The Essentials
- AFS Sweden Welcome Booklet
- AFS Participant Guide
- AFS Medical Guide
- Host School FAQ
- Arrival Information
- Welcome Letter
- Visa FAQ
- Changes to Hosting Realities (COVID-19)
Digging Deeper
Language Resources
- Rosetta Stone: Swedish (see below)
- Duolingo (free language learning app)
- Swedish Pod 101
- Babbel: Swedish
- IE Languages: Swedish
- Learning Swedish
- Kreativ Pedagog
Cultural Resources
- Hofstede Center: Sweden
- BBC: Sweden History Timeline
- History of Sweden
- Official site of Sweden
- Culture Grams
–Username: afsusa – Password: cgrams
News and Media
Movies and Documentaries
- Homo Sapiens 1900 (1998)
- Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1962)
- Simon and the Oaks (2012)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- Fanny and Alexander (1982)
- As It Is in Heaven (2004)
- You, the Living (2007)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
- We are the Best! (2013)
- Eat Sleep Die (2012)
- A Swedish Love Story (1970)
- My Life as a Dog (1985)
- They Call Us Misfits (1968)
Books
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005)
- The Circle (2011)
- Moomin Stories (1945-1993)
- Let the Right One In (2005)
- Simon and the Oaks (2012)
- Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1906)
- The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (2009)
- Gösta Berlings Saga (1891)
- The Emigrants (1949)
- Popular Music from Vittula (2007)
- The A to Z of Sweden (2010)
- Scandinavia: A History (2016)
LGBTQ Resources (Diversity)
Heritage and Ethnicity Resources (Diversity)