"She is an actress."

Translation: Hon är skådespelerska.

[JohnGerak]

I can never, EVER spell turtle or actor in swedish, just too hard.

[FayHoyt]

I agree!

[dellabitzke]

I have also found the words aktör and aktris to describe an actor and actress. What is the difference between aktör/skådespelare and aktris/skådespelerska? I also know that skådis is also a popular word for actor, since skådespelare and skådespelerska are too long ;)

[lord_zulo]

Yes, 'skådis' is used for both females and males and is used almost like slang/informally.

The words 'aktör' and 'aktris' are not used in everyday swedish to describe such professions (maybe if you work at a theather you do?) The 'aktör' is more common to be used like this:

"Företaget är en aktör på byggmarknaden - The company is an actor in the building market"

Read more:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/akt%C3%B6r
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aktris

[SamanthaPe819727]

Why not en skådespelare?

[tsuj1g1r1]

In Swedish, a nationality, profession, religion, ideology, or some other social "label" that's supposed to define the role a person plays in a community does not receive an article after verb to be.

[Aaxnox]

Does that word decompose into other word?
I can see "speler" related to playing? And "ska" as a suffix but...what do they mean and what is "skåde"?

[Karl725415]

"Skåda" means to behold. A "skåde"-spel is a game put on for show. A "skåde"-spelare is someone who makes a skådespel.

[tommym666]

so what does "-ska" mean?

[sophie-bieri]

I think it shows that it's a feminine word. skådespelare is the male form and skådespelerska the femal one. I don't know why though but it's the same suffix for sjuksköterska (nurse) for example

[KristianKumpula]

Is it as correct in Swedish to call a female actor "skådespelare" instead of "skådespelarska", as it is in English to call a female actor an "actor" instead of an "actress"?

[KimWidman]

Yes. You can call a female actor skådespelare, but I think skådespelerska is the more common.