Kungsholmens Gymnasium
| Kungsholmens gymnasium | |
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| Location | |
| , Sweden | |
| Coordinates | 59°19′48″N 18°02′01″E / 59.3301°N 18.0337°ECoordinates: 59°19′48″N 18°02′01″E / 59.3301°N 18.0337°E |
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Upper secondary school Public |
| Established | 1902 |
| Rector | Annica Tengbom Ödéna Lesley Brunnmanb Ove Sköldc |
| Newspaper | KZINE |
| Website | (Swedish) |
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a Swedish Section |
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a Swedish Section
b International Section
c Music Section
Kungsholmens gymnasium is an upper secondary school (Swedish: gymnasium) located on the island of Kungsholmen in , Sweden. The school is divided into a Swedish Section, an English-speaking International Section, and a Music Section which uses the name Stockholms Musikgymnasium. Kungsholmens Gymnasium is a popular school in Stockholm with high application rates and some of the highest minimum admission requirements within the .
The schooling reforms of 1842 (Swedish: folkskolestadga) led to a dramatic increase in the number of children eligible for schooling. The city also experienced very high population growth during the latter half of the 19th century. Because of this, Stockholm's schooling facilities could no longer accommodate the increasing number of students. To solve these issues it was proposed to establish new schools, one of which would be located in Kungsholmen.
The school was established in 1902 as Kungsholmens Allmänna Läroverk (English: Kungsholmen's Grammar School), consisting of five grades. The school hired temporary accommodation on S:t Eriksgatan while a dedicated building was being designed and built. After further schooling reforms, it became a realskola (with an additional sixth grade) under the new name Kungsholmens realskola. The school moved into the newly constructed building on Hantverkargatan during the Autumn of 1907. It was not until 1 February 1908 that the building was formally inaugurated, in the presence of King Gustaf V and other members of the royal family. The school has remained in this building since.
Several specialised education programmes have moved in and out of Kungsholmens gymnasium throughout its history. In 1984, Stockholms Musikgymnasium (English: Stockholm Music School) moved into the same building, maintaining a certain level of autonomy as a separate section. The International Section originally existed in Norra Real (an upper-secondary school in Stockholm), but it was transferred to Kungsholmens gymnasium in 1987. The Stockholm City Education Department (Swedish: Stockholms stad Utbildningsförvaltningen) announced in October 2014 that the IB Diploma Programme at the school would be moved to the International School of the Stockholm Region (ISSR). This decision was confirmed in November 2014 despite protest actions from students and staff at the school, with new IB Diploma students entering the ISSR in the Autumn 2015 term.
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