Swedes have the best non-native English skills in the world, according to the eighth edition of the EF English Proficiency Index. Sweden’s Scandinavian siblings Norway and Denmark also place in the ...

Swedes often have a hard time understanding Danes in particular, despite the fact the Scandinavian languages are very similar. Photo: Søren Bidstrup/Scanpix Denmark/AFP At a conference in Sweden ...

When junior Thea Fleming signed up for Scandinavian 3012, she wanted to continue learning Swedish, her minor. Instead, she also learned two additional languages – Danish and Norwegian. Scandinavian ...

Norn is the extinct Scandinavian language of Scottish regions like the Shetland Islands which was brought there by way of Norse settlers. To this day, Shetland communities celebrate their Nordic ...

CROSSING the Oresund bridge from Denmark to Sweden is not merely a matter of a cringe-inducing toll (360 Danish kroner, about $66). Those making the trip, as Johnson did recently on holiday, will ...