Swedish has been sounding more and more English in recent years. In this two-part report, we will look at the phenomenon from different angles. The first part is about language politics--just what ...

Apples from China? All will be explained. Photo: Tomas Oneborg/SvD/TT & Vegard Grøtt/NTB Scanpix It's well known that Swedes like to throw English words into their conversations, but plenty of other ...

Under proposed changes to Swedish migration law, foreign residents would need to prove their Swedish skills to obtain permanent residence. Photo: Lieselotte van der Meijs Learning a language is ...

The government of Sweden wants to make it harder to become a Swedish citizen. Sweden’s government has proposed making formal Swedish language tests part of the process for gaining Swedish citizenship, ...

The 39 volumes of the Swedish Academy Dictionary stands as Sweden's answer to the Oxford English Dictionary. And it's just been sent to the printers... The final volume of a definitive Swedish ...

A group of nationalist local councilors in Sweden are reportedly attempting to ban bilingual students from speaking foreign languages in the area's schools during class and break times. According to ...

A Taloustutkimus survey for Yle of how Finnish residents assess their Swedish language skills and how useful they found the language revealed that nearly half of respondents found the language ...

New data from job search engine Adzuna.co.uk revealed UK roles which require Swedish language skills pay more than those seeking any other second language. Swedish language skills boast an average ...