Language Teaching Unit: Swedish
BESÖKSADRESS - VISITING ADDRESS
Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 3, Room E.23
17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 420 3605
POSTAL ADDRESS
University of Greifswald
Department of Finnish and Scandinavian Studies
17487 Greifswald
Uni with a love of Swedish
... the first snow on 20 November 2024
CURRENT NEWS
- 2025/12/01: Årets julkalender har börjat visas! 2026-01-13: Unfortunately, now only available in Sweden.
- 2025-11-11: The travel company Skandinavien Direkt from Greifswald is looking for Guides [de] with good English language skills, as well as, if possible language skills in Scandinavian languages.
- You can watch the new film version of “Ronja the Robber's Daughter” here: in German on ARD [de] (also in original and with German subtitles); on SVTPlay it is only available in Sweden.
- 2025/04/08: svtplay has a series of documentaries, Återvändarna [sv], about US-Americans of Sámi origin, many original interviews are in English with Swedish subtitles.
PREVIOUSLY…
- Greifswald Scandinavian meet-up - every 4th Monday of the month, more information here.
- Vill du gå på språkcafé på internet? Kolla på ‘Practise [de]’!
- You can find job offers (including internships) via theFachverband Skandinavistik [de]. In Greifswald, the Studienkreis Greifswald [de] occasionally looks for teachers for tutoring in Swedish. Here is a Swedish page for job searches [sv].
What our students like...
... on Netflix: Young Royals, Tore, Bonusfamiljen,
Äkta människor (on SVTplay [sv] only within Sweden)
On the Swedish-speaking world in German
Search "Sweden" at ... ARD(TV) [de], ZDF [de], Arte, ORF(TV) [de], SRF [de] (TV and Radio), ARD(Radio) [de], on castbox, ... or "Åland" at ... ARD(TV) [de], ZDF [de], Arte, ORF(TV) [de], SRF [de](TV and Radio), ARD(Radio) [de], on castbox, ...
Have a listen here too: Play Nordic [de] is the podcast of the Nordic Embassies and can also be found in various podcast apps.
And here are the recordings in various languages of a lecture series [de] organised by the Department of Swedish at the University of Nürnberg-Erlangen in spring 2021, topic: Språken i Norden och interskandinavisk språkförståelse
Scholarships
SWEA [sv] ger stipendier, bl.a. Litteraturstipendiet för doktorander i svenska språket, litteraturen och/eller kulturen.
For all German Studies students among you: Arnold Heidsieck scholarships [de] are available for one semester or one year.
You can also study Scandinavian Studies at some American universities, e.g. University of Minnesota (Minneapolis), U of Michigan (Ann Arbor), U of Wisconsin (Madison), U of Washington (Seattle) or Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts), and here is the list for Canada.
Do you want to learn Swedish?
You can find information about it here [de].
Would you like to go to Sweden? Or Finland?
Information…
... about partners of the university and department.
... at the International Office of the University.
... from Arnt Sundstøl [de], the Erasmus+ representative of our department.
- International Office Greifswald for information on internships, including funding through Erasmus+; see also internship reports [de]. There may also be internships [de] available at the Goethe Institute Stockholm [de], but you will need to give more than a year's notice. Here are some links from a former student from Greifswald on the subject of sommarjobb [de] after the info event on 11 January 24.
- Do you qualify for BAföG for abroad [de]?
- Your thing: Internship at Wasaskolan [sv] in Tingsryd? Have a look [de] and contact the coordinator Anna or two students who have been there.
- PASCH [de] network - including Swedish schools “where German is of particular importance”. Search here for “your” internship provider. - The Schulwärts programme could be of particular interest for teacher training students.
- Internships and jobs via the German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce [de] or the Bonifatiuswerk [de]. You can also find information about the search on the relevant portals, e.g. meinpraktikum [de], auslandsjob [de] or Nordic Discovery, praktikum.info [de].
- Online-internships are available in German at Högskolan Dalarna, more information here [de]. (NEW FOR AUTUMN 2025!)
- VISIT SWEDEN, the large organisation for Swedish tourism, is also always looking for interns: more information here [de].
Here are some tips from colleagues and former students [de]; thank you!
The Swedish Institute offers summer courses for various language levels. Information on how to apply for a scholarship will be coming soon.
... what it might be like there ... listen here [de], for example!
... whether you can share your many experiences and adventures, maybe Back to School is something for you?