Healthcare certificate requirements alongside this offer
The institutional course offer does not waive the required healthcare curriculum, live attendance or final assessments. W&S requires 80% live attendance; SFM separately requires at least 30 two-hour sessions with at least 20 active. SFM costs €399 once and can be repeated without further payment; it is excluded from the free institutional course offer.
Healthcare professionals are excluded from loyalty/free-course rewards; this is separate from the qualifying institutional offer described below. Read the complete healthcare certification guide.
Course Offer and Eligibility
We have a special offer for KI (Karolinska Institutet) associates, i.e. students, teachers, doctors and other employees. KI associates are eligible for two ordinary real-time Swedish courses free of charge. The SFM course is a non-ordinary course, hence it is not included as a free course.
Request your two free KI courses
Ready to get started? Tell us about your KI affiliation, your current Swedish level and the course you would like to start with. Please attach proof of your KI affiliation so we can confirm your eligibility.
Request your free KI coursesOpens a pre-filled email to robert@onlineswedish.net. You complete the first course and ten conversation sessions before accessing the second free course.
20% KI discount on individually purchased real-time courses
In addition to the two free courses, KI associates receive a 20% discount on the regular price of each ordinary real-time Swedish language course purchased individually. This is not a one-time discount: if you buy one eligible course now and another individually later, you receive 20% off each purchase. For example, a course with a regular price of €399 costs €319.20 with the KI discount.
The 20% KI discount applies only to ordinary real-time Swedish language courses. It does not apply to video courses or Swedish for Medical Staff (SFM). It cannot be combined with multi-course discounts, course packages, early-bird prices or any other discount or special offer. If you choose an already discounted course or package, no additional 20% KI discount is applied.
If you take a video, the Swedish A1 beginners course→, you must attend ten conversation sessions before starting with the next level, Swedish A2→. Conversation sessions are free of charge, so you are not paying anything to participate in conversation sessions. If you start with attending a higher level course than A1, then you should attend conversation sessions while you are taking the course.
You can start with the video course at any time. You will have access to video lessons for 90 days, more than enough to cover 20 lessons, which you would finish at a normal pace ( lessons 4 days a week ) in 5 weeks.
With the ONLINE SWEDISH video course, mentorship is included. You can ask questions about lessons and grammar during conversation sessions. Sessions normally run twice a week, but there may be three, four or five sessions. Days and times vary. We send the schedule each week with the days and times for that specific week.
As you live in Sweden, it is possible that you have or are currently studying Swedish at SFI and Komvux, kommunal vuxenutbildning. If it is the case, you can learn more about SFI and Komvux eqvivalence in CEFR scale.
If you are interested in obtaining a C1-level certificate
If you are interested in getting the C1 certificate from ONLINE SWEDISH, which Socialstyrelsen→ approves, then you must complete the C1 level and the SFM course, Swedish for Medical Professionals→. The SFM course is compulsory in our healthcare professionals’ curriculum.
If you are affiliated with Karolinska Institutet and want to use its institutional course offer, contact us at this email:
robert[at]onlineswedish.net
※Replace [at] with @ when emailing support address.
Current institutional eligibility
Free university or professional courses are currently available only through Karolinska Institutet, Azerbaijan University of Languages and the University of Nairobi (Kenya). Contact us with your affiliation to confirm your eligibility and the courses included in the applicable institutional offer. Other institutions and employers do not automatically qualify for free courses.
How to start?
Please provide documentation of your qualifying Karolinska Institutet affiliation, such as an employment or study certificate. If you want to start above A1, also send information about your previous Swedish studies and current level.
You must complete one course before you can access the second course. Completing a course also means attending ten conversation sessions (språkcafé).
More information about Swedish Courses→
More information about the Swedish for Medical Staff→course
Webinar Doctors Going To Sweden→.
Pathway for Medical Students and Healthcare Professionals
For the full study programme, see our Swedish pathway for healthcare professionals.
Here is the order of our ordinary Swedish language courses. After completing the Swedish A2 course, you can start the Swedish for Medical Staff course.
- Swedish A1 Swedish for Beginners
- Swedish A2 Pre-Intermediate Swedish
- Swedish B1 Intermediate Swedish
- Swedish for Professionals (SFP) — B1/B2 workplace Swedish; B1 knowledge required
- Swedish B2 Upper-intermediate Swedish
- Swedish: W&S Writing and Speaking course
- Swedish C1 Advanced Swedish
For more information on working as a healthcare professional in Sweden, you can watch our webinar titled Doctors Going To Sweden→. This session provides comprehensive insights into the steps and requirements for starting a medical career in Sweden.