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(Page updated February 20 2011) |
| Time | Current local time in Stockholm (and in all of Sweden) Plus a little more. | ||
| Calendar | The Swedish calendar with Holidays and Observances. | ||
| Facts | Facts about Sweden in CIA World Factbook. | ||
| Facts II | Some facts about Sweden by Hans Högman | ||
| Lonely planet | Lonely Planet guide on Sweden | ||
| Factbites | What does the search engine Fact Bites find on the web concerning the Swedish language? Have a look! | ||
| Bookmarks | What bookmarks concerning Swedish do people save? Have a look at del.icio.us! | ||
| Search Engines | Search Engines and directories in Sweden. | ||
| Where? | Looking for a phonenumber or address in Sweden? Try here: First you write "Vem" (who) name, phonenumber. Then "Var" (where)the place or address as far as you know. If you are looking for a company, you click "Gula sidorna" (yellow pages) | ||
| Where ll | Same but different. Vad? (What) and Var? (where) | ||
| News | What´s going on in the north? Want to be updated on the top of the news from Sweden? Radio Sweden International is the multilingual World Service of Sveriges Radio. Choose your language and see what´s happening in this part of the world, | ||
| The Local | Sweden's news in English and other stuff. | ||
| Migration board | The Swedish Migration Board. Facts in a lot of different languages. | ||
| Work |
Workinginsweden.se is aimed mainly at non-EU/EEA citizens interested in working in Sweden for at least one year. | ||
| The Swedish Institute | "spreading knowledge, connecting people, making Sweden visible!" Look for instance at the information about Swedish language studies. | ||
| Studyabroad | dot com. Language Study Abroad: Swedish | ||
| Study in Sweden | Study in Sweden Course & programme search. | ||
| University | Learn Swedish as a Foreign Language at Stockholm University, Beginner's Level- on condition that you are admitted to studies through an exchange programme or an equivalent agreement (scholarship, doctoral candidate, visiting researcher) or are students of Scandinavian Studies at a foreign university. | ||
| Picture Dictionary | English-Swedish Picture Dictionary | ||
| New dictionary | A new dynamic and very interesting dictionary, free for everybody. So far the interface is in Swedish but you soon understand how to do. | ||
| New dictionary | Woxikon - A new and comprehensive portal containing translations, synonyms, verb forms, and much more. 8 European languages! | ||
| Dictionary | English-Swedish-English, The dictionary has been issued by the Swedish National Agency for Education. It is included in the Lexin series. Lexin is primarily produced to meet the need of immigrant education. Lexin currently consists of about 30000 words. | ||
| Another dictionary | English-Swedish-English. Another On-line Dictionary - Travlang. | ||
| And an other | Swedish <-> English Online Dictionary - from ECTACO | ||
| One more.. | One more dictionary on line. English-Swedish-English. | ||
| dictionary | John A. Byers' site English-Swedish-English dictionary includes a self test. | ||
| NetLex | NätLex is a program that translates words between English and Swedish using a number of online dictionaries. Click "Ladda ner" to download. | ||
| Off-line | Dictionary to some languages that you can download and use off-line. For free! | ||
| Your dictionary |
Dictionaries to many languages | ||
| genealogy | Relatives in Sweden? English-Swedish dictionary for genealogy research | ||
| Translation | Free Translation Forum for individuals and companies who are looking for a volunteer translator. From any languages to any languages. If you post a message, please translate another message. The forum works great thanks to you. | ||
| Translation 2 | Cucumis is a web-site where you can submit texts to be translated by the community. And help others. | ||
| Translator | Here you might find a person who can help you translate a bit longer text.Free. | ||
| Swenglish | Anglicisms are Swedish words or phrases influenced by English words or grammar in an incorrect way. Here you can learn about some frequent faults. But in Swedish. | ||
| Automatic translation | The new translation program from Google looks very promising. This beta version provides 23 different languages. Translates a word, text or entire site. | ||
| Converter | Systran - translation of texts, files or URLs.English-Swedish-English conversion. Get a rough idea of what a translation would look like with this machine. | ||
| About Swedish | Learn about our language at this site from UCLA. | ||
| Swedish alphabet | Swedish language, alphabet and pronunciation. Omniglot. | ||
| Alphabet | How do you pronounce the Swedish letters and sounds? Listen here. It gives you a pretty good idea about it even if it's not 100% perfectly pronounced (e.g. "U" is too much alike "Y") | ||
| Some notes | Some Notes on the Swedish Language | ||
| Introduction | Introduction to Swedish | ||
| Tutorials |
Basic Phrases, Vocabulary and Grammar with Mp3s | ||
| Games | Some small games to help you learn some basic words. | ||
| Hear and learn | Hear and learn useful expressions with small animations. | ||
| Flex course | Safir - A very nice little course for beginners offered by CFL, The Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning. CFL doesn't exist anymore however but the cours is still on the web. | ||
| students' course | This beginner's course is mainly for the exchange students at the University of Stockholm but anyone who wants to learn Swedish is welcome to use the material. | ||
| IGLO course | IGLO course in Swedish.IGLO stands for Intercomprehension in Germanic Languages Online. | ||
| GoSwedish | A sweet sounding girl teaches Swedish to you (even on phone). | ||
| Speak Swedish | Speak Swedish! wants to offer a wide range of materials to help you learn Swedish. Pick up some basic phrases or expand your vocabulary – many more features coming soon. | ||
| book2 | Books in 2 languages by the Goethe publishing house provides with this course. | ||
| Stugan | Welcome to Evas little Swedish Internet Cottage (=stuga in Swedish). In the cottage you'll find her Swedish course. It has 3 levels, depending on if you are a beginner or more advanced. It is free, but you must email Eva for the passwords to access the study site. | ||
