# Swedish learning resources — vetted catalog with links

The maintained companion to the SKILL.md shortlist. Every entry carries the
level band it was vetted for and, where a stable official URL exists, the link.
Per the skill's own rule, no URL is invented: YouTube channels whose canonical
handle can change are listed by exact name to search, not by a guessed link.

## Podcasts (stable official URLs)

| Resource | Level | Link | Why it works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radio Sweden på lätt svenska | A2–B1 | [sverigesradio.se/radioswedenpalattsvenska](https://sverigesradio.se/radioswedenpalattsvenska) | Daily news in deliberately easy Swedish; short episodes; transcripts on the episode pages make it the best first "real content" step. |
| Klartext | B1 | [sverigesradio.se/klartext](https://sverigesradio.se/klartext) | Simplified news at slightly higher pace than Radio Sweden på lätt svenska — the natural next rung. |
| Sommar i P1 | B2+ | [sverigesradio.se/sommar-i-p1](https://sverigesradio.se/sommar-i-p1) | Full-speed native monologues by public figures; culturally central; ideal extensive-listening material once comprehension is solid. |
| Fluent Fiction — Swedish | A2–B2 | search "Fluent Fiction Swedish" in any podcast app | Story-based episodes with vocabulary recaps; good commute material between the news podcasts and native content. |

## Video (search by exact name on YouTube / UR Play)

| Resource | Level | Where | Why it works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter SFI | B1+ | YouTube — search "Peter SFI" | SFI-teacher-style grammar and uttal lessons; classroom pacing. |
| Lätt Svenska med Oskar | A1–B1 | YouTube — search "Lätt Svenska med Oskar" | Natural but slow speech with on-screen transcripts — the best shadowing source below B1. |
| Studera svenska (UR) | A1–B1 | [urplay.se](https://urplay.se) — search "svenska" | Sweden's public educational broadcaster; structured series with rights-cleared transcripts. |
| Swedish Shadowing | A2–B2 | YouTube — search "Swedish Shadowing" | Purpose-built pronunciation/shadowing drills. |

## Institutional anchors

- **SFI (Svenska för invandrare)** — the state-run course track; curriculum and course paths at [skolverket.se](https://www.skolverket.se) (search "kommunal vuxenutbildning i svenska för invandrare"). Learners in Sweden should know the free formal option exists alongside self-study.
- **CEFR self-assessment grid** — the official can-do descriptors behind the SKILL.md level table: [coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages](https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages) (Self-assessment grid under "Table 2").

## Staleness rule

Re-verify this catalog when recommending: a channel that stopped publishing
or a feed that moved gets dropped from the reply, not linked on faith. If a
learner reports a dead link, update this file in the same session.

## Sources

1. Council of Europe — *Common European Framework of Reference for Languages* (CEFR) and its Companion Volume (2020), coe.int — the level definitions and can-do descriptors the placement questions map to.
2. Skolverket — kommunal vuxenutbildning i svenska för invandrare (SFI) course structure, skolverket.se — the formal Swedish-for-immigrants track the self-study path runs alongside.
3. Sveriges Radio — Radio Sweden på lätt svenska and Klartext program pages, sverigesradio.se — the two easy-Swedish news feeds and their transcript availability.
4. UR (Utbildningsradion) — urplay.se educational catalog — rights-cleared structured Swedish-learning video series.
5. Nation, I. S. P. & Newton, J. — *Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking* (Routledge, 2009) — the meaning-focused-input / fluency-development rationale behind the listening-heavy path and shadowing drills.
6. Vanderplank, R. — *Captioned Media in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching* (Palgrave, 2016) — evidence that captions/transcripts measurably aid L2 listening development, which is why transcript-bearing resources are preferred below B2.
