I got this from ielanguages, another swedish tutorial site and it's one of those swedish forms that I sometimes tend to get confused with as well so it comes in pretty handy. It has to do with locations and defining movements from one place to another. Here it is:
Many adverbs in Swedish have two distinct forms: one to denote location and one to denote movement to or from a place. Location adverbs answer the question var? where? while movement adverbs answer the question vart? where to?
Location Movement
in - inne in
out - ute ut
there - framme fram
up - uppe upp
down - nere ner
here - här hit
there - där dit
away - borta bort
(at) home - hemma hem
Location adverbs are used with verbs of rest (vara, stå, ligga, sitta, stanna, finnas, bo, trivas) and movement adverbs are used with verbs of motion (gå, komma, fara, resa, åka, flytta, spring, köra, flyga).
For example:
Malin är här. Malin is here.
Malin kommer hit. Malin is coming here.
Mamma stannar hemma. Mother is staying home.
Mamma går hem. Mother is going home.
That is all! (:
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