Stockholms Universitet | Stockholm University
Stockholm University, located in Sweden’s capital city, is the region’s centre for higher education and research in science, the humanities, the social sciences and law. It is the one of the largest universities in the Nordic countries, with about 60,000 students, and it is a hub for leading international researchers.
The representative from the university is a Professor in the Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages, Finnish, Dutch and German.
Sweden
Associate Member
Special commission to teach the language and to provide teacher subject education; education in (in Finnish) and about (initially in Swedish) the language, literature, culture and didactics, from basic level to Ph.D. level.
In official use in the administrative area of Finnish (64 municipalities 2018, and County Boards and County Councils of the regions in which these municipalities are situated). Right to use Finnish in contact with specific authorities. Within the administrative area municipalities the use of Finnish in public and official situations is the most extensive ever in Sweden. Special provisions for pre-school in the administrative area of Finnish. Right to mother tongue education in primary school, but this today comprises of on average 1 hr/week. Bilingual education/classes in a handful of municipalities, and in five independent bilingual primary schools (4 in the Stockholm region), which also have their own pre-schools connected to them. Own public service radio channel, daily news on public tv, plus some additional documentaries and children’s programmes. Educational radio/tv is commissioned to create educational programs for schools, in cooperation with the speakers. Own weekly newspaper, other nische magazines, independent book printing cooperative company. Finnish-language theatre.