Dub Name Change/English to Swedish

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• DC Comics
  • Superman to Stålmannen (The steel-man)
  • Batman to Läderlappen (literally, "The leather patch", but is also the name of the vesper type of bat)
  • The Riddler to Gåtan (The riddle) or Gåtmästaren (The riddle-master)
  • The Flash to Blixten (The lightning bolt)
  • Wonder Woman to Mirakelkvinnan (The miracle-woman)

• Marvel Comics
  • The Thing to Big Ben or Handen (The hand)
  • The Human Torch to Flamman (The flame)
  • The Wasp to Get-Inga. Geting = wasp. Inga = a female name. Get = goat.

• Harry Potter
  • Tom Marvolo Riddle to Tom Gus Mervolo Dolder (spells out Ego Sum Lord Voldemort, Latin for I Am Lord Voldemort). Maybe the translator thought that an "ä" (the swedish word for am/are/is is är) would look out of place in an English name.
  • Gilderoy Lockhart to Gyllenroy Lockman. Gyllen- as a prefix means golden...
  • Buckbeak to Vingfåle (Winghorse, fåle is old Swedish), his later nickname (Witherwings) becomes Vittervinge
  • Crookshanks to Krumben (from Krumbent)
  • Prongs, Moony, Padfoot and Wormtail to Tagghorn (Pronghorn), Måntand (Moontooth), Tramptass (Steppaw) and Slingersvans (Slithertail).
  • Sybil Trelawney to Sibylla Trelawney

• Disney
  • Donald Duck to Kalle Anka
  • Daisy Duck to Kajsa Anka
  • (Unca) Scrooge McDuck to (Farbror) Joakim von Anka
  • Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck to Knatte, Fnatte och Tjatte Anka
  • Mickey Mouse to Musse Pigg
  • Minnie Mouse to Mimmi Pigg
  • Goofy to Långben (Longlegs)
  • Black Pete to Svarte Petter
  • Ludwig von Drake to Ludvig von Anka
  • Gyro Gearloose to Oppfinnar-Jocke [sic] (Uppfinnar- = Inventor-)
  • Gladstone Gander to Alexander Lukas
  • The Beagle Boys to Björnligan (The bear league)
  • Magica de Spell to Magica de Hex (Häxa, pronounced hexa = witch)
  • Elvira "Granma Duck" Coot to Elvira Augusta "Farmor" Anka
  • Cornelius Coot to Cornelius Knös (knös = someone who is rich and eccentric)
  • The Junior Woodchucks to Gröngölingarna (Gröngöling = Green Woodpecker)
  • Flintheart Glomgold to Guld-Ivar Flinthjärta, a complete reversal of his name
  • May, April and June Duck to Kicki, Pippi och Titti Anka
  • Chip and Dale to Piff och Puff
  • Launchpad McQuack to Sigge McKvack
  • The Phantom Blot to Spökplumpen
  • Fethry Duck to Knase Anka
  • Tarzan: Terk to Tufs
  • Bolt: Mittens and Rhino to Strumpan och Roffe

• SpongeBob SquarePants to Svamp Bob Fyrkant (Spongebob Square)
  • Squidward Tentacle to Bläckvard Tentakel (literally means Inkward Tentacle, as bläck = ink and bläckfisk = octopus or ink-fish.)

• The Bionicle comic had "Toa" turned into "Toan" (pluralized "Toaner"). This is because toa, pronounced something like ['tu:a] is the Swedish word for toilet. No such change occured in the movies, where pronounciation helped prevent such a mistake. Also, many words that did not have a plural form in English gained one in Swedish (again, only in the comic), like the Vahki (Vahkirer).
  • The dark hunters to Mörkerjägarna (The darkness hunters). (Comic.)

• Elenium And Tamuli
  • Slight namechange with Berit to Beril, though this is understandable as Berit in Sweden is a girls name.

• Yu-Gi-Oh!
  • The shadow realm to Skuggornas värld (The world of shadows)
  • The millennium rod to Millenniespiran (The millennium scepter).

• The Swedish version of the manual for Pokémon Diamond/Pearl had Swedish names for the major cities (not used in the Swedish dub of the anime).
  • Oreburgh: Öreborg
  • Eterna: Evigsala
  • Veilstone: Slöjelanda
  • Hearthome: Hjärtlinge
  • Pastoria: Prostberga
  • Canalave: Kanalsunda
  • Snowpoint: Snöforsa
  • Sunyshore: Strandsund