Spyken

Gymnasieskolan Spyken
Location
Lund, Sweden
Sweden
Coordinates 55°42′4″N 13°12′3″E / 55.70111°N 13.20083°E / 55.70111; 13.20083
Information
Type Public
Established 1848
School district Lund
President Karin Stavne
Principal

Natural sciences: Maria Hedelin

Social sciences programme: Rolf Svensson

Aesthetics programme: Peter Larsson
Staff 45
Faculty 75
Grades 10-12
Number of students 1100

Spyken is an upper secondary school (gymnasieskola) in Lund, Sweden. The students are sometimes referred to as spykister (spykists) or, by some, spykopater (spychopaths).

Spyken in Lund

History

The school was founded in 1848 as Realskolan and had a capacity of 15 students. The amount of students increased gradually up to 50. In 1869 the school changed its name to Lunds privata elementarskola (Lund private elementