Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium
Coordinates: 59°20′44″N 18°03′00″E / 59.345576°N 18.050044°E
Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium | |
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Konst och vetenskap går hand i hand[1] Art and science go hand in hand | |
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Stockholm Sweden | |
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Type | Upper Secondary School, Free School |
Founded | 1994 |
Principal | |
Teaching staff | 24[1] |
Key people |
assistant principals |
Enrollment | 1,259[1] |
Language | Swedish, English |
Newspaper | The Rydberg Tribune, VRG Djursholm Tidning |
Communities served | VRG Odenplans Elevkår, VRG Djursholms Elevkår, VRG Jarlaplans Elevkår |
Website | vrg.se |
Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium (VRG) is a group of three gymnasium (upper secondary schools) in Stockholm, Sweden named after the famous Swedish author Viktor Rydberg. The three upper secondary schools are VRG Djursholm, VRG Odenplan and VRG Jarlaplan, run by the Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. The foundation also runs two secondary schools, Viktor Rydbergs samskola Djursholm and Viktor Rydbergs skola Vasastan.[7]
All three upper secondary schools are bilingual and about one third of the tuition is given in English by native speakers. This also means that course materials are both in Swedish and English.[8] The schools have students attending from all over the greater Stockholm region, making admission highly competitive. Admission to the natural sciences program with natural sciences orientation at VRG Odenplan is especially competitive; in 2009, 2010 and 2012 all admitted students had perfect grades.[9][10][11]
History
The first Viktor Rydberg gymnasium was established in 1994, soon after the 1992 “Free School Reform”.[8] The reform enabled private actors to run publicly funded schools, in a way similar to charter schools.[12][13] Such a free school was started by the two parents Louise Westerberg and Louise Andersson in the halls of Djursholm Samskola’s eastern wing. After three years the number of applicants had risen so drastically that a new school was started at Odenplan in central Stockholm. In its first year, a large number of students and 580 teachers applied to the school. In 2003, a new school was started at Jarlaplan in order to provide an option for students who wanted to pursue artistic activities more fully.[14]
Study programs
VRG Odenplan[3]
- Natural Science program (Swedish: naturvetenskapliga programmet) with orientation in natural science, social science and special variants in arts and music
- Social Science program (Swedish: samhällsvetenskapliga programmet) with orientation in behavioral science
- Economic program (Swedish: ekonomiprogrammet) with orientation in business
VRG Jarlaplan[3]
- Social Science program with orientation in social science
- Economic program with orientation in business
- Arts program (Swedish: estetiska programmet) with orientation in arts, dance, music and drama
VRG Djursholm[3]
- Natural Science program with orientation in natural science, social science and special variants in arts and music
- Economic program with orientation in business and special variants in arts and music
- Social Science program with orientation in behavioral science. This is also an advanced placement program in English (Swedish: spetsutbildning i engelska) in cooperation with Stockholm University, with all tuition in English.
See also
- Education in Sweden
- Kungsholmens Gymnasium
- Norra Real
- Östra Real
- Södra Latin
- Norra Latin
- Mikael Elias Teoretiska Gymnasium
External links
References
- 1 2 3 "Verksamhetsberattelse 2010-2011" (PDF). Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
- 1 2 3 "VRG Djursholm". Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "VRG Odenplan". Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- 1 2 3 4 "VRG Jarlaplan". Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- 1 2 3 "Viktor Rydbergs Samskola". Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ↑ "VRS Vasastan". Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ↑ "The Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation". Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- 1 2 "The Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation". Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ↑ "Intagningsstatistik för gymnasieprogram, Viktor Rydberg Gymn Odenplan 2009" (PDF). Gymnasieantagningen. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ↑ "Intagningsstatistik för gymnasieprogram, Viktor Rydberg Gymn Odenplan 2010" (PDF). Gymnasieantagningen. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ↑ "Intagningsstatistik för gymnasieprogram, Viktor Rydberg Gymn Odenplan 2012" (PDF). Gymnasieantagningen. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ↑ Buonadonna, Paola. "Free Schools". BBC. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ↑ "Vad är en friskola?". Friskolornas Riksförbund. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ↑ "Historia". Retrieved 2013-02-25.