Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet

Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet
Type Public
Established 1647
Location Gothenburg, Sweden
Website Official website
Hvitfeldtska

Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet, the "Hvitfeldtska High School" (gymnasium), is in central Gothenburg, Sweden. The school was founded in 1647 by Queen Kristina.[1] It was originally called "Göteborgs gymnasium"[1] and later known as "Göteborgs högre latinläroverk" before receiving the name after its benefactress, the norwegian-swedish noblewoman Margareta Hvitfeldt (1608–1683), who left the larger part of her estate to the school.

The school has approximately 1,800 students, ages 15 through 19.

It attracts students from all over Gothenburg, lower to upper class. Some students come from other regions in Sweden. There is a small but significant international student population.

Hvitfeldtska offers several national Swedish secondary education programmes, including "Naturvetenskapsprogrammet" (natural sciences), "Samhällsvetenskapsprogrammet" (social sciences), "Hvitfeldtskas Affärsprogrammet" (business), "Estetiska Programmet" (music), and "Handels- och administrationsprogrammet" (management). It also offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB) and Pre-IB, which have approximately 100 and 60 student places for every year respectively.

The school runs a variety of student clubs, its student union being the best in Sweden in 2016. It serves as one of the limited number of exam centres in Sweden for the SAT, ACT and Oxbridge admission tests. Some Hvitfeldtska students (also called Hvitfeldtare) get accepted to top institutions worldwide, and represent Sweden in international competitions.

Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet is known for the events that occurred there during the Gothenburg Riots of the EU summit of 2001. This did not involve the staff or the students as such, since, in the summer holidays, the school buildings were used for housing the participants of a youth convent.

The school is divided into three buildings: one northern (the main building), one western and one southern. The library is in the southern building.

References

  1. 1 2 "Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet". Göteborgs stad. Retrieved 3 August 2011.

Coordinates: 57°41′45.60″N 11°58′26.40″E / 57.6960000°N 11.9740000°E / 57.6960000; 11.9740000

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