Invitation to a press conference on Thursday 19 January at 11 am:

A free online language course for health care personnel

The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland organises a press conference on Thursday 19 January at 11 am on their premises in Helsinki at Simonkatu 8 A, 5th floor, in order to launch the new website Vrdsvenska (www.vardsvenska.fi), mainly intended for Russian nursing personnel living in Finland for practicing the Swedish language in an easy and fun way. Also a mobile application called Health Lingo will be launched at the conference. With this application, you can practice your language skills in the form of a simple game. Both the website and the mobile application function simultaneously in four languages in Swedish, Finnish, Russian and English, and the user may freely choose both their native language and the target language that they wish to practice. The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland has financed the project with EUR 108,000. The website and the mobile application have been created by Learnwell Oy. In the press conference, the functions of website and the mobile application will be introduced, as well as the project idea. Present at the press conference: Veronica Gran-Suomalainen, Education Ombudsman, Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland Sonja Ollas-Airinen, Project Ombudsman, Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland Veronica Gelfgren, Managing Director, Learnwell Oy Bianca Biro, Project Coordinator, Learnwell Oy Marja-Liisa Helenius, Finnish translations, Learnwell Oy Yulia Bazynkina, Russian translations, Learnwell Oy Niko Viitala, IT, Learnwell Oy Questions? Please contact the Press Officer: Henric hman s-posti: henric.ohman@kulturfonden.fi puh. 040-5677363