https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 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.se/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 With only 3,000 speakers confined to a small area of Dalarna County, Sweden's ancient forest language Elfdalian is undoubtedly unique. Now, experts in the tongue have picked out 10 key phrases for The Local so we can all do a little to help keep it alive. https://www.thelocal.se/20180116/ten-common-phrases-in-swedens-ancient-forest-language-elfdalian Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:43:50 +0100 ten-common-phrases-in-swedens-ancient-forest-language-elfdalian A group of international language enthusiasts has come up with a way to save one of Sweden's most ancient and endangered languages – by recreating the village where it is spoken in Minecraft. https://www.thelocal.se/20171011/how-swedens-rare-viking-forest-language-elfdalian-is-being-saved-by-minecraft Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:49:36 +0200 how-swedens-rare-viking-forest-language-elfdalian-is-being-saved-by-minecraft Why travel to Sweden to learn an ancient Viking language that's on the brink of dying out? The Local spoke to one of the international students at a new course to find out. https://www.thelocal.se/20170901/swedens-lost-forest-language-now-has-international-speakers Fri, 01 Sep 2017 19:15:12 +0200 swedens-lost-forest-language-now-has-international-speakers Campaigners are pushing for an ancient Viking tongue to be officially recognized as a language in Sweden in the hope that it could help preserve it for future generations. https://www.thelocal.se/20160912/can-swedens-ancient-forest-language-be-saved Mon, 12 Sep 2016 18:42:55 +0200 can-swedens-ancient-forest-language-be-saved The rare Viking language Elfdalian has gained international recognition after it was assigned an ISO language code. https://www.thelocal.se/20160602/swedens-lost-forest-language-earns-international-recognition Thu, 02 Jun 2016 17:21:39 +0200 swedens-lost-forest-language-earns-international-recognition Elfdalian, a rare Viking language, is getting a revival after local politicians agreed to build a new preschool in Älvdalen, the small forest community that still uses it. https://www.thelocal.se/20160316/swedens-lost-forest-language-to-be-taught-in-new-preschool Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:54:10 +0100 swedens-lost-forest-language-to-be-taught-in-new-preschool