Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium

Coordinates: 59°20′44″N 18°03′00″E / 59.345576°N 18.050044°E / 59.345576; 18.050044

Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium

Konst och vetenskap går hand i hand[1]
Art and science go hand in hand
Location
Stockholm
 Sweden
Information
Type Upper Secondary School, Free School
Founded 1994
Principal
  • Kristy Lundström[2]
  • Christina Nyström[3]
  • Lisa Dahlberg[4]
  • Pernilla Hemmingsson[5]
  • Ingela Spets[6]
Teaching staff 24[1]
Key people

assistant principals

  • Kara Barker[2]
  • Isabella Stern[2]
  • John Di Maria[3]
  • Maria Hävner[3]
  • Anna Jaeger[4]
  • Mattias Bertilsson[4]
  • Kajsa Parmell[4]
  • Charlotte Sandborgh[5]
  • David Elfsberg[5]
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]

VRG Jarlaplan[3]

VRG Djursholm[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Verksamhetsberattelse 2010-2011" (PDF). Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  2. 1 2 3 "VRG Djursholm". Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "VRG Odenplan". Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "VRG Jarlaplan". Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  5. 1 2 3 "Viktor Rydbergs Samskola". Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  6. ↑ "VRS Vasastan". Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  7. ↑ "The Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation". Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  8. 1 2 "The Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation". Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  9. ↑ "Intagningsstatistik för gymnasieprogram, Viktor Rydberg Gymn Odenplan 2009" (PDF). Gymnasieantagningen. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  10. ↑ "Intagningsstatistik för gymnasieprogram, Viktor Rydberg Gymn Odenplan 2010" (PDF). Gymnasieantagningen. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  11. ↑ "Intagningsstatistik för gymnasieprogram, Viktor Rydberg Gymn Odenplan 2012" (PDF). Gymnasieantagningen. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  12. ↑ Buonadonna, Paola. "Free Schools". BBC. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  13. ↑ "Vad är en friskola?". Friskolornas Riksförbund. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  14. ↑ "Historia". Retrieved 2013-02-25.
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