Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket

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Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket (SSHL)
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Manfred Björkquist allé 8 Sigtuna , Stockholm County , 193 28 Sweden
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School type	Private, day & boarding
Established	1925 as SHL and 1927 as Sigtunaskolan. Merged in 1980
Founders	Manfred Björkquist, Harry Cullberg and Arvid Bruno
Chairperson	Marie von Satzger[1]
Director	Carina Nilsson[2]
Number of students	~ 700
Average class size	24[3]
Language	Swedish and English[3]
Houses	8[3]
Colour(s)	Dark blue, Red and White
Song	"Time is Here"
Athletics	Royals
Team name	Royals
Newspaper	SUUM CUIQUE - Vi & Vårt
Website	www.sshl.se

Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket (SSHL) is a coeducational independent school for boarding and day pupils between the seventh and twelfth grades. It is located in Sigtuna, Sweden. The school is attended by Swedish boarders, local children and foreigners.

As a non-profit private boarding school, management of the SSHL's financial and physical resources is jointly overseen by the Sigtuna Skolstiftelse (Sigtuna School Foundation), the (National Sigtuna Foundation) and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; all the trustees are drawn from Sigtuna citizens and school alumni. Day-to-day operations are headed by a school director and a principal, who is appointed by the trustees.

SSHL alumni include the current King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, and Olof Palme, the former Prime Minister of Sweden. SSHL is a member of the global G20 Schools group.

History[]

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Graduation of Carl XVI Gustaf

Dating back to the mid-1920s, there were two boarding schools in Sigtuna: Sigtunastiftelsens Humanistiska Läroverk, which was founded by Bishop Manfred Björkquist, and Sigtunaskolan, the other boarding school that was founded by theologian Harry Cullberg.

The two schools merged in 1980 to form Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket on where Sigtunastiftelsens Humanistiska Läroverk used to stand, a hill on the western side of Sigtuna.

Education[]

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Classes at SSHL are held Monday through Friday. Boarding students are often offered lectures and educational interventions on specific Sundays, known at the school as "Academic Sunday". Emphasizing the school's primary principle of offering a Swedish educational experience with international characteristics, the school offers programs in Swedish and English.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme[]

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SSHL offers students from 7th to 10th grade to attend the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) and final year students to undertake the two-year Diploma program. The school offer a variety of subjects to cater to the diverse body of students taking the program at SSHL and offer support CAS (Creativity, activity, service), a central emphasis of the IB program by organizing service trips to Laos, Nepal and Kenya. Students at SSHL studying the IB achieve a point average of 31.

Notable alumni[]

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• Marcus Wallenberg (born 1956) (1956-), Swedish industrialist, President of the International Chamber of Commerce
• Carl XVI Gustaf (1946-), The current Swedish King
• Olof Palme (1927-1986), former Swedish Prime minister
• Peter Wallenberg Sr. (1926-2015), Swedish industrialist, former chairman of Investor AB
• Povel Ramel (1922-2007), Swedish entertainer
• Curt Nicolin (1921-2006), Swedish industrialist, former CEO and President of ASEA and ABB
• Annika Falkengren (1962-), Swedish industrialist, former President and CEO of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
• Daniel Espinosa (1977-), Swedish Film Director
• Julia Winter (1993-), young Swedish-born English actress who played Veruca Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
• Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934-2017)
• Gustaf Douglas (1953-), Swedish Count and Businessman
• Carl Adam Lewenhaupt (1947–2017), Swedish Count and Businessman
• Charles-Louis Fouché d'Otrante 8th Duke of d'Otrante
• Ella Rappich (2000-), Swedish actress who played Amanda Steen in Quicksand (TV series)

See also[]

• List of boarding schools
• G30 Schools

References[]

External links[]

• Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket
• Sigtuna Fördettingar