Malmö stad

Språkresan

People leave their homeland for all kinds of reasons. And moving to a new country can be equals part exciting and nerve-racking. But key to integrating is learning the language spoken there. Komvux sfi offers Swedish lessons to foreign-born citizens, regardless of how long they’ve been in Malmö.

In “Språkresan” we meet six different people with six different stories. They all moved to Malmö for their own reason, but the one thing that unites them is sfi. For them, the Swedish language cured loneliness, eased boredom and opened the door to new opportunities.

Malmö's uncrowned falafel king Youssif tells his story, from his past in Libanon to his present in Sweden.

The entire city of Malmö was transformed into a classroom, to show that anything can become a language course.

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