Language Learning
To get you started, there’s a wide range of online Swedish language resources. A selection of these is listed below.
Paid distance learning courses:
Folkuniversitet – Offers several courses, from beginners to advanced (instructions by qualified teachers).
Learn Sweden – Net-based Swedish culture and language courses.
Lingua 2: Swedish – University-level course in Swedish for beginners by the Swedish Institute.
Svenskatimmen – Offers online beginner courses for English-speaking students worldwide.
Swedish Online – A five level-course with sound and text files.
Swedish Made Easy – Online Swedish lessons via Skype or phone.
Free web-based courses and study aids:
Stockholm University – “Kom loss på svenska”: a beginner’s course.
Dalarna University – Internet based courses in Swedish for international students
Grammatiska Uppslag – An overview of grammar, including grammatical terminology, by the University of Gothenburg. (Temporarily offline)
Studentlitteratur – Grammar exercises with Swedish instructions.
Resurscentrum – Exercises and material.
Safir – A good interactive course.
Loecsen – Listen to the pronunciation of common Swedish phrases.
Chinastudies.eu – Introduction to Swedish written for Chinese speakers.
Swedish Flashcards – Practice with words, sentences and texts.
Language reference resources:
Språkbanken – Collection of links to dictionaries and concordances of Swedish literature, maintained by the University of Gothenburg.
LEXIN – A contextual dictionary that translates between Swedish and 18 other languages.
Folkets lexikon – The English<->Swedish “People's Dictionary” is released under a Creative Commons license and open for user contributions.
Tyda.se - A dictionary and translator between English and Swedish which also includes recorded pronunciation of the words.
Bab.la - Look up words in a dictionary, thesaurus (synonyms) or discussion forum.
GRIM – A free language-learning environment for writers of Swedish that provides grammar-checking of Swedish texts.
Interglot – A multilingual dictionary that translates between 6 languages, including Swedish, and provides verb conjugation help.
Translation guide – Automated translator between English, Swedish and many other languages.
Lingu@net World Wide – A multilingual search engine for language learning resources - including Swedish.
