Akelius Languages Online gGmbH

The Akelius Languages Online gGmbH develops a digital language application. Anyone can use the language course for free to learn a new language, independent of their language skills or other languages they speak. The language course is a cooperation between the Akelius Foundation and UNICEF, produced through us as a subsidiary. The language project started in 2015 during the European migrant crisis. Roger Akelius wanted to provide fast and unbureaucratic help for the more than 163,000 immigrants coming to Sweden. The idea was to help refugees learn the local language when settling in their new country. Not being able to communicate in the language of the host country is a huge barrier to integration. To help solve this problem on a larger scale, we started an official partnership with UNICEF in 2017. We now offer the language course in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Polish. We added Polish in 2022 as an emergency response to the ...