Support your international employees in learning Danish
A flexible, research-informed Danish learning solution that adds to the support you already give international employees. Built to fit into the working week, and to help them build a life in Denmark.
For HR, People & Culture and relocation teams
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01Understanding colleagues
Help international employees understand their Danish colleagues
Textbook Danish and the Danish spoken around the office are two different things. Words get shortened, endings disappear and conversations move fast. For many international employees, this is where communication breaks down, even after months of classes.
Why it matters
Communication is one of the biggest sources of friction for international employees, and it shapes how included they feel every day.
How Dansk for Begyndere helps
- Natural, spoken Danish at the pace people actually talk
- Trains the ear for reductions and everyday contractions
- Everyday workplace language, not only textbook phrases
02Integration
Faster integration into Danish working life
Settling into a Danish workplace takes more than vocabulary. It means understanding how colleagues communicate, what a flat hierarchy looks like in practice, and the traditions that bring teams together. Dansk for Begyndere teaches the language and the context side by side.
The language
Danish as it is spokenVocabulary for work and daily life, natural speech and listening comprehension by level.The context
How Denmark worksWorking culture, traditions like julefrokost and fredagsbar, society and public institutions.The result
Integration into working lifeEmployees who understand both settle in faster and feel a stronger sense of belonging.Danish language and Danish culture taught together on one platform.
Courses on working life, society and traditions employees actually meet.
Context that makes everyday situations easier to navigate, at work and beyond.
03Time
Learn Danish without taking time away from work
Few organisations want employees spending hours in courses during the working day. The Dansk for Begyndere platform is built around short audio lessons that fit into the time employees already have.
Progress depends on regular exposure, not long sessions. A short daily habit adds up without touching the calendar.
Fits into the moments employees already have
04Engagement
A benefit employees will actually use
Language benefits often struggle with engagement: licences are bought, but logins go unused. The Dansk for Begyndere platform is built to be easy to come back to, with short audio lessons, a clear path for each level and visible progress along the way.
Why it matters
A benefit only creates value when it is used. Structure, progress and community are what turn a sign-up into a habit.
How Dansk for Begyndere helps
- Structured audio courses for each CEFR level, A2 to B2
- Progress tracking as employees complete lessons
- A members’ community to ask questions and stay motivated
05Communication
Better communication across the workplace
Even where English works for the job, much of workplace life happens in Danish: at lunch, by the coffee machine, in the comments before and after a meeting. Without Danish, international employees can end up on the outside of those conversations.
Often in English
The work itself
- Formal meetings
- Project documents
- Email and chat
- Presentations
Often in Danish
Where relationships are built
- Lunch conversations
- Small talk by the coffee machine
- Side comments in meetings
- Fredagsbar and team jokes
Informal conversations build relationships and shared understanding. Missing them affects inclusion, collaboration and wellbeing.
Following the meeting and the conversation around it.
Joining the conversations that happen between tasks.
Understanding everyday, unscripted Danish.
06Scale
A simple benefit, built to scale
HR teams need benefits that are easy to roll out and easy to run. The workplace offering is being designed around a single company membership, with employees getting started on their own, on a platform that keeps growing in content and capability.
- One membership for the organisation
- Employees self-serve: choose their level and learn when it suits them
- No scheduling, classroom logistics or groups to coordinate
How it is being designed
Planned modelWhere the platform is heading
- CEFR-structured audio courses, A2–B2
- Progress tracking
- Members’ community
- Company membership
- Employee access at scale
- Industry-specific content, e.g. healthcare
- Video series
FAQ
Questions from HR teams
Can’t find your answer? Ask it when you register your interest.
Is the workplace solution available now?
Not yet. The workplace offering is in development, and we are speaking with organisations to decide what it should include before it launches.
The Dansk for Begyndere learning platform itself is already live for individual learners, so the core learning experience exists today. What we are building now is the version designed for organisations. Join the interest list to follow along and to help shape it.
Does it replace our existing Danish courses?
No. It is designed to work alongside formal Danish education, including Danskuddannelse and any courses you already offer. Classes give structure and a teacher to ask; the platform adds the regular listening practice between lessons that progress depends on.
For employees who are not taking a course, it offers a flexible way to keep developing their Danish on their own terms.
How would it be rolled out in our organisation?
The workplace offering is being designed around a single company membership. Your organisation provides access, and employees get started on their own: they choose their level and learn when it suits them.
There is no scheduling, no classroom logistics and no need to coordinate groups or levels. Pilot partners will help us refine exactly how onboarding works.
What will it cost?
Pricing for organisations has not been set yet. It is likely to depend on the number of employees who get access, and we are exploring the model together with interested organisations and pilot partners.
If you register your interest, we can talk through what would work for your budget and your number of international employees.
Can we become a pilot partner?
Yes, we are looking for a small number of organisations to pilot the workplace offering. Pilot partners get early access, a direct line to the founder and real influence on what the solution includes, in return for feedback from HR and from employees.
Mention in your email that you are interested in piloting.
Interested in Dansk for Begyndere for your workplace?
The workplace solution isn't available yet, but if your organisation shares the ambition of helping international employees take part fully in Danish society, we'd be pleased to hear from you.
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- Send a short emailYour organisation, the support you offer international employees today, and what you're looking for.
- Join the interest listReceive updates as the workplace offering develops.
- Help shape the solutionShare what would make it valuable for your organisation and your employees.