All foreign nationals who move to Sweden are entitled to attend a free Swedish-language course, which also provides information about Swedish society and culture. For anyone wishing to work in Sweden, it will be very helpful to be able to speak Swedish, and proficiency in the language is likely to be required by many Swedish employers.

English-language teaching is compulsory in Swedish schools, so most Swedes people have at least some knowledge of English, and many can speak English fluently.

English is quite widely used in business along with Swedish.