diff --git a/bookwyrm/migrations/0130_alter_user_preferred_language.py b/bookwyrm/migrations/0130_alter_user_preferred_language.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd5a07eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/migrations/0130_alter_user_preferred_language.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.10 on 2022-01-24 17:32
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("bookwyrm", "0129_auto_20220117_1716"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="user",
+            name="preferred_language",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                blank=True,
+                choices=[
+                    ("en-us", "English"),
+                    ("de-de", "Deutsch (German)"),
+                    ("es-es", "Español (Spanish)"),
+                    ("gl-es", "Galego (Galician)"),
+                    ("it-it", "Italiano (Italian)"),
+                    ("fr-fr", "Français (French)"),
+                    ("lt-lt", "Lietuvių (Lithuanian)"),
+                    ("no-no", "Norsk (Norwegian)"),
+                    ("pt-br", "Português do Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese)"),
+                    ("pt-pt", "Português Europeu (European Portuguese)"),
+                    ("sv-se", "Swedish (Svenska)"),
+                    ("zh-hans", "简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)"),
+                    ("zh-hant", "繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)"),
+                ],
+                max_length=255,
+                null=True,
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/bookwyrm/settings.py b/bookwyrm/settings.py
index 197e672c1..be4be7336 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/settings.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/settings.py
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ LANGUAGES = [
     ("no-no", _("Norsk (Norwegian)")),
     ("pt-br", _("Português do Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese)")),
     ("pt-pt", _("Português Europeu (European Portuguese)")),
+    ("sv-se", _("Swedish (Svenska)")),
     ("zh-hans", _("简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)")),
     ("zh-hant", _("繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)")),
 ]
diff --git a/bw-dev b/bw-dev
index 67486d9bf..00faa6a62 100755
--- a/bw-dev
+++ b/bw-dev
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ case "$CMD" in
         git checkout l10n_main locale/no_NO
         git checkout l10n_main locale/pt_PT
         git checkout l10n_main locale/pt_BR
+        git checkout l10n_main locale/sv_SE
         git checkout l10n_main locale/zh_Hans
         git checkout l10n_main locale/zh_Hant
         runweb django-admin makemessages --no-wrap --ignore=venv -l en_US $@