Sweden's long-planned language and civics tests for citizenship could be delayed by as much as two years, Swedish media reports, claiming the government agencies responsible have said meeting the proposed start date of August 2026 is impossible..
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Karolina Wirdenäs, head of the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism at Stockholm University, explains why her department believes it is impossible for it to develop a language test for citizenship by the go…
The Swedish Council of Higher Education (UHR) has proposed delaying the introduction of language tests for citizenship by two more years, with the reading and listening test taking place in autumn of 2029 and the speakin…
On August 15th the first civics test for citizenship will be held in Stockholm for around 1,000 people. The Swedish Higher Education Council has now posted five example test questions. What do they look like?
The first civics test for Swedish citizenship will be offered to 1,000 people on August 15th in Stockholm. What will it cover?
Sweden's government has delayed the launch of the first language test for citizenship for over a year after Stockholm University, which was responsible for developing the test, said it could not have it ready in time.
The government says it's up to the Migration Agency to assess which other Swedish tests meet the language requirement for citizenship.Lyssna: Government and Migration Agency point fingers over citizenship language test r…
Hamayun got a score of 90% in the citizenship test.Lyssna: 1022 ENG Sweden's first citizenship test: Relief for some, uncertainty over neEight out of ten participants passed Sweden's first citizenship civics knowledge te…
Several of those who took Sweden's first civics test for citizenship have told The Local that some questions required knowledge and language that went beyond what was contained in the preparation material.
The Swedish Migration Agency has been instructing people invited to take the new civics test for citizenship not to apply if they cannot already demonstrate sufficient knowledge of Swedish, leading many who have received…
A Swedish Migration Agency manager has told Sveriges Radio that citizenship applications lacking proof of Swedish language skills will be put on hold rather than rejected, contradicting earlier statements.
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