Learning Danish

FREE DANISH COURSE

Apply for the municipality's free Danish language courses

AOF Job & Dansk, in agreement with City of Odense, gives language courses to adult internationals in Odense and in a number of other municipalities on Funen. You need to have a CPR number in order to be referred to a free course. Once you have registered in Odense and received your CPR number, you will receive a letter to your digital post with an offer for a Danish Language Course from the municipality. Find out more about the municipality's free Danish Education here.

OTHER DANISH COURSES

Tietgen Kompetencecenter

Tietgen Kompetencecenter offers various Danish language courses (FVU) for internationals in Odense, who speak a bit of Danish, free of charge. Find more information about the language courses here. Interested in learning Danish faster? Find information about Tietgen's intensive courses here.

AOF Odense

AOF Odense also offers various Danish language courses (FVU) for internationals in Odense, who speak a bit of Danish. The courses are free of charge, and take place during daytime and in the evenings as well. Find more information about the language courses here.

PRACTICE YOUR DANISH

We've compiled a list of helpful resources for learning and practicing Danish language in Odense. Take a look and see if something might be just right for your language learning needs.

Expand your network - speak Danish with the Danes in Odense here:

• Chat in Danish – an informal meeting with both Internationals and Danes, focused on practicing Danish
• Sprogcafé at Borgernes Hus - free and informal language café. Find the events via Odense Hovedbiblioteks Facebook page 
• Sprogcafeen organized by volunteers at FTS Odense
• Café Klosterbakken - help with Danish language and guidance about Danish society

What else?

• Watch Danish TV -  especially programs for children with subtitles
• See popular Danish TV-series (Matador, Rita, Borgen, Krøniken, etc.)
• See cartoons or read comics
• Listen to Danish radio
• Read Danish newspapers, magazines and books
• Listen to audio books
• Follow Danish language experts on social media
• Organize a reading group with your friends
• Become a volunteer in an association, where you could work in a field you are interested in and have an opportunity to practice Danish at the same time
• Go to a local library and get help to find books, audio books and other practice material