Swedish for Immigrants

So this is where I take my "Svenska för Invandrare" classes.

It is called Globen (the globe) and is an arena much like Madison Square Garden, only smaller.

I go to a learning center that is attached to Globen, called Lernia.

Fascinating.


Four hours per day, five days per week. We study grammar, learn about Swedish society, practice conversation. Most of the teachers are good. The students are all nice because we are in the same boat. Nobody cares if you make a mistake, we all laugh because it could just as easily be another one of us.

People från runt globen: Germany, Russia, Serbia, Croatia, Iraq, Spain, Cuba, Chile, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Uganda... It's quite interesting to hear Swedish spoken with so many accents.

Clockwise from left: Eva (teacher), Nayla (Morocco), Sura (Iraq), Susana (Spain), Josef (Ethiopia), Annmarie (New Zealand), Javier (Cuba), Marius (Rumania), Pino (Belgium)