About Kompis
A Swedish speaking companion made for the moments between lessons.
Kompis is your conversation companion for speaking Swedish, on your phone. You rehearse real conversations, such as a job interview or a talk with your manager, privately and by voice. Afterwards, Kompis asks how it went. No grades and no points.
Kompis (kompis.site) is an app for practising spoken Swedish. We have no connection to the association Kompis Sverige.
Why Kompis exists
Swedish is part of everyday life, work and community. Kompis gives you a private place to rehearse the conversations that matter to you, by voice, and follows up afterwards on how they went.
Why speaking confidence matters
Reading and listening get most learners to a useful level. Speaking is what unlocks work, friendships and life in Sweden. Confidence isn't a personality trait. It's a habit built through small, repeated, low-pressure reps.
A complement, not a replacement
SFI, language schools and teachers do the work Kompis can't: structure, grammar, feedback and community. Kompis is the daily practice between those lessons. We work alongside them, never in place of them.
We publish what we find
Before offering Kompis to any organisation, we ran a 21-day study with 85 newcomers and published the results, including the parts that were inconclusive. That is the standard we intend to keep.
Who built it
Kompis was started by a Lund University student, shaped by feedback from learners across Skåne, and supported by LU Innovation. We work from Kommunikationsvägen 5 in Lund, and we answer our own email.
Who you'll be talking to
Steve Emmanuel
Founder, Kompis · Lund
Every enquiry lands in my inbox and I answer it myself. If Kompis isn't the right fit for your group, I'll say so.
hello@kompis.siteWork with us
We're easiest to reach directly.
Kommuner, SFI providers, employers, researchers and funders can write to us and a person replies.