In (west)Europe children do not learn 2 languages , at least not in grammar school, in secondary school most children have a second language mostly English. Learning a language and not using it will make you forget most of it in a very short time. A second language in grammar school is obligatory in Switzerland and in Luxembourg. The Swiss children learn one of the other Swiss languages (there are 4 different) the Luxembourger children do not learn their mother-language in school but start with German followed by French, in secondary school English and for some of the students one more language depends of the school and Latin. I do not know the school system in the Nordic country's, but most of the adults speak well English.
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