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Swedish

Before arriving in Sweden

There are currently about 40,000 students studying Swedish at some 200 universities in over 40 countries. They are taught by some 1,000 professors and lecturers in Swedish. You can have your try there.

Otherwise you can try some distance learning. I personally liked watching Swedish news with English subtitles (click textad version). Or once you know a bit of Swedish, you can read a newspaper in easy-Swedish.

Some other resources:

While in Sweden

Tourist offices may be the best place to get informed concerning this.

The tourist office in Stockholm (Sweden House on Hamngatan) collects brochures on language training. Some courses are free of charge (e.g. SFI’s). Otherwise Stockholm University and folkuniversitetet offer Swedish courses at different levels. Classes usually start once a month.

The best overview on available classes is given in the brochure “Study in Sweden” by Svenska Institutet. Call them to get the most recent one at: 08 – 789 20 00.

Usually, study associations deliver language courses for Swedish with varying content, length and intensity. The price can vary as well from 1000 SEK to 8500 SEK a month.

Municipalities (swe. komvux), on the other hand, offer free Swedish courses, but you are required to have a personnummer.

Also, your university might deliver Swedish courses. Admission to those courses is limited though.

While all of the above provide certificates, those are not proficiency tests. That “elite club” is made out of TISUS, Certificate for Business Swedish and Swedex. You can also try finding an examination date and sit the exams outside of Sweden.

Last Modified on August 15, 2008 @ 1:24 am
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