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From zero to fluent in 18 months: my Swedish learning journey

22 October 2024 By Maria Petrescu 3 Comments

Learning Swedish is among the top recommendations everyone gives when it comes to “how to find a job in Sweden” tips. At the same time, the experience of acquiring sufficient language skills to be proficient in a professional setting is vastly different for everyone, including those who take the path of the “official Swedish learning courses”. […]

Filed Under: Blog, Swedish Tagged With: Best way to learn Swedish, How do I apply for SFI?, how to learn Swedish, learn Swedish, learn Swedish in Sweden, learn Swedish online, online tools to learn Swedish, sas grund, sas Swedish, sfi, SFI sas, What SFI course should I start with, where do I sign up for SFI

Swedish for immigrants – SFI

Free Swedish courses, all over the country, for all newbies (over 16) who legally reside in Sweden.

How much Swedish is needed for working in the Swedish healthcare system?

28 October 2020 By Sofi Tegsveden Deveaux Leave a Comment

Are you an international healthcare professional looking to relocate to Sweden? The good news is that there’s plenty of work opportunities for medical doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, pharmacists etc. The not so good news is that this is not something you get over and done with within a few weeks. Great news If your diploma […]

Filed Under: Blog, Education Tagged With: learning swedish, sfi, swedish healthcare, Swedish language

اختبارات اللغة السويدية

29 December 2018 By The Newbie Team Leave a Comment

هل أنت فضولي حول  مستواك الحالي في اللغة السويدية ؟ في حاجة إلى شهادة سويدية؟ أو على وشك التقديم إلى جامعة سويدية؟ هناك العديد من الأسباب لإجراء اختبار سويدي وقد ظهر الكثير من اختبارات اللغة في الآونة الأخيرة لتلبية هذه الحاجة. هناك اختبارات اللغة السويدية مجانية ولكن البعض الآخر مكلف للغاية كما تعقد بانتظام على مدار السنة. بينما يتم […]

Filed Under: العربية Tagged With: Arabic, Folkuniversitet, sas, sfi, SWEDEX, اختبارات اللغة السويدية

Settle in Sweden within 1 year

14 October 2018 By The Newbie Team 2 Comments

Have you considered relocating to Sweden alone? Are you worried about the language, culture, job opportunities, cost of living etc? It can be extremely daunting to move from one place to another. However, life is short but remember that preparation is key and adaptation comes next.  Written by Teenie Fung Do your homework, measure the […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: accommodation, apartment for rent, culture, find a job, Housing, Integration, job in sweden, job interview sweden, job seeking tools, language, learn Swedish, move to Sweden, networking, newbie story, relocate, sfi, stockholm, Swedish, traditions, welcome to sweden, work

الدليل الشامل لتعلم اللغة السويدية

15 July 2018 By The Newbie Team Leave a Comment

أحد أكثر الأسئلة المتكررة التي نتلقاها هو: ما هي أفضل طريقة لتعلم اللغة السويدية ؟ سؤال وجيه، نظرًا لوجود العديد من الخيارات المتاحة التي يمكن أن تكون مربكة في بعض الأحيان و لا تعرف من أين تبدأ.   حتى عندما يكون لدى كل واحد منا سبب محدد لتعلم اللغة، سيكون هناك دائما وسيلة مفيدة أكثر […]

Filed Under: العربية Tagged With: Arabic, sas, sfi, اللغة السويدية

The Ultimate Tool Guide To Learn Swedish

11 July 2018 By The Newbie Team Leave a Comment

One of the most frequent questions that we come across is: What’s the best way to learn Swedish? A valid question since there are so many options available that sometimes can be overwhelming to know where to start.   Even when every one of us has a specific reason to learn the language, there will always […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: apps, language, learning, resources, sfi, Swedish

Finished SFI? What comes next?

7 November 2016 By The Newbie Team 13 Comments

Even before we put our foot on Swedish soil we know that we have to acquaint ourselves with the Swedish language. The Swedish for immigrants, SFI courses are the most popular option for newcomers. But what happens after that? It is slightly over a year since I followed my husband to Stockholm in 2015. While my husband […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Labour market, newbie story, sas, sfi, Swedish as a second language

What I did to learn Swedish

12 July 2016 By The Newbie Team Leave a Comment

Learn Swedish and what I did. Learning an entirely new language is always an interesting and slightly daunting task. And let’s face it, for most of us Newbies, we didn’t find ourselves hearing much Swedish before coming here. If you grew up in Britain, there was the Swedish chef from the muppets, (whose mastery of […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: learn Swedish, learning swedish, learning Swedish by yourself, sas, sfi, Study Swedish, swedish behaviour, swedish for immigrants

Utbildningsradion – a knowledge bank for lifelong learning

25 April 2016 By The Newbie Team 1 Comment

Do you want to learn more about the world and at the same time practise and improve your Swedish? Then you should check out Utbildningsradion, UR´s programmes. The programs of Utbildningsradions cover all sorts of themes (from biology, geography, history, politics & literature and much more) and the programmes are available online for a long […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: learning, sas, sfi, Swedish, utbildningsradion

Private Swedish courses and teachers

Private teaching can focus on your weakness and needs. It is, therefore a great a complement to regular language learning.

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