i think that you can get along fine with english in all of scandinavia, at alest here in denmark we start learning english from 4 grad, and we don't dub alot, unlike from what i understand, the germans do.
Hackaday is holding a open hardware contest, where the top prize is a trip to SPACE! (or 196,418USD)
http://hackaday.com/2014/04/28/the-hackaday-prize-you-build-open-hardware-we-send-you-to-space/
thouth iam piss poor i would personly take the trip