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From Wikipedia[0]:

Norway: 90%; Sweden: 90%; Denmark 86%.

This is higher than Canada and a number of Anglophone Caribbean islands. Admittedly Finland is lagging at 75%, but we can also consider Iceland at 98%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-s...



I'd seriously call those numbers into question (living in Sweden). Maybe 90% are at an A1 or A2 level.

I'd say maybe 50% are fluent, and that's heavily slanted toward the younger side of the population curve.


Yeah my Swedish ex’s family couldn’t speak hardly any English.




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