | Andreas Nilsson | |
Giovanni | Johan Hedeberg | |
Nurse Joy | Maria Rydberg Annika Rynger Mia Hansson |
Occasionally in Season 1 Occasionally in Season 4 |
Officer Jenny | Annika Rynger Annelie Berg Maria Rydberg Jennie Jahns Annica Smedius |
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Professor Oak | Hans Wahlgren | |
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 |
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 commom 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 throughout the series.
Trivia
- The headquarters of Bergsala, Nintendo's distributor in the Nordic countries and the Baltics (though in Finland, Nintendo's distributor was Agerex Oy from 1999 to 2002 and AMO Oy from 2002 to 2013), is located at Marios Gata, Kungsbacka, Sweden.
Related articles
External links
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