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| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4673 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes  Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 17 of 20 06 December 2013 at 5:58pm | IP Logged | ||
But Sweden is in EU, and it allows dual citizenship. ;) Because of much higher prices in Norway, local purchasing power is about the same, or even higher in Sweden: http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?coun try1=Norway&country2=Sweden&city1=Bergen&city2=Gothenburg ''Local Purchasing Power in Gothenburg is 12.72% higher than in Bergen'' http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?coun try1=Norway&country2=Sweden&city1=Oslo&city2=Stockholm ''Local Purchasing Power in Stockholm is 8.31% higher than in Oslo'' Edited by Medulin on 06 December 2013 at 5:59pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| 1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4295 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan | Message 18 of 20 07 December 2013 at 12:20am | IP Logged | ||
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True, I was considering this about Swedish and Norwegian, since I like both languages,
there needs to be an extra factor to decide whereon to focus. Sweden is in the EU, so citizenship there allows the EU rights, along with free movement, etc. Norway for some reason do not allow dual citizenship. SEven years are required as well: /requirements-to-obtain-norwegian-citizenship-by- application/">http://www.udi.no/norwegian-directorate-of-imm igration/central- topics/citizenship-/requirements-to-obtain-norwegian-citizen ship-by-application/ To become a Norwegian citizen, you must in principle have resided in Norway for seven years during the past ten years. Stays in Norway more than ten years ago are irrelevant. /Dual-citizenship/">http://www.udi.no/Norwegian-Directorate- of-Immigration/Central- topics/Citizenship-/Dual-citizenship/ If you wish to become a Norwegian citizen it is required as a principal rule that you renounce any other citizenship. Dual citizenship is allowed, but also multiple (greater than 3) citizenships are allowed, which is quite good for those who are already dual citizens. http://www.migrationsverket.se/inf o/499_en.html The period of required residency varies. In most cases you are required to have been resident in Sweden for at least five years. This period of residency must have been continuous. Other rules apply for those who are stateless or refugees. http://www.migrationsverket.se/in fo/2125_en.html Will I lose my Swedish citizenship if I move away from Sweden? You cannot lose your Swedish citizenship. You will retain your Swedish citizenship even if you move to another country. http://www.migrationsverket.se/inf o/399_en.html Dual or multiple citizenship Sweden permits dual citizenship. Dual citizenship means that you are a citizen in more than one country. If you become a Swedish citizen, you may retain your foreign citizenship if the other country permits it. Likewise, if you are a Swedish citizen and become a citizen of another country, you may keep your Swedish citizenship if the other country permits it. Some countries do not allow dual citizenship. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Fuenf_Katzen Diglot Senior Member United States notjustajd.wordpress Joined 4374 days ago 337 posts - 476 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Polish, Ukrainian, Afrikaans | Message 19 of 20 07 December 2013 at 4:11pm | IP Logged | ||
I have no idea whether any language would be useful. I do know that if you're an attorney from the U.S. and work internationally, realistically the language will be English. There are obviously exceptions--lawyers who work primarily with transactional work will be fluent in the languages of the countries with which they work. I have noticed in looking up LLM programs in Poland that German seems to be a fairly common language among lawyers. Never would have guessed that one! I would probably say Russian is more useful. Even here I see either job openings or biographies of lawyers who speak Russian. I don't think I've ever seen Swedish unless it's involving reviewing documents for litigation purposes. As far as how long it would take to become fluent, my experience has been that the guides online are fairly accurate in terms of how many hours are needed. That said, I personally would say that while C1 is very doable as far as studying law (and I definitely had classmates my first year who were more at a B2 level), for actual practice you would want to be as close to C2 as you can, or at least be very comfortable with how to work in the level. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Hungringo Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 3993 days ago 168 posts - 329 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, English, Spanish Studies: French | Message 20 of 20 28 December 2013 at 12:30am | IP Logged | ||
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Since you are going to be a lawyer you should consider French. In many EU institutions and different European and international courts and tribunals French is one of the working languages.
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