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On this page, you will find all content related to the languages in the Nordic countries.
Listen to a podcast about the use of English and the Nordic region in English or Danish! / Lyt til en podcast om brugen af engelsk og den nordiske…
Listen to a podcast about heritage languages in and from the Nordic Region! / Lyt til en podcast om arvesprog i og fra den nordiske region,…
Proficiency in English is both widespread and high-level in the Nordic countries, and there are legitimate historical and socio-political reasons for…
Maintaining the language and identity associated with heritage languages in the Nordic countries can be challenging: Official policies and economic…
Bengt Pohjanen is a multilingual author and translator best known for his work in Meänkieli, which has been vital in establishing a literary and…
Sweden was the first country in the world to recognise deaf people as bilingual in 1979, and the other Nordic countries eventually followed suit. But…
There is a common understanding outside the Nordic countries that Nordic people can all understand one another’s languages, or at least the…
Ingria is the historic name for the isthmus between the Baltic Sea and Lake Lagoda, connecting modern-day Finland with modern-day Estonia. Today, this…
In this short video, Lill Tove Fredriksen, Associate Professor in Sámi Literature at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, discusses the Sámi language…
Rinkebysvenska or Rinkeby Swedish is a contemporary urban vernacular (CUV) which has developed in multi-ethnic urban areas of Sweden including a…
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