Welcome to another episode of The Expat’s Toolkit - where we give you tools and actionable tips on how to thrive as an immigrant in Denmark. You may remember our episode with Signe about finding a job in your field in Denmark, or with Rasmus about learning to unionize.

In today’s episode, we are talking about something most of us struggle with - learning Danish.

To do this, we sat down with Sigga Hansen, teacher and founder of Lingua Danica. With over 75,000 followers on social media, Sigga has built one of the largest communities for Danish learners worldwide with the mission of making the Danish language and culture accessible to all.

In this episode we chat to Sigga about common struggles internationals face when learning Danish, why learning Danish is important for integration, common challenges of pronunciation and grammar, the differences between public and private language schools and practical tips to make learning Danish more fun!

Eva also shares her experience navigating the language, while Rachel reflects on her own (non-existent) Danish learning journey.