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What do I need to go to Swedish Univeristy?

There are many reasons to take a Swedish test and there are a variety of language tests to meet your different needs.

10 Non-conventional ways to learn Swedish!

26 March 2018 By The Newbie Team Leave a Comment

Are you looking for tips for learning Swedish? I guess you have decided to learn the language! Bravo! It’s not easy to take that first step and it takes an additional effort to make the journey more interesting. Written by Karishma Desai In my earlier post, I started  a list of basic words to start […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: getting started, Integration, learning swedish, new in sweden, study

To Learn Swedish Or Not To Learn Swedish

27 October 2017 By The Newbie Team

Learn Swedish or not? In the first few weeks that I lived in Stockholm, I started every conversation the same way: with a perplexed look while uttering the phrase I’m sorry, I don’t speak Swedish. From sales clerks to receptionists, I have apologized to pretty much everyone in the city. After my one-millionth apology in […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: language, learn Swedish, study, Swedish, Swedish language

Productive things to do when you’re bored

8 May 2017 By The Newbie Team

Free time is very important in the Swedish way of living.. but it can also be a bit boring from time to time. What productive things can you do in your free time? Well, many! Learn Swedish online Studying Swedish can be really boring… or really fun! There are many websites on which you can […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Integration, learn Swedish, study, study tools, Sweden, Swedish, Swedish as a second language, traditions

10 struggles when learning Swedish

27 March 2017 By The Newbie Team 1 Comment

Before you move to another country, it is good if you have some understanding of the language, at least to a certain extent. We are so lucky that we have to learn the “easy” language that’s Swedish, which often isn’t that easy at all! Here is some of the struggles when learning Swedish.  “Ju” is […]

Filed Under: Blog, Swedish Tagged With: Integration, language, language schools, learn Swedish, learning, learning swedish, study, Swedish

“Learning Swedish isn’t difficult”

18 January 2017 By The Newbie Team 7 Comments

If you’re planning on moving to Sweden, you have to start learning Swedish. Yes, Swedes are very good at English, but you really have to know Swedish for many small things! You probably saw the term SFI often, or svenska för invandrare, on many websites. These are free Swedish courses provided by the government, however, […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: language, language schools, learn Swedish, newbie story, social, study, study tools, Swedish

How to move from Africa to Sweden.

24 July 2016 By The Newbie Team 2 Comments

So you’ve just been given an admission for your undergraduate, postgraduate or doctoral studies in Sweden and you are super excited! You will be leaving your home country to study “abroad”. But after the excitement comes reality. And a move from an Africa country to Sweden can be a bit of a challenge.  There are […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: accomodation, Africa, culture, food, homesick, study, swedish behaviour, weather, Wemi

Move to Sweden from the UK – Rona’s story

Rona came to Sweden 12 years ago to do a PhD at Karolinska Institute and was then offered her dream job – so she decided to stay.

Residence permit for students

Residence permits are granted for studies in Sweden and there are two main requirements for you to fulfill.

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