Under proposed changes to Swedish migration law, foreign residents would need to prove their Swedish skills to obtain permanent residence. Photo: Lieselotte van der Meijs Learning a language is ...

Did you know that several words that are still in use in Swedish today originally come from a secret language made up by travelling salespeople? The best thing about being a journalist is all the new ...

Officially, Sweden doesn’t keep a record of the languages its inhabitants speak. That fact was infuriating to Mikael Parkvall, a linguist at Stockholm University, so he decided to find out for himself ...

This is the second of our two-part report looking at changes in the Swedish language as English gradually wriggles its way into Swedish dictionaries, conversation and fields of knowledge. The last ...

Google recently got into a row with the Swedish Language Council over a new word in its official language: "ogooglebar" which means "ungoogleable." Google complained about the word, which the council ...

Guus Kroonen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

KIRUNA, Sweden -- 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 to ...

In bold if not surprising news, last week Swedish Education Minister Jan Björklund called for Chinese language to be taught in all primary and secondary schools, which would make Sweden a leader in ...

Can an entire society become gender-neutral? asked Megan Levy in The Age (Australia). Sweden wants to try. The country that brought us 16 months of paid parental leave and mandatory pay equality ...