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Updated 23.06.2025

Integration training and independent studies in Swedish

The training supports clients in their integration in and adaptation to Finland with Swedish as their integration language. The client is directed to either independent training or integration training in Swedish.
Service implementation:
Contact service
Life situation and service category:
On integration period,
Interested in training or education,
Foreign qualification or degree,
Language training,
Basic and civic skills
Service language:
Swedish
Charges:

Training organised as labour market training is free of charge, while training organised as independent studies may include course and/or material fees that the client has to pay themselves.

Who is the service for?

  • Primarily intended for unemployed jobseeker clients.
  • For clients working part-time who are able to participate in the training while working.
  • The client wishes to use Swedish as their integration language and has an actual need/capability to integrate in Swedish in the Uusimaa region.
  • The client is entitled to rehabilitation services if it has been less than three years since their first residence permit was granted or they registered in Finland (citizens of the EU and EEA). Their first integration plan must have been drawn up within this time limit. The first integration plan is drawn up for a maximum period of one year.
  • However, clients who are not covered by the Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration, i.e. who are not within their integration period, may still, under certain conditions, have the opportunity to participate in Swedish-language integration training or studies on a recreational/part-time basis.
Participant’s municipality of residence:
Municipality of residence does not matter
Age:
All people of working age

How can I participate in the service?

Your assigned specialist will direct you to the training / a remote initial assessment. An initial assessment carried out via a remote connection includes assessing your Swedish proficiency, reading and writing skills, and learning skills. The remote initial assessment will provide you with a recommendation on suitable integration training, independent training in Swedish or other similar services. In accordance with your assigned specialist’s instructions and the recommendation, you will apply for either integration training organised in Swedish via a remote connection or independent integration training organised in Swedish that requires in-person attendance. 

When you apply for independent training and are admitted by an educational institution, you must inform your local employment authority of this without delay by delivering the admission confirmation and a form filled by the educational institution to the employment authority before starting your studies. 

Conditions for participating in the service:

In order to apply for integration training or independent studies during your integration period, you must be a client of an employment authority and entitled to an integration plan. Before you can be directed to the service, you must first present a valid residence permit or a certificate of a pending extended permit. Citizens of the EU and EEA must present a European Union citizen registration certificate. You and your assigned integration services specialist will draw up an integration plan for you, agreeing on things such as services promoting integration. 

Benefits of participating in the service:

The service supports your integration in Swedish, and the goal is for you to enter Finland’s open labour market.

How is the service organised?

During the training, you will study Swedish, learn more about Finnish society and its customs, and receive information about Finland’s labour market. The training includes individual guidance, a language training period and a traineeship. The courses organised as independent studies primarily start with in-person teaching in the autumn. At other times, please contact the service provider Helsingfors Arbis in Helsinki or Lärkkulla in Karis. More information and advice is available from Luckan and the employment authority.

Swedish-language online integration training is available as labour market training if your goal is to integrate in Swedish, you have been recommended this training through the remote initial assessment, and you are well-prepared to study online. 

Links:
Luckan Integration