"Moreover, he has a nice car."

Translation: Dessutom har han en snygg bil.

[Coreopsis2943]

The word order is switched because there is something at the beginning of the sentences?

[Lundgren8]

The Swedish verb always comes in the 2nd place in the sentence.

[Coreopsis2943]

....so if the subject is first, then the verb comes after the subject, but if something else is first, it ends up being before the subject?

[Lundgren8]

Exactly! This is called the V2-rule (verb second) and also exists in the other Germanic languages, English being an exception.

[Sninguistics]

Would it not be more accurate to say this holds true only for the main clause of a sentence? Adverbs will come between the subject and verb in subclauses, right?

[Lundgren8]

Yes, that’s true.

[HoroTanuki]

so, you can't say "dessutom, han har en snygg bil", viewing "dessutom" as first part of a sentence, "han har en snygg bil" as the second part, and then apply the V2 to the second part?

[Lundgren8]

No, that doesn’t really work, they’re a part of the same clause.

[Macjory]

But I’ve found that it depends on how words are counted: the verb is not always the 2nd word in a sentence. I’ve asked, “But what about the V2 rule?” several times when the verb has not been the actual 2nd word in a sentence.

[InvertedGo]

Often, though, that's because the first words form a unit, like "in the beginning if time". There are several words but they form a single time unit.

[Q_C]

I thought "snygg" was closer to handsome?

[desifromitaly]

Varför inte "najs"?

[Hannorden]

Det fungerar också, men det låter mycket informellt

[caresrg]

Varför inte: dessutom har han en fin bil?

[kiasams]

I did that too. Anyone care to comment?

[pekarekr]

dessutom:
besides; moreover; further; above all; especially; what's more; above that; furthermore
http://www.interglot.com/dictionary/sv/en/translate/dessutom

[caresrg]

Varför inte "Han har dessutom en fin bil?"