Swedes famously loathe conflict, so it is perhaps natural that they are masters of the passive-aggressive dig. James Savage has picked out some gems and explains what they really mean. Until you've ...

Swedish has been sounding more and more English in recent years. In this two-part report, we will look at the phenomenon from different angles. The first part is about language politics--just what ...

The government of Sweden wants to make it harder to become a Swedish citizen. Sweden’s government has proposed making formal Swedish language tests part of the process for gaining Swedish citizenship, ...

SWEDISH SAGACITY: Language learning makes you smarter -- or at least it makes your brain grow. That’s the word in a new study from the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy. The brain structures of ...