Swedish as a foreign language

Swedish as a foreign language is studied by about 40,000 people worldwide at the university level and by over one million people on Duolingo. It is taught at over two hundred universities and colleges in 38 countries.^[1] Swedish is the Scandinavian language most studied abroad.

Svenska Institutet (The Swedish Institute) plays a key role in organising the learning of Swedish abroad. In addition to collaborating with universities where Swedish is taught, the Institute organises summer courses for students and conferences for teachers, as well as publishing a textbook called Svenska utifrån. The SI had also offered a free Swedish course online from the 2010s to the end of 2022. The website states that the course has been closed and will not open again. https://LearningSwedish.se.^[2]