This is the 7160th most frequent Swedish word.
rudolf
"Rudolf" is a Swedish male given name, equivalent to "Rudolph" in English.
Here, 'Rudolf' is used as the name of a character, possibly a person or an animal, setting up the subject of the sentence.
Rudolf sprang snabbt genom skogen.
Rudolf ran swiftly through the forest.
In this sentence, 'Rudolf' refers to the famous reindeer of Christmas lore, used as decoration.
Vi dekorerade granen med en liten Rudolf-figur.
We decorated the tree with a small Rudolf figure.
'Rudolf' here describes the rarity of the name in contemporary usage, focusing on its adoption in naming.