Sweden

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Borrowed from Scots Swaden, from Middle Dutch Sweden, dative of Swede (see for further details.) Compare Middle English Swethin(“Sweden”), also from the Middle Dutch, and Middle English Swethe(“Sweden”) from Old English Swēoþēod(“the Swedish people”).

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Sweden

c. 1600, originally in Scottish (Swethin, Swadne, etc.), from Middle Dutch Sweden, probably a dative plural of Swede (earlier in English Sweden was used of the people and until 17c. Swedeland was the English name of the country). In Old English, the country was Sweoland or Sweorice (compare Old Norse sviariki, source of Swedish Sverige). Ultimately named for the original inhabitants (see Swede).