• Life in Sweden

Learning Swedish: the practicalities

Posted by Inika Prasad — Biomedicine BSc

A short and sweet post with practical information for those of you wanting to formally learn Swedish and get a nice qualification to add to your CV. If you have […]

15 September, 2021

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• Life in Sweden

What a Swedish midsommar can be like…

Posted by Callum Regan- Nutrition Science

Someone from Scotland, like myself is not familiar with this phenomenon known as “midsommar”. It is a festive occasion, a time to enjoy being with family and friends and you […]

30 June, 2021

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• Academics

5 fun ways to learn Swedish, other than Swedish course

Posted by Resthie Putri - Nutrition Science

Swedish course is the most common way to learn Swedish. However, it is actually not the one and only way to improve Swedish language skill. In this blog, I will […]

19 August, 2020

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• Life in Sweden
• Pre-arrival

Learning Swedish: A beginner’s guide

Posted by Inika Prasad — Biomedicine BSc

No matter where you are, it’s always an enriching experience to learn the local language. So whether you’re new in Sweden or have been around for a while, maybe you’re […]

11 August, 2020

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• Okategoriserade

How much necessary is it to learn Swedish?

Posted by Resthie Putri - Nutrition Science

That was my question when I was about to move to Sweden to study. More than 90% of Swedes are indeed able to speak English. As an international student, you […]

9 August, 2020

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• Life in Sweden

All about the personnummer and Swedish ID

Posted by Ines Rivero - Molecular Techniques in Life Science

All students that are staying in Sweden for more than 12 months have the right to apply for a personal identity number, or personnumer as is it called in Swedish.  […]

27 September, 2019

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• Life in Sweden
• Stockholm activities

SFI – Swedish for idiots?

Posted by Aleksandra Kanina - Public Health Science (Epidemiology)

At least, that’s how my classmates from SFI (“Swedish for immigrants”) joke but mostly because we are unsatisfied with our own progress. If you learn slow, that’s not necessarily the […]

25 May, 2019

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• Life in Sweden
• Pre-arrival

How I accelerate my Swedish!

Posted by Winner Ng - Health Informatics

Six months in Stockholm. 75% of the population in the house have started speaking Swedish, except me. Logic though, I’m a full-time master student, in an English language master programme. […]

27 February, 2019

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• Life in Sweden
• Stockholm activities

The time I went to the theater and saw Hamlet … in Swedish!

Posted by Ines Rivero - Molecular Techniques in Life Science

How much of a theater play can you get without understanding the lines of the actors? For my birhtday I got tickets for the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm, and […]

25 February, 2019

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• Life in Sweden
• Pre-arrival

Post-arrival guide: What now?

Posted by Fausta - Bioentrepreneurship

At this point you are probably wondering: what now? You have applied to the university, you have been admitted to your program, you have booked your tickets to Sweden. Congratulations!? […]

23 August, 2023

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