Scandinavian languages since 1859
1500 students per year get their education in Swedish and in the other Scandinavian languages at our department.
A department since 1859
In 1859, a professorship in Scandinavian languages was established at Uppsala University. Today, we are a large department with around a hundred employed teachers, researchers and administrators. Every semester, more than a thousand students study with us. Here, one can study Scandinavian languages from several different aspects. The Swedish language is at the centre of the department’s teaching and research, but we also offer courses in Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic, which is unique to the department. The department’s activities also include the Language Workshop and National Tests in Swedish and Swedish as a second language.
We have professorships with four different specialisations: name research, modern Swedish, sociolinguistics and the history of Scandinavian languages. Research is conducted in a large number of sub-disciplines, such as student language, dialectology, philology, grammar, name research, runology, sociolinguistics, stylistics and Swedish as second language.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WORK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES
At the Department of Scandinavian Languages, work in support of equal opportunities is conducted by a group, comprising both employees and students.
What we mean by ‘equal opportunities’ is that everyone working or studying at or contacting the University has equal rights and opportunities, regardless of their legal sex, gender identity or gender expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation, age or social background. Systematic efforts are needed to widen participation to reflect the social and ethnic diversity of society. Teachers, researchers and students must be able to participate in and contribute to all parts of the University’s activities, whatever their background or gender.
This information above is from the document: Uppsala University: Mission, Goals and Strategies
For students
If you want to call our attention to deficiencies in equal opportunity at the department, please contact the department’s equal opportunity representative.