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Studying Swedish

If you are interested in studying the Swedish language, there are many opportunities to do so in the United States.

Opportunities in the Washington, D.C. area:

University of Maryland
Department of Germanic Studies
3215 Jimenez Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Contact:  Dr. Oster

The Swedish School - Svenskan Skolan
Saturday mornings 9:30 - 12 noon; Sept - Dec & Jan - June; five different levels.
Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School
7130 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, Virginia 22043
Contact:  info@theswedishschool.org

Where to Study Swedish in the U.S.
 
It is possible to study Swedish in the United States at many levels:

Universities and colleges throughout the U.S. offer Swedish languages courses for credit.  Please see the list below.

Some adult education programs offer Swedish language lessons.

And there is a large network of Swedish schools in the U.S. which teach Swedish to children.

CALIFORNIA

University of California, Berkeley
Dept. of Scandinavian
6303 Dwinelle Hall, MC 2690
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: (510) 642-0654
Contact: Karen Møller

UC Berkeley Extension
Adult and Continuing Education
1995 University Avenue, Ste. 110
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: (510) 643-1110
Contact: Joan Churchill

University of California, Los Angeles
Scandinavian Section
212 Royce Hall, Box 951537
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: (310) 825-6828
Contact:  Timothy Tangherlini and Jenny Björklund

COLORADO

University of Colorado at Boulder
Dept. of German and Slavic Languages and Literatures
Scandinavian Program
276 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
Phone: (303) 492-7404
Contact: Tracey Sands and Merete Leonhardt-Lupa

University of Denver (University College)
2211 South Josephine
Denver, CO 80208
Phone: (303) 871-3354
Contact: Eva Allison

GEORGIA

Oglethorpe University
4484 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30319
Phone: (404) 261-1441
Contact: Jay Lutz

ILLINOIS

Augustana College
Scandinavian Department
639 38th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201
Phone: (309) 794-7263
Contact: Larry Scott

North Park University
Center for Scandinavian Studies
3225 West Foster Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
Phone: (773) 244-5644
Contact: Anne-Marie Andreasson-Hogg

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures
2090 Foreign Languages Bldg.
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-9353
Contact: Anna Westerståhl Stenport

MARYLAND

University of Maryland
Dept. of Germanic Studies
3215 Jimenez Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (301) 405-4096
Contact: Rose-Marie Oster

MASSACHUSETTS

Harvard University
Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Barker Center 365
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 495-2339
Contact: Annette Johansson-Los

University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Herter Hall, 5th Floor
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: (413) 545-2350
Contact: Kyle Frackman

MICHIGAN

Michigan Technical University
Dept. of Humanities
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
Phone: (906) 487-2008
Contact: Barbara Lide

University of Michigan
Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures
3110 Modern Languages Bldg.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: (734) 647-0237
Contact: Johanna Eriksson

MINNESOTA

Bethel College
Dept. of Modern World Languages
3900 Bethel Drive
St. Paul, MN 55112
Phone: (651) 638-6363
Contact: Jean Hanslin

Gustavus Adolphus College
Dept. of Scandinavian Studies
800 West College Avenue
St. Peter, MN 56082
Phone: (507) 933-7391
Contact: Roland Thorstensson

Minnesota State University, Mankato
Scandinavian Studies Program
College of Arts and Humanities
226 Armstrong Hall
Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: (507) 389-2917
Contact: Maria-Claudia Tomany

University of Minnesota
Dept. of German, Scandinavian and Dutch
204 Folwell Hall
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 625-2080
Contact: Lena Norrman

MISSOURI

Washington University in St. Louis
Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Campus Box 1104
St. Louis, MO 63130
Phone: (314) 935-5135
Contact: Viktor Englund

NEW YORK

Columbia University
Swedish Program
319 Hamilton Hall
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 854-4015
Contact: Verne Moberg

Cornell University
Dept. of German Studies
Goldwin Smith Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: (607) 255-0720
Contact: Cecilia Ovesdotter Alm

New York University
Center for Foreign Languages and Translation
145 4th Avenue
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 998-7200
Contact: Milena Savova

Vassar College
SILP
P.O. Box 0269
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Phone: (845) 437-5729
Contact: Gunilla Feroe

OHIO

Ohio State University
Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures
314 Cunz Hall
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: (614) 292-8687
Contact: Marilyn Johns Blackwell

OREGON

Portland State University
Foreign Languages and Literatures
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207
Phone: (503) 725-3522
Contact: Christina Kreft-Tengblad

University of Oregon
Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures
1250 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
Phone: (541) 346-4081
Contact: Virpi Zuck

PENNSYLVANIA

University of Pennsylvania
Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures
745 Williams Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 898-7332
Contact: Kim-Eric Williams

RHODE ISLAND

Brown University
Dept. of German Studies
Box 1979
Providence, RI 02912
Phone: (401) 863-2596
Contact: Ann Weinstein

TEXAS

University of Texas at Austin
Dept. of Germanic Studies
1 University Station C3300
Austin, TX 78712
Phone: (512) 471-4123
Contact: Lynn Wilkinson

UTAH

Brigham Young University
Dept. of Humanities, Classics and Comparative Literature
P.O. Box 26010
Provo, UT 84602
Phone: (801) 378-5279
Email: Christopher Oscarson

WASHINGTON

University of Washington
Dept. of Scandinavian Studies
Box 353420
318 Raitt Hall
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: (206) 543-0645
Contact: Lotta Gavel Adams Ia Dübois

WISCONSIN

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dept. of Scandinavian Studies
1306 Van Hise Hall
Madison, WI  53706
Phone: (608) 262-2090
Contact: Susan Brantly and Scott Mellor

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Dept. of Foreign Languages and Linguistics
P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Phone: (414) 229-4547
Contact: Jennifer Watson