Join the online Swedish language cafés to practice speaking Swedish in a relaxed atmosphere! The six-session language café series will take place on Wednesdays starting on 2 September 2026, from 15:00 to 16:00 (Finnish time).
One of the cafés will be organized in cooperation with Luckan Uleåborg.
The exact dates and times are below.
- Wed 2 September, 15:00–16:00
- Wed 9 September, 15:00–16:00
- Wed 16 September, 14:30-16:00 at Luckan, Sepänkatu 9B, Oulu (in-person only; the Zoom link will not be opened).
- Wed 23 September, 15:00–16:00
- Wed 30 September, 15:00–16:00
- Wed 7 October, 15:00–16:00
Link: https://oulu.zoom.us/j/63442601751
The first 30 participants to join will be admitted to each language café. No advance registration is required.
You can also get familiar with the learning platform anytime: Svenska | Roots and Future – Language Cafés.
Contact persons
Ida Valtonen, ida.valtonen@oamk.fi
Marita Metsävainio, marita.metsavainio@oamk.fi
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The language cafés are organised by the Interreg Aurora-funded Roots and Future project. The project partners are Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Sverigefinska folkhögskolan in Haparanda (Sweden), and Kvensk språkcenter in Alta (Norway). Oulu University of Applied Sciences is responsible for organising the Bara prata svenska language cafés.
The Bara prata svenska online language cafés, as well as online cafés covering the minority languages of the Barents region organised later in the autumn, are part of the Oulu2026 cultural programme and its actions towards cultural climate change.
Read more about the Interreg Aurora project Roots and Future
