diff --git a/grammars/numerals/NumSwedish.gf b/grammars/numerals/NumSwedish.gf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c216ff596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grammars/numerals/NumSwedish.gf
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+--# -path=.:../prelude
+
+concrete NumSwedish of Numerals = open ResNumSwedish, Prelude in {
+
+  flags startcat = Numeral ; lexer=unglue ; unlexer=glue ;
+
+  lincat Digit = {
+    s : DForm => Str 
+  } ;
+  lincat Sub10 = {
+    s : DForm => Str 
+  } ;
+  lin n2 = mkTal "två" "tolv" "tjugo" ;
+  lin n3 = mkTal "tre" "tretton" "trettio" ;
+  lin n4 = mkTal "fyra" "fjorton" "fyrtio" ;
+  lin n5 = regTal "fem" ;
+  lin n6 = regTal "sex" ;
+  lin n7 = mkTal "sju" "sjutton" "sjuttio" ;
+  lin n8 = mkTal "åtta" "arton" "åttio" ;
+  lin n9 = mkTal "nio" "nitton" "nittio" ;
+  lin num = \x -> x ;
+  lin pot0 = \d -> {
+    s = table {
+      f => d.s ! f 
+    }
+    } ;
+  lin pot01 = {
+    s = table {
+      f => "ett" 
+    }
+    } ;
+  lin pot0as1 = \n -> ss (n.s ! ental);
+  lin pot1 = \ d -> ss (d.s ! tiotal);
+  lin pot110 = ss "tio" ;
+  lin pot111 = ss "elva" ;
+  lin pot1as2 = \ n -> n ;
+  lin pot1plus = \ d -> \ e -> ss (glueOpt (d.s ! tiotal) (e.s ! ental)) ;
+  lin pot1to19 = \ d -> ss (d.s ! ton);
+  lin pot2 = \ d -> ss (glueOpt (d.s ! ental) "hundra") ;
+  lin pot2as3 = \ n -> n ;
+  lin pot2plus = \ d -> \ e -> ss (glueOpt (glueOpt (d.s ! ental) "hundra") e.s);
+  lin pot3 = \ n -> ss (glueOpt n.s  "tusen");
+  lin pot3plus = \ n -> \ m -> ss (noglueOpt (glueOpt n.s "tusen") m.s);
+  }
diff --git a/grammars/numerals/Numerals.gf b/grammars/numerals/Numerals.gf
index c0e293059..b725070dc 100644
--- a/grammars/numerals/Numerals.gf
+++ b/grammars/numerals/Numerals.gf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--- numerals from 1 to 999999 in decimal notation. AR 1998 -- 2003
+-- numerals from 1 to 999999 in decimal notation
 
 abstract Numerals = {
 
@@ -31,10 +31,4 @@ fun
   pot2as3 : Sub1000 -> Sub1000000 ;             -- coercion of 1..999
   pot3 : Sub1000 -> Sub1000000 ;                -- m * 1000
   pot3plus : Sub1000 -> Sub1000 -> Sub1000000 ; -- m * 1000 + n
-
-data
-  Numeral = num ;
-  Digit = n2 | n3 | n4 | n5 | n6 | n7 | n8 | n9 ;
-  Sub10 = pot01 | pot0 ;
-  Sub100 = pot110 | pot111 | pot1to19 | pot0as1 | pot1 | pot1plus ;
 }
diff --git a/grammars/numerals/ResNumSwedish.gf b/grammars/numerals/ResNumSwedish.gf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f4c80c9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grammars/numerals/ResNumSwedish.gf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+resource ResNumSwedish = {
+  param DForm = ental | ton | tiotal ;
+  oper mkTal : Str -> Str -> Str -> {
+    s : DForm => Str 
+  }
+  = \ två -> \ tolv -> \ tjugo -> {
+    s = table {
+      ental => två ;
+      ton => tolv ;
+      tiotal => tjugo 
+    }
+    } ;
+  oper regTal : Str -> {
+    s : DForm => Str 
+  }
+  = \ fem -> mkTal fem (fem + "ton")(fem + "tio");
+  oper ss : Str -> {
+    s : Str 
+  }
+  = \ s -> {
+    s = s 
+  } ;
+  }
diff --git a/grammars/prelude/Prelude.gf b/grammars/prelude/Prelude.gf
index bda2f5f6d..5d8734d04 100644
--- a/grammars/prelude/Prelude.gf
+++ b/grammars/prelude/Prelude.gf
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ oper
 -- bind together two tokens in the lexer, either obligatorily or optionally
 
   oper 
-    bind : Str -> Str -> Str = \x,y -> x ++ "&+" ++ y ;
-    bindOpt : Str -> Str -> Str = \x,y -> variants {bind x y ; x ++ y} ;
+    glue : Str -> Str -> Str = \x,y -> x ++ BIND ++ y ;
+    glueOpt : Str -> Str -> Str = \x,y -> variants {glue x y ; x ++ y} ;
+    noglueOpt : Str -> Str -> Str = \x,y -> variants {x ++ y ; glue x y} ;
+
+-- this should be hidden, and never changed since it's hardcoded in (un)lexers
+    BIND : Str = "&+" ;
 } ;
diff --git a/grammars/resource/finnish/TestFin.gf b/grammars/resource/finnish/TestFin.gf
index 9408e98f3..5de29ffa8 100644
--- a/grammars/resource/finnish/TestFin.gf
+++ b/grammars/resource/finnish/TestFin.gf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 concrete TestFin of TestAbs = ResFin ** open Prelude, SyntaxFin in {
 
-flags startcat=Phr ; lexer=text ; parser=chart ; unlexer=text ;
+flags startcat=Phr ; lexer=unglue ; unlexer=glue ;
 
 -- a random sample from the lexicon