Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
självdistans
English translation:
perspective taking
Swedish term
Ireland
självdistans
| 3 | perspective taking |
Michele Fauble
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| 4 | objectivity |
SafeTex
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| 4 | self-distance |
Agneta Pallinder
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| 2 -1 | aloofness ; self-possession |
Adrian MM.
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Oct 31, 2021 20:09: Michele Fauble Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
United States
Native English
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
perspective taking
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Or ‘external perspective taking’.
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Självdistans (Self-Distance): You can reflect from an external perspective. You are not your work and can discuss ideas with levity and without ...
https://www.seekorswim.com/atomic-labs-llc-IY/business-devel...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective-taking
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Also ‘self-distancing’ in English.
The ability to critically reflect on yourself and your relations from an external perspective.
https://www.yourdictionary.com/self-distance
objectivity
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
aloofness ; self-possession
Respondents showed warmth, objectivity, "engagemang och självdistans"... English translation: commitment and self awareness
Aloofness and Self-possession are synonymous, and they have mutual synonyms. Aloofness noun – A disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner.
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Christopher Schröder
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Both are still close to the original term.
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United Kingdom
Your bridge between Swedish and English
Native in: Swedish , English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: Swedish to English, English to Swedish, English, and 1 more.
self-distance
I rather suspect that the Swedish självdistans originated as a direct translation of English self-distance
Discussion
I imagine Swedes would be familiar with how the word is used, but here are two example sentences I’ve found online which are pretty typical:
Han saknade självdistans och kunde aldrig skratta åt vare sig sig själv eller någon annan vanlig människa i konungariket Sverige.
En bra förebild för barn och ungdomar är en person som utstrålar trygghet och självdistans, som kan bjuda på sig själv och inte strävar efter perfektion.
I think you should still give context if there is any as we have quite a few expressions that put more or less emphasise on one thing or another (big headed, dreamer, intellect, etc.)