diff --git a/HelloWorld.swift b/HelloWorld.swift
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+++ b/HelloWorld.swift
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+print("Hello World!")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d2a5e42..e2bce469 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ This repositiory should eventually contain the famous "Hello World" program in a
 - [ ] TypeScript
 - [x] Ruby	
 - [ ] Objective-C	
-- [ ] Swift	
+- [x] Swift	
 - [ ] Kotlin	
 - [x] R	
 - [x] Scala