Enskilda Gymnasiet is a private secondary school

Gymnasium (school)

A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...

 from the 10th-12th grade and school from the 6th-9th grade, founded in 1913. Enskilda Gymnasiet is located in Tegnérlunden

Tegnérlunden

Tegnérlunden is a park at the border of city districts Norrmalm and Vasastaden in Stockholm. It was originally erected 1890, but was re-constructed in 1940. It is home to statues of two Swedish authors. On a hill in the parks's eastern part stands Carl Eldh's massive statue of August Strindberg,...

, in central Stockholm, Sweden. There are long waiting lists and the school only accepts 60 pupils a year to attend the school from 6th to 9th grade and 90 pupils a year into the 10th-12th grade programme (gymnasiet).

The school is the 10-year champion of the "DN-nutids orientering", which is a general knowledge competition of which over 90 percent of all schools in Sweden participate.

Facilities

The school is a historical building built in 1876 which previously (before 1933) housed the Wahlin School. Educational facilities: over 30 classrooms, 2 computer labs, an art studio, a photo room and a music studio. Student leisure rooms include a ping pong room and a billiard room. The school also has an auditorium and a concert hall. The school's physical education is housed in KTH Hallen which belongs to the Royal Institute of Technology, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan. Many of these facilities are used by student societies.

Notable alumni

Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

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; Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland

Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland

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; Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland

Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland

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; Karl-Johan Persson, CEO of Hennes & Mauritz