Språket är nyckeln till integration. -En studie om utlandsfödda kvinnors integration in i det svenska samhället med fokus på språkets betydelse.

Sammanfattning: Parts of the Swedish population are migrants from other countries and cultures due to Sweden's liberal integration system. This study aims to depict the experience of the integration process with a focus on the role of the Swedish language. This is done through qualitative interviews with six women who all arrived to Sweden as adults. The study has an analytical approach based on theories about identity, society, ethnicity and gender. Through our research questions about the integrations process linked to the Swedish language, we found that most of the women who were interviewed had experience of two ethnic identities. Where one identity is from their origin ethnicity and the other is the ethnical identity that they internalize in Sweden. The conclusion of the study shows that the role of learning a new language is key to integration as the language contains the understanding of a society's norms and traditions which the study also confirms.