Tingvallagymnasiet
Encyclopedia
Tingvallagymnasiet is an upper secondary school in Karlstad
, Sweden
, offering education programmes both in the social
and natural science
s.
in 1584, and it was most likely to have been completed in 1586, then as a two-story wooden building. As all other Swedish educational facilities it was then dedicated to the teachings of the church. Following the great fire of 1752 the school was relocated to the current position, at the East side of the town's main square.
Following the construction of the main building in stone, several new additions have been made, integrating the school premises with several blocks in central Karlstad.
Karlstad Municipality
Karlstad Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlstad....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, offering education programmes both in the social
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
and natural science
Natural science
The natural sciences are branches of science that seek to elucidate the rules that govern the natural world by using empirical and scientific methods...
s.
History
Construction of the school started after Karlstad was granted its Royal charterRoyal Charter
A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organizations such as cities or universities. Charters should be distinguished from warrants and...
in 1584, and it was most likely to have been completed in 1586, then as a two-story wooden building. As all other Swedish educational facilities it was then dedicated to the teachings of the church. Following the great fire of 1752 the school was relocated to the current position, at the East side of the town's main square.
Following the construction of the main building in stone, several new additions have been made, integrating the school premises with several blocks in central Karlstad.
Notable alumni
- Fredrik August DahlgrenFredrik August DahlgrenFredrik August Dahlgren was a Swedish writer, playwright and songwriter.Dahlgren was born in Nordmark parish in Värmland, son of Barthold Dahlgren, the manager of the mines at Taberg, and Anna Carolina Svensson...
- Tage ErlanderTage Erlanderwas a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969...
- Anders FryxellAnders FryxellAnders Fryxell was a Swedish historian.Fryxell was born at Edsleskog, Dalsland, on the 7th of February 1795...
- Gustaf FrödingGustaf FrödingGustaf Fröding was a Swedish poet and writer, born in Alster outside Karlstad in Värmland. The family moved to Kristinehamn in the year 1867. He later studied at Uppsala University and worked as a journalist in Karlstad....
External links
- IBO.org – Tingvalla school profile
- Karlstad Municipality homepage – Tingvalla