Lyckligtvis

Lyckligtvis is a Swedish adverb meaning "fortunately" or "luckily." It is used to indicate that something has a favorable outcome or to express relief about a situation. The word is a compound formed from the adjective lycklig (“happy” or “fortunate”) plus the suffix -t and the adverbial suffix -vis, yielding the sense “in a fortunate way.” It can be placed at the beginning of a clause or after a comma: Lyckligtvis var allt i sin ordning.

Compared with more everyday expressions such as tyvärr or tur nog, lyckligtvis tends to be slightly more formal or literary, though it is widely understood and used in both speech and writing. The opposite form is oturligtvis, which means “unfortunately,” and is often paired with tyvärr as a more common everyday equivalent. See also related expressions such as tur nog and som tur var, which convey a similar sense of relief or positive outcome without the exact emphasis of lycikligtvis.