Fruntimmersskolan i Viborg

Fruntimmersskolan i Viborg (Swedish for: The Women's School in Viborg), also called Töchterschule (German for: The Daughter School), was a Girls School in Viborg in Russian Finland, active from 1787 until 1937. It was the first school for females in Finland, and the first non-private public school in the Nordic countries.

The Fruntimmersskolan, known by a Swedish name as the Swedish language was the language of the elite in Finland, was founded as a separate class for girls at the German school for boys in the then Russian city of Viborg in 1787. In 1805, it was given its own administration and the formal, German name Töchterschule. After this, several similar schools for girls were founded around Finland, such as those in Fredrikshamn, Kexholm and Nyslott.

References

http://www.uppslagsverket.fi/bin/view/Uppslagsverket/Flickskolor
Gustav Dahl: Fruntimmersskolan i Viborg 1788-1905: Nagra Anteckningar ägare av Finland äldsta flickskola. Viborg: [sn], 1905
Borenius, Ingrid: Flickskolan i Wiborg 1788-1937: Nagra Anteckningar OM Nordens äldsta Offentliga flickskolan. Viborg: [Flickskolan i Wiborg], 1937

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