Scandinavian & Finnish Tutors

The Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch maintains informal lists of people who are interested in tutoring. Current or former students or instructors in our department are marked “(dept.).”

The department does not certify tutors and assumes no responsibility for the quality of instruction. The agreement reached between you and any tutor is a personal one and should in no way be construed as reflecting departmental policies. For more information, contact the individual directly.

Danish Tutors

Name Email Qualifications Other Information (fees, etc.)
Haaland, Ingela [email protected] Born in Sweden. Parents from Denmark & Sweden. Native speaker of Swedish and Danish. M.Ed. from the U of MN, 2001. Currently working as a Swedish language instructor at the American Swedish Institute. $40 / hour
Possibility of Skype sessions

Finnish Tutors

Name Email Qualifications Other Information (fees, etc.)
Obeda, Lily (dept.) [email protected] BA in GSD from U of MN; Master's in Applied Linguistics from University of Jyväskylä; 5 years Finnish teaching and tutoring experience Sliding scale fees
Skype/Zoom sessions available

Norwegian Tutors

Name Email Qualifications Other Information (fees, etc.)
Anderson, Elise  [email protected]  ● Advanced Norwegian fluency (C1–C2 level)
● BA in German, Scandinavian, Dutch from the University of Minnesota
● Language instructor at Mindekirken Language and Culture Program
● Studied Norwegian dialects and language history at the University of Oslo

Specialties:
● Academic
● Genealogy
● Personal
● Oral interpreting
● Also translates from English
● Bokmål, Nynorsk, and Norwegian dialects
● Old (gothic-style) printing

Other Information: Sliding scale fees; Zoom sessions available

Swedish Tutors

Name Email Qualifications Other Information (fees, etc.)
Haaland, Ingela [email protected] Born in Sweden. Parents from Denmark & Sweden. Native speaker of Swedish and Danish. M.Ed. from the U of MN, 2001. Currently working as a Swedish language instructor at the American Swedish Institute. $40 / hour
Possibility of Skype sessions