Karolina Wirdenäs, head of the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism at Stockholm University, explains why her ...

Sweden's long-planned language and civics tests for citizenship could be delayed by as much as two years, Swedish media ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Viveca Sten's popular novels come to life in a mix of Nordic crime and the beautiful surroundings of the outer Stockholm archipelago. In Södertälje, families, police and criminals get entangled in a ...

My two-and-a-half-year-old son is quite the celebrity at his dågis (Swedish preschool); he speaks Swedish with his classmates, French to his mother (her mother tongue), Irish to me (and his Mamó), and ...