Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Rike is the Swedish word for "realm". The word is traditionally used for sovereign entities, a country with a King or Queen as head of state, such as the United Kingdom or Sweden itself, is a Kungarike. The word is used in "Svea rike", with the current spelling "Sverige", the name of Sweden in Swedish. It is based on an analogy to Svealand and to Mother Svea, a symbolic representation of the nation. It is also present in the names of instituions such as the Riksdag, Riksbank, Riksgäld, Riksåklagaren, Rikspolisstyrelsen, Riksteatern, Riksdaler, etc. The Lord's Prayer uses the words in the Swedish version "tillkomme ditt rike" (thy kingdom come). Etymology German: Reich Old High German: richi Anglo-Saxon: rice English: rich Indo European: reg Latin: regalis, regere, rex Prussian: reiks Indian: Raj Old Norse: rike (as in Gårdarike) See also: Realm of Sweden This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.