Norra Real

Norra Reals gymnasium
The building of Norra Real.
Location
Stockholm, Sweden
Coordinates	59°20′38″N 18°03′41″E / 59.34389°N 18.06139°ECoordinates: 59°20′38″N 18°03′41″E / 59.34389°N 18.06139°E
Information
Type	Upper secondary school Public
Rector	Maria Sellberg^a[1] Fredrik Skog^b[1]
Website	norrarealsgymnasium.stockholm.se (Swedish)
^a Social Sciences and Humanities ^b Natural Sciences and Flexible Learning

Norra Real ("Northern Real") is an upper-secondary school, located on Roslagsgatan 1 in Stockholm, Sweden. The school was officially founded in 1890, but was already mentioned early into the 14th century and is the oldest upper-secondary school in Stockholm. Norra Real is today one of the better schools in Stockholm according to several studies made by the swedish school inspection.

Notable alumni

• Manne Siegbahn, physicist. Winner of Nobel Prize in Physics for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy. Father of Nobel Prize winner Kai Siegbahn.
• Lars Gyllensten, author and physician. Member of the Swedish Academy.
• Helge von Koch, mathematician. Gave his name to Koch snowflake.
• Gunnar Myrdal, economist, politician and Nobel Prize winner. Married to Nobel Peace Prize winner, Alva Myrdal.
• Nils Strindberg, photographer. Member of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897.
• Jonas Gardell, novelist and playwright.
• Horace Engdahl, former permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.
• Leif GW Persson, novelist.
• Göran Liljestrand, pharmacologist, known for the discovery of the Euler-Liljestrand mechanism.
• Claes Elfsberg, television journalist.

See also

• Education in Sweden
• Kungsholmens gymnasium
• Södra Latin
• Norra Latin

References

1. "Skolledning" (in Swedish). Norra Reals gymnasium. Archived from the original on 2015-06-16.

External links

• Official website (Swedish)
• Stockholm's inner-city upper secondary schools at the turn of the 20th century (Swedish)