Category: Learning Swedish

Beyond attending formal Swedish classes and telling the cashier “nej” (no) to a “kvitto” (receipt), sometimes it can be hard to see on a daily basis where you can practice your Swedish language skills. With Swedes being the best non-native speakers of English in the world, and with many international students communicating in English on […]

Sweden is one of the few countries which offers official language courses for foreign people living here temporarily or definitively. The Swedish for Immigrants program, also known as SFI, is free for those who hold “personnumers” and aimed to prepare students to become fluent in Swedish in 2 years. However, those who will not study […]

Learning a new language can be challenging, and Swedish is no exception. But if you speak a Germanic language, your studies may just be a little easier!

Learning Swedish is hard for me. Gladly, my housemates are supportive that they placed post-it around the house to make the language familiar for me. Det är skåpet – not sure if it’s the right structure or not but that’s how the logic of the language is to me, at the moment. In the post-it, […]

1. Pronounciation This may apply when speaking English (or other foreign language) in any country. I’ve noticed that I adjust to the way Swedes pronounce when speaking English. As many Swedish words are close to English, but pronounced differently it often feels like you’re mixing the two even when you’re not. 2. Word order It […]

Reading Andrés’ post makes me nostalgic. It takes me back to the time when I was very eager to study Swedish (I did some SFI classes) before the dark winter came and took all my spirit. Coming from a country that is ten thousand kilometers far away from this beautiful country in the north, you […]

From North to South we have (Top left to right): Mahmoud Hanafy from Egypt studying Systems, Control and Mechatronics at Chalmers. Tebkew Shibabaw from Ethiopia studying Environmental Science at GU. Sussy from Cameroon studying Social Anthropology at social work and human right at the GU. Ronald Byaruhanga from Uganda studying Social work and human right at GU. Blessing Kabasa from Zimbabwe studying […]

It’s a kind of magic drink. If you drink it, you immediately start speaking Swedish (that sounds good actually, if you want to learn it!). Do not hesitate when you’ll be offered Julmust – according to the principle which says that everybody should try at least once the local products, this drink doesn’t shun it […]

Last time it was my turn to take over our Snapchat  I got a couple of questions regarding Swedish language. I’ve also gotten some questions via email asking whether it’s necessary to speak Swedish if you want to work and live here. so I got inspired to tell you a bit more about how Swedish […]