The Swedish school of Atlanta was founded in 1994. Over the years the school has changed in many ways, but the same goal remains: to provide Swedish children, living in Atlanta, the opportunity to keep their Swedish language alive by meeting other Swedish-speaking childen and by experiencing Swedish traditions together. The instruction aims to improve the children's speaking, reading, and writing abilities, as well as to introduce them to Swedish songs, geography, and literature.

We meet every other Sunday afternoon at the Atlanta International School in Buckhead. See their website for directions. The hours are 1:30pm-4:30pm. Tuition is $120 per semester for children under 6, and $100 for children 6 years and older.

In order to participate, the children must have a good understanding of the Swedish language, and Swedish should be a "living" language at home. All instruction is in Swedish.

During the year, we celebrate summer with summer songs, and of course at Christmas we have a Lucia procession and dancing around the Christmas tree. We also recently started an annual outdoor field-day.