Sjutton

Sjutton is the Swedish word for the number seventeen. It is a cardinal number, preceding eighteen and following sixteen. In Swedish numerology, seventeen is sometimes considered a number with particular significance, though this varies widely depending on cultural and personal beliefs. It is a prime number, divisible only by 1 and itself. The Arabic numeral representation is 17, and the Roman numeral is XVII. In common usage, sjutton simply denotes the quantity of seventeen units. The word is derived from Old Norse.