"Den är i det andra skåpet."

Translation: It is in the other cabinet.

[deactivated user]

I thought when the sentence needed a subject it was always 'det.' Am I wrong?

[Arnauti]

You're right, but this is not a placeholder subject, this den actually refers to an object previously mentioned, so without context it could be either den or det here.

[eeduade]

How could you say "It is in the second cabinet"? And could the sentence start with "det är"?

[Zmrzlina]

That'd be the same sentence, since andra means both second and other.

Yes, the sentence could start with det är.

[eeduade]

Thanks, because I got it wrong in my answer.

[Zmrzlina]

I've added "second" now.

[RichardB_Lebanon]

If i were to say it is in that other cabinet i would have been "den/det är i det där andra skåpet"?

[Arnauti]

Exactly.

[SusanEvans99456]

I read some time ago that cupboard, cabinet and closet were all acceptable as skapet (no umlauts , sorry)