Thread: Should you study Finnish or Swedish in Finland in order to find a job?

Since Finland is a bi-literal country you may have the choice of either learning Finnish or Swedish.



Would you go for Finnish or Swedish?


Here also an article which I found in YLE regarding this issue:

Immigrants Learning Swedish over Finnish Run into Problems | News | YLE Uutiset | yle.fi

Well surely if you move to finland to work it make more sense to learn finnish and then once you got the grips with that and you feel its needed then learn swedish aswell. Be harder and take longer at same time to learn to different languages together.

Of course Finnish! This question is like asking if you should learn English or Gaelic if you move to Ireland. Even if you move to a predominately Swedish-speaking area you'll still need Finnish. There's no shortcut I'm afraid-just learn Finnish not from a book either, speak from day one to a real person, even if it's just on the net.

both would of cause be ideal but finnish has becaome lingua franca