About me
My name is Fredrik and I grew up in a small town close to Gothenburg, Sweden.
In my life I’ve spent a lot of time exploring the world and learning languages, and I have lived in Australia, Turkey, Barcelona, Budapest, and currently living in Valencia, Spain.
I speak fluent Swedish, English and Spanish, and I have a conversational level in French, Portuguese, Hungarian, Czech and Russian.
My whole adult life, I’ve been passionate about learning languages. But the more I found out about language learning, the more I realised how unfriendly traditional methods are to the brain, with heavy focus on grammar, formal language, textbooks, and tests.
The saddest thing is that so many actually think they’re bad at languages, when in reality we’re just taught bad methods!
By trying out different methods myself, as well as learning from other polyglots, I discovered what was really working!
Since 2019, I’ve also dedicated myself not only to learn foreign languages, but also to teach my own mother tongue – Swedish.
I started the Simple Swedish Podcast, my YouTube channel,
and I started teaching Swedish online using only my own materials and methods.
Then I moved on to creating a course for the most difficult part of learning Swedish – to get from an intermediate to an advanced level – the Strong Swedish course.
In 2023, I co-founded Language Lock-in, a unique program for Swedish learners who want to speak more. We created both a live immersion event, and an online program.
I also have a Patreon program for those who want to support me and the podcast, and get transcripts to the episodes.