| Course | Björn Engdahl's Swedish course | ||
| Rubins Course | Aaron Rubins: A Swedish Language Course | ||
| Grammar | Swedish: An essential grammar provides a fresh and accessible description of the language. It is suitable for independent study or for class-based tuition. | ||
| GrammarII | And another course. Swedish Grammar | ||
| Verbs | Conjugate a Swedish verb on line (But strange Conjunctive in present tense) | ||
| language tools | The use of language tools for writers in the context of learning Swedish as a second language. Grim is a language learning environment with several important tools for language exploration. | ||
| Simple Swedish | Swedish is quite simple, if you really try ...;-) | ||
| For fun | Hear and learn useful words. From a Swedish comedy series. | ||
| Nonsense | "Crash course in Mastering Swedish". A poor English speaking guy tries to pronounce weird Swedish sentences. Fun if you are in the right mood. | ||
| Shoulder pad | Learn Swedish with Vancouver Canucks Alex Edler! Learn how to spell and pronounce "shoulder pad" in Swedish. | ||
| Drill Assistant | "When you're trying to learn something - anything that requires memorization - it's always handy to have someone drill you on the topic. You can choose from "fill in" or multiple choice." Download free (0,7 MB). | ||
| Vocabulary | Build Your Swedish Language Vocabulary. Here you can download a free copy of your "Before You Know It" bundle . | ||
| Quizzes | English-Swedish Vocabulary quizzes to help you learn and review vocabulary | ||
| 5 quizzes | Swedish-English Vocabulary quizzes to test your knowledge. | ||
| Tests | Proficiency tests. An opportunity for you to test your proficiency level in Swedish, Transparent Language. | ||
| 200 tests | 200 tests Swedish-English by the Goethe publishing house. | ||
| Shareware | Some shareware, freeware and demo programs that may be handy learning Swedish. | ||
| Our monarchy | The monarchy in Sweden | ||
| Gastro city | Stockholm was the real surprise to Jamie Oliver – a beautiful city with a fabulous food culture that's all but overlooked by British visitors.Look! | ||
| Homesick | A shop for the home sick Swede living abroad. In Swedish but also with instructions in English how to order | ||
| Super model | Sweden: A Supermodel for America? Look at this tv feature. | ||
| Swedish lifestyle | Multimedias about Sweden & Swedes. Listen, read, watch, explore! | ||
| Sweden.com | Sweden.com - "Your window on Sweden". Sweden.com is owned and operated by Virtual Countries, Inc., a privately held company in Seattle,Washington. Their objective is to create a best of breed site that provides information about "all things Sweden" | ||
| Smorgasbord | "With 850 fact filled pages, our Swedish Information Smorgasbord is the largest source in English on the web of information about Sweden as a tourist destination, Swedish nature, culture, society, history industry and trade." | ||
| Visit Sweden | The official Swedish website for tourism welcomes you to the beginning of a great adventure ! | ||
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Virtual Sweden |
"Sweden's official web site for information about Sweden to the outside world. It is a portal site offering a joint platform for organizations with overall responsibility for providing information about Sweden abroad." | ||
| Swedish Page | "The Swedish Page" Lots of useful links. | ||
| Webcams | What does it look like in Sweden now? Check it out! | ||
| 360 degrees | Amazing panoramas from Sweden. | ||
| Virtual Tourist | Travel forum: Sweden. | ||
| Sweden blogs | Sweden Blogs and Travel Journals | ||
| 1 000 lessons | How to learn Swedish in 1000 difficult lessons - Francis Strand is a 48-year-old American magazine editor living in Stockholm writing a diary about the hard way to learn Swedish. | ||
| Learning Swedish | Blog/community on learning Swedish | ||
| SWOTS | Swots is a new online project created by a group of immigrants in Sweden. The idea was essentially to create an online space where people can interact, communicate, exchange ideas and help each other. | ||
| Amerikanska | Online community for Americans living in or moving to Sweden | ||
| Aussies | An Aussie from Adelaide has made this collection of websites and some information about life in Sweden. | ||
| Expats | ExpatsInSweden.com - the site that tries to make your life in Sweden a little bit easier. | ||
| Expats 2 | The English Speaking Swedish Community that is able to freely publish apartment and jobs listings - For all expats in Sweden | ||
| American | American Club of Sweden | ||
| Stockholm | International Friends of Stockholm : Our purpose is very simple: to bring together international people residing in Stockholm and Swedes for friendship, cultural understanding, support, events and most of all, fun! | ||
| Education in Sweden | This Yahoo group is all about the issues and problems of current and prospective, hardworking, and silent students in Sweden. They have useful bits of information on all the most favourite topics. | ||
| Swedish Group | This Yahoo group is for people wishing to learn Swedish and for people who already know some Swedish and want to improve their skills. Be a member! | ||
| Exchange | Learn to Speak Swedish! Language Exchange via Email, Text Chat and Voice Chat. | ||
| Bilingual | The Bilingual Families Web Page. Intended primarily as a place for bilingual parents to find information and resources to help them raise their children bilingually. | ||
| Å - Ä - Ö | "Help... I can't type foreign characters on my computer and my paper is due tomorrow!!! What do I do?" DON'T PANIC! Here is the answer. | ||
| virtual keyboard | This site enables you to write in your language, e.g. Swedish, wherever you are in the world, with an online onscreen keyboard emulator. | ||
| Convert units | Interactive Units Converter. Calculators for many measurement systems both commonly used like metric and U.S. Avoirdupois and quite exotic like Ancient Greek and Roman. U.S. to metric conversion is now easy and fast! |
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