Do you want to learn more about the world and at the same time practise and improve your Swedish? Then you should check out Utbildningsradion, UR´s programmes.

Quick guide to Utbildningsradion a knowledge bank for lifelong in Sweden (updated for 2025).

The programs of Utbildningsradions cover all sorts of themes (from biology, geography, history, politics & literature and much more) and the programmes are available online for a long time. UR currently has no less than 174 different programmes available on the theme SFI (Swedish for immigrants) and SAS (Swedish as a second language).

We specially recommend the television documentary ” Svenska till varje pris“. In this program we get to follow eight participants from all around the globe who set of to learn Swedish in eight weeks. The participants stay at Bogesund Castle and are taught by two Swedish teachers who bet everything on making the participants pass the final SFI exams after their eight weeks at the Castle.

E-learning course: Your Swedish learning options

Are you feeling a bit overwhelmed about The Swedish stuff? Where can you learn? How does it work? Can you join the different options if you don’t have a Swedish personal number? We’ve got you covered. Over the years we’ve been repeatedly told just confusing this process can be so we created a digital course with all the information you need to make a good decision. Here you will learn about:
 

• The different study options to learn Swedish in Sweden.
• The differences between study alternatives.
• How much Swedish (and other things) you need for other educational paths in Sweden as well as to work in Swedish.

After finishing this course, you will be able to make an educated study choice and you will learn the most important key words and phrases for studying Swedish in Sweden. Hopefully, Swedish will start making sense!
 
Sign up to your course here

Further reading

• Newbie stories
• Work in Sweden guides
• Learn Swedish

FAQs

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