The Swedish word for shoulder is
axel

Translations for shoulder and their definitions

vägren
1. n-c. roadside, shoulder, part of the road not ordinarily used for car driving, but often by pedestrians, and bikers if paved; the area between the road and the roadside ditch

axel	©
1. n-c. (anatomy) a shoulder
2. n-c. an axis; an imagined line about which something rotates
3. n-c. an axle; a rod around which a wheel turns
4. n-c. a driveshaft; a rotating rod which transfers torque from a motor to a place where it can be applied
5. n-c. (mathematics) an axis; as in coordinate axis
Den reella axeln
The real axis
6. n-c. a jump in figure skating with one (or more) and a half turns in the air.