Svenska Kärnbibeln is an expanded Swedish translation of the Bible. The New Testament is available both online and in print. All the books of the Old Testament are available on this site. Some of the books are still in the proofreading stage. A printed edition with all the books of the Bible is planned for 2024. This marks the first expanded translation in a Scandinavian language. Similar English translations are the Amplified Bible, Thomas Nelson’s Expanded Bible and Wuest Expanded Bible.

Svenska Kärnbibeln uses parentheses and brackets as follows:

() – Expands the meaning of the Greek and Hebrew words.

[] – Additions allow the reader to better understand the passage by including references, modern weights, and measures.