22 Nov 2024
Swedish Language Courses
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Global Expat Centre: Your Home Away from Home

Just moved to Sweden? Feeling like a fish out of water? There’s no need! Let the Global Expat Centre in Stockholm be your home away from home! Named Best Practice in Talent Support by the EU’s BSR Project in 2013, the Global Expat Centre offers language training, cross-cultural services and job support, along with a […]

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Learning Swedish: Public or Private?

You pratar lite svenska, you wear skinny jeans and drink coffee from 7-Eleven. Why do you still feel like the protagonist in Where’s Wally? YLC’s Kirsten Smart has one answer on how to get into the beanie-covered heads of the Swedes.  Mikko Nikkinen/imagebank.sweden.se So you’ve decided to learn Swedish. Hurra! The next step is deciding […]

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Expat Support: Fika with Mumm

It’s a noun, it’s a verb and it’s synonymous with a great many things. That’s right, we’re talking about fika! Want to join?

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Speaking Swedish like a native: the YLC guide

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Finding it hard to get to grips with the language? Want to be able to speak like a native? Check out YLC’s Amy Johansson’s top tips to get ahead in Swedish –  the non-SFI way! I knew I had started speaking really good Swedish when people stopped telling me that I spoke good Swedish and […]

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Learning Swedish: the options explained

Having researched the courses available and passed SFI, our guest contributor, Gemma, takes time from ‘svenska som andraspråk’ to give us the low-down on the choices available for learning Swedish.

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Language Exchange – STOCKHOLM

Want to put your Swedish skills to use in a fun social setting? Join Language Exchange – STOCKHOLM to practise your svenska and meet new people in a casual, friendly environment.   Here at Your Living City we are all too familiar with the process of learning Swedish and the variety of courses available in Stockholm. […]

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Free Swedish Courses: SFI offered at Folkuniversitet

Searching for free Swedish lessons in Stockholm? SFI courses are now being offered at Stockholm Folkuniversitet.

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SFI pays students to complete courses

The Sfi Bonus means that you can get paid up to 12,000 SEK for completing Swedish for immigrants language courses. The aim is for those of you who have just arrived in Sweden to learn Swedish more quickly, so…

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Swedish classes in Stockholm

As our article, Free Swedish Language Classes: Part 1 – SFI, states Sweden has free language courses for residents. SFI has a long history dating back to the 60s and has been a huge success story for this country. However, SFI is not necessarily the right choice for everyone. One of SFI’s greatest perks is that it is flexible. […]

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Free Swedish language classes: part 1 – SFI

Sweden has so many fantastic opportunities for foreigners living here. OK, these opportunities might be hard to find, sometimes confusing to access, but at least they are there.

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