The Swedish word for needle is
nål

Translations for needle and their definitions

nål	©
1. n-c. a needle, a pin (implement for sewing, crocheting, attaching stuff, etc.; however not for knitting)
2. n-c. needle; syringe
3. n-c. needle; a long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph

sticka
1. n-c. a (wood) splinter
Jag har fått en sticka i fingret - I've gotten a splinter in my finger
2. n-c. a knitting needle
3. v. to knit
Mormor stickade - Grandma was knitting
4. v. to sting, prick
5. v. to stick, put
6. v. (colloquial) to go (somewhere), to leave (for some other place)
Vi stack till Donken - We went to McDonalds
Stick! - Scram!