Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket

Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket (SSHL)
Main building.
Location
Sigtuna, Stockholm County Sweden
Information
School type	Private Boarding School
Established	1980
Founders	Manfred Björkquist, Harry Cullberg and Arvid Bruno
Chairman	Erik Belfrage^[1]
Director	Dr. Margret Benedikz^[2]
Number of students	458 (2014/15)^[3]
Average class size	24^[3]
Language	Swedish and English^[3]
Houses	8^[3]
Colour(s)	Blue, Red and White
Song	"Time is Here"
Website	www.sshl.se

Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket (SSHL) is one of the three boarding schools in Sweden. The school is located in Sigtuna, Sweden. Famous alumni include the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.

SSHL is a non-profit private boarding school managed by Sigtuna Skolstiftelse with Sigtunastiftelsen and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation as trustees.

History

As early as the 1920s, there were two boarding schools of note in Sigtuna. Sigtunastiftelsens Humanistiska Läroverk, founded by bishop Manfred Björkquist and Sigtunaskolan, founded by theologian Harry Cullberg. They merged in 1980 to form Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket, SSHL, and the schools were consolidated at the Sigtunastiftelsens Humanistiska Läroverk 's site on the western side of town.

Education

The school offers the MYP program from grades 7-9. The high school offers both Swedish and English programs. Students of the Swedish program focus either on humanities or science and mathematics. The English-speaking programs includes the IB program International Baccalaureate and the Business and Management Programme (the Swedish ”Ekonomiprogram” taught in English).

Boarding

The school has some 550 to 600 students. Day students make up the majority of the population in middle school, while the reverse is true for grades 10 to 12, the equivalent of high school. Overall, 2/3 of students are boarding students. There are currently three homes for boys and three homes for girls, where students aged 13–19 live.

Boardings houses for boys

Midgården
Kvarnbranten (converted to Student Welfare Centre, August 2013)
Herrgården (boarding home for students in the grades 7-9)
Sandvreten
Tallåsen
Ängsbacken (closed)

Boarding houses for girls

Berga
Björka
Haga
Backa (closed)
Skoga (closed)

Alumni

Famous alumni include:

Marcus Wallenberg (born 1956) (1956-), Swedish industrialist, President of the International Chamber of Commerce
Carl XVI Gustaf (1946-), 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, 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-)
Jan Liljero
Christian Killiner
Axel Nilsson
Karl Memer Inventor of the meme

References

↑ "THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES". Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
↑ "MANAGEMENT TEAM". Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
1 2 3 4 "FAQ". Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket. Retrieved 19 April 2016.

External links

Sigtuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden

Localities	Märsta (seat) Rosersberg Sigtuna

Landmarks	Stockholm Arlanda Airport

Education	Sigtuna Gymnasium Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket

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