Our courses and programmes

If your are interested in language and communication in the present and past, language contact or language learning, we offer a wide range of courses and programmes.

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Happy National Day of Sweden 6/6!

Tuesday 6 June is the National Day of Sweden and the department is closed. Monday 5 June is a bridge day and is non-working for the Administrative staff (incl. Study councellors).

Today's schedule

Here you will find today's schedule at the Department of Swedish Lanugage and Multilingualism (Svefler).

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Would you like to talk to a Study counsellor?

You will find our contact information under Education > Contact.

Get involved in the Student council

Influence your own and others' education, gain qualifications and experience for a future professional life.

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Teaching during the pandemic

Campus teaching in the spring of 2023.

Our research

We do research on Swedish and other languages in Sweden, on multilingual individuals and societies and on interpretation and translation.

Higher seminars and colloquia

At our Higher seminars and colloquia, invited scholars and members of the faculty present their research. They are usually held in Swedish.

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Conferences, symposia and workshops

We arrange/co-arrange national and international conferences, symposia and workshops. Most of them are held in Swedish, some in English.

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Research projects

We have lots of ongoing projects in Swedish and Scandinavian Languages, in Bilingualism and in Translation Studies.

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Publications

Botanize among our recent publications in Swedish and Scandinavian Langugages, Swedish as a Foreign Language, Bilingualism, Interpreting and Translation.

News

2023-05-31

Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism

Happy National Day of Sweden 6/6!

Tuesday 6 June is the National Day of Sweden and the department is closed. Monday 5 June is a bridge day and is non-working for the Administrative staff (including Study councellors).

2023-04-21

Institute for Interpreting and Translation Studies

The neurobiology of simultaneous interpreting

"Minds Between Languages" is a series on translation, interpreting and cognition. Listen to Dr. Laura Babcock, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Interpreting and Translation studies, discussing various aspects of the neurobiology of simultaneous interpreting.

2023-04-17

Student union election takes place 17 April – 28 April

The student union election is your chance to influence your studies and university experience.

2023-03-01

Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism

Professor Peter Auer guest researcher at Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism

Professor Peter Auer, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg in Germany, is guest researcher at the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism from 3 March to 2 June (2023). Peter Auer’s research covers a range of topics, including: bilingualism, interaction analysis, the syntax of spoken language, dialectology, and phonology.