Östra Real
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Östra Reals gymnasium | |
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Upper secondary school Public | |
Number of students | over 1170[1] |
Website | ostrarealsgymnasium |
Östra Real (officially Östra Reals gymnasium) is an upper secondary school in Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden. The school can trace its ancestry to the 1600s, and has changed name several times throughout its existence. Its current building was completed in 1910, and it has remained there ever since.
History
The current Östra Real school has its origins in the very primitive school that was started within the St Jakobs church congregation in 1672. Unfortunately most records from this period are missing. The oldest record that remains dates to the 12 May 1731, and is a matriculation record of the students at the school.
The school has existed under various names, including Ladugårdslands lägre elementarläroverk (from 1857), and Högre allmänna läroverket å Östermalm between 1903-1906 and 1926–1971. In the time period 1906-1926 the name was Högre realläroverket å Östermalm, with the short form of Östra Real. After 1971 the school was called Östermalms Gymnasium and since 1990 it has been known by its current name. Despite the many different names, in common usage the school has been referred to as Östra Real for most of these periods.
Today the school has over 1170 students and about 100 employees, of which 70 are teachers.
The school has figured in popular culture, being referenced in books by Peter Mosskin, Per Wästberg, Kar de Mumma and Gustav Öberg. The first scenes in the 2003 film Ondskan are filmed at Östra Real. Several members of the Swedish Academy have been students at the school.
Building
The current building of Östra Real was completed in 1910, but it was not officially inaugurated until January 1911 by
Alumni
- Alesso
- Avicii
- Ulf Adelsohn
- Carl Bildt
- Oskar Edlund
- Kjell Espmark
- Sven Hagströmer
- Sofia Karemyr
- Otto Knows
- Oscar Reutersvärd
- Mauro Scocco
- Jan Stenbeck
- Hedda Stiernstedt
- Erland von Koch
- Per Wästberg
Extracurricular activities
Östra Real has an established tradition with many active student organisations, and is known for its athletic prowess.
Student government
The student union at Östra Real is one of Sweden's oldest, is very active and has many branch committees. It is part of one of Sweden's largest student union events Läroverksfejden, an academic and sports competition between
Pictures
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Façade facing Karlavägen.
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Main entrance.
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Entrance hall and stairwell.
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"Solen strålar över staden", fresco byPrince Eugén.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Skolfakta" (in Swedish). Östra Reals gymnasium. Archived from the original on 2015-06-16.
External links
- Official website (in Swedish)
- Stockholm's inner-city upper secondary schools at the turn of the 20th century (in Swedish)