Swedish is now officially considered the main language in Sweden, according to a new language law which, along with more than two dozen other laws, took effect on Wednesday. The new law, a first for ...

Recent articles in Swedish newspapers have warned that Swedish runs the risk of dying out as more and more Swedes speak English in their daily lives. The Local's Becky Waterton doesn't think there's ...

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, ...

KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — The members of Kiruna Church primarily worship in Swedish, their country’s main language. But this Lutheran church some 200 kilometers (120 miles) above the Arctic Circle seeks ...

The last ten years or so in Finland have seen an almost 50 percent drop in the number of upper secondary school pupils who sign up for a Swedish language exam as part of their end-of-school ...

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 ...

SWEDISH SAGACITY: Language learning makes you smarter -- or at least it makes your brain grow. That’s the word in a new study from the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy. The brain structures of ...

Amazon’s Swedish language website has been blighted by translation problems, but what does it mean for businesses that want to use the channel? Late last month (28 October), the online retail giant ...

A bizarre noise made by locals in Sweden is baffling tourists trying to grasp the bare bones of the language. Aussie Oliver Gee moved over to Sweden four years ago and revealed this was one of the ...