🇸🇪 21 Reasons To Learn Swedish 🇸🇪
Swedish is closely related to English so it’s pretty easy for most people to pick up.
If youre into Scandinavian languages Swedish can help you learn the others like Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese.
Buut if you learn Swedish you don’t even need to learn Danish or Norwegian. Swedish, Danish, & Norwegian are all mutually intelligible so you get 3 languages for the price of one!
Sweden is one of the most socially progressive countries on earth. It has free education and healthcare, high salaries, and is ranked as one of the most desirable places to live in the world.
Swedish people are known for being very open, fair, liberal, environmentally friendly, and technologically innovative.
You get access to lots of great music! According to Sveriges Körförbund (Sweden’s Choir Union) which represents over 500 choirs around 600,000 swedes take part in a choir. Sweden is the 3rd biggest exporter of music after the US and UK.
Swedish people will appreciate you putting the time and effort into learning their language. 89% of swedes know english and most of their tv shows arent even dubbed into Swedish.
In Sweden they have this amazing thing called Fika (coffee break). Fika is a social phenomenon where people take breaks and enjoy life with good company, coffee, and pastries. In Sweden fika are most commonly taken twice at work. Usually at 9am and 3pm. Fika is one of Sweden’s most deep rooted traditions. Sweden consumes more coffee than any other country in the world because of fika.
Swedish is a very sought after language by European employers. Learning Swedish even just to a B2 level will be good for your CV and make you more attractive to the European job market.
Smörgåsbord (sandwich table) is a type of Scandinavian meal that originated in Sweden and became popular in the mid-seventeenth century. It’s served buffet style with many hot & cold dishes. Julbord (Christmas table) is a special type of smörgåsbord held at Christmas time.
By learning Swedish you’ll finally be able to read what all the furniture at IKEA are called!
Swedish grammar is easy. In Swedish verbs are conjugated by tense instead of by pronoun and there are only two genders called common and neuter.
Swedish sounds beautiful. Many people think when Swedish people talk it sounds like they are singing. Swedish is a soft and melodic language.
Crayfish Party (Kräftskiva) is something that has been around in Sweden for over 500 years making it one of the oldest Swedish traditions. It started in the 16th century as an exclusive dish that King Erik XIV would eat, but now it has turned into probably the messiest party of the year in Sweden held on the first Thursday of August. At Kräftskiva swedes eat shrimp and crayfish, sing, dance, wear colorful hats, and drink.
In Sweden they have something called fredagsmys (cozy friday). Fredagsmys is the ritual of stuffing your face in front of the tv in comfy clothes and eventually falling asleep every Friday.
Sweden is a very multicultural country. 15% of swedes were born in another country and 1 in 5 children have family with roots in another country.
Less than 3% of Sweden’s land is built up. Sweden is made up of 69% forests and 9% lakes.
Sweden has a population of 260,000 reindeer
Lagom is an important and often used word in Swedish. It means good enough or just right which sums up Sweden’s cultural and social ideals of equality and fairness.
There are around 20 hours of daylight in Sweden in the summer.
The Northern lights can be seen in Sweden
