CountriesSwedenRank 18 of 9811 words5 placesSweden11 English words in this atlas point back to Sweden, spread across 5 places.ShareWordThe placeRelationshipConfidencesuedeThe leather is named for Sweden, in French.SwedenFrom its productWell attestedStockholm syndromeThe syndrome is named for a bank robbery.StockholmFrom the placeWell attestedOckelbo diseaseOne mosquito-borne virus carries three names, one per country it turns up in.OckelboFrom the placeProbableSwedish massageSwedes call it classic massage; the strokes may be Dutch, not Swedish.SwedenFrom its peopleDisputederbiumOne small feldspar quarry outside Stockholm supplied the names of four separate chemical elements.Ytterby mineIndirectWell attestedholmiumSweden's capital is on the periodic table under its Latin name, which nobody uses for the city any more.StockholmIndirectWell attestedsaliteNamed by the Brazilian statesman who also discovered lithium's mineral while working in Sweden.SalaFrom the placeWell attestedSwedish modelSweden made buying sex a crime while leaving selling it legal, and the arrangement now travels under the country's name.SwedenFrom its peopleWell attestedterbiumIts name is the middle syllables of a Swedish village, chopped out and given a Latin ending.Ytterby mineFrom the placeWell attestedytterbiumThe fourth element to be cut out of the same Swedish quarry's name, and the one that kept the most letters.Ytterby mineFrom the placeWell attestedyttriumOne small quarry outside Stockholm has four elements named directly after it.Ytterby mineFrom the placeWell attestedElsewhere in the atlasUnited States153United Kingdom108Italy63France57Germany29Greece29Canada22Turkey22People's Republic of China21Spain20Japan18India16Mexico13Belgium12All 98 countries →