Swedish

This course provides a foundation in Swedish. It prepares students to engage in general conversations, daily life situations, the discussion of current events, and the presentation of rules governing academic studies and life in Sweden. It also teaches language structure and basic grammatical rules. In addition to language learning, students engage in a variety of cultural activities such as field trips/excursions to points of interest in Sweden.

This is the first elementary level Swedish language course at Lund University. This course studies Swedish language, covering the development of speaking, reading, and writing skills. Reading includes longer texts and exercises in listening comprehension to increase ability to understand the spoken language. Writing of short articles, oral presentations, and group discussions are used to increase communication skills.

This is the second elementary level Swedish language course at Lund University. This course studies Swedish language, covering the development of speaking, reading, and writing skills. Reading includes longer texts and exercises in listening comprehension to increase ability to understand the spoken language. Writing of short articles, oral presentations, and group discussions are used to increase communication skills.

This course teaches communicative skills in spoken Swedish, such as pronunciation, fluency, grammatical correctness, rhetoric, and presentation techniques. Students analyze spoken Swedish, use the language in communicative situations, and receive individual feedback. Student's practice speaking Swedish to create conditions for well-functioning oral communication.
 

The course provides a survey of Swedish literary tradition, from the Middle Ages until today. It is centred on canonised and internationally well-known authors such as Carl Michael Bellman, Carl von Linné, Selma Lagerlöf, August Strindberg, and Gunnar Ekelöf. Additionally, more popular fiction, for example Astrid Lindgren’s children’s books and Henning Mankell’s crime novels, will be examined. The course also addresses the unique Swedish tradition of proletarian literature, and special attention will be devoted to women’s literature and literary tradition. All texts will be read in English translation. The main focus will be on literary history as well as on analysis and interpretation of literary texts, but also fundamental concepts of literary theory will be presented.

This course provides students with basic knowledge of the Swedish political system, both on the input side (political participation, political parties, other political actors), its structure (constitution, electoral system), and its output side (over the last couple of years, primarily welfare and gender equality policies). It also discusses the historical development of these factors.