Swedish, Basic: Learn to Speak and Understand Swedish with Pimsleur Language Programs

About Swedish • Swedish is an Indo-European language that belongs to the North Germanic branch of the Germanic languages, all of which derive from Old Norse. • This course teaches rikssvenska (sometimes referred to as Standard Swedish) as spoken in and around the capital region of Stockholm. • Swedish is spoken by approximately 10 million people, mostly in Sweden and parts of Finland. • Norwegian and Swedish are considered mutually intelligible, with Danish also being very similar. • The Swedish alphabet uses the 26 Latin letters, plus three additional: Å / å, Ä / ä, and Ö / ö. Swedish, Basic • Ten 30-minute lessons of spoken Swedish language instruction (the first ten Units of Pimsleur's 30-Unit Swedish Comprehensive Program).