If the section with useful Scandinavian phrases for travelers has made you curious and you want to learn more, look at these Scandinavian language books. They give you all you need to communicate and let you study one - or more - of these languages in detail. And they're so handy, they fit in every travel bag!
1. Berlitz Scandinavian Phrase Book
Berlitz Scandinavian Phrase Book
This great little helper gives travelers useful phrases in Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian. It is color-coded to make it easier and quicker to use whenever you need a few words in a Scandinavian language.
List price $8.95.
List price $8.95.
2. Lonely Planet Scandinavian Phrasebook
Lonely Planet Scandinavian Phrase Book
This Scandinavian Phrasebook includes all you need, no matter where in Scandinavia you're going. All of the Scandinavian languages are included here (without grammar lessons), so it's very useful and a great value.
List price: $8.99.
List price: $8.99.
3. Pimsleur Scandinavian Audiobooks (Audio CD)
Pimsleur Language CD Set
While Pimsleur is a little more expensive than dry vocabulary books and not a "book" per se, it provides a superb learning program of greater depth without the need for written material. It's very easy to remember language expressions and words with the Pimsleur method. The language CD sets are very useful for travel and let you learn the language on the road or on the airplane.
List price around $35.
List price around $35.
4. Teach Yourself Danish
If you're on a budget, I won't recommend getting the Pimsleur Danish Audiobook because I feel "Teach Yourself Danish" is a better value and comes with a book and 2 CDs.5. Teach Yourself Icelandic
Icelandic can be hard to learn, but this book with 2 audio CDs is probably the best course available and gets a rave review from me. The language book is very nice for Iceland travelers that want to learn to speak and understand the Icelandic language with little effort.List price $29.95.
6. Beginner's Finnish
While Finnish is often not considered one of the Scandinavian languages, travelers will still get far speaking it in Scandinavia, especially in parts of Sweden. This book is a thorough course of Finnish and, if you don't memorize a lot of it, will make for a good reference book while you're traveling in Finland and Sweden.