Increased global migration coupled with the rise of the Global City invites an evaluation of language policy for the multilingual city, all the more pressing at a time of resurgent nationalism across the continent. The study evaluates Sweden, host to some of the most extensive pluralistic language protections in Europe, from accounts of those relying on non-Swedish languages within Sweden, observational fieldwork, case study and policy review. The study has examined the challenges individuals face with a holistic, organic and individual-led approach and assessed the efficiency, resilience and longevity of language policy in meeting those needs.