https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Europe in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed There's something heroic about the way Danes and Swedes insist on trying to communicate with one another using their own languages, but more often than not end up nodding, smiling, and only pretending to understand. Why not give up and just speak English? https://www.thelocal.com/20210429/why-do-swedes-and-danes-insist-on-pretending-they-speak-the-same-language Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:20:29 +0200 why-do-swedes-and-danes-insist-on-pretending-they-speak-the-same-language Sweden's forest language Elfdalian is at risk of dying out, and this week a politician took the question of its survival to parliament. https://www.thelocal.com/20210423/why-a-swedish-politician-is-demanding-the-right-to-speak-an-ancient-forest-language-in-parliament Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:51:06 +0200 why-a-swedish-politician-is-demanding-the-right-to-speak-an-ancient-forest-language-in-parliament Sweden is not the only country where Swedish is spoken as a first language. Here are some words that are unique to the Swedish that's spoken in Finland. https://www.thelocal.com/20210409/kiva-7-finland-swedish-words-you-need-to-know Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:43:44 +0200 kiva-7-finland-swedish-words-you-need-to-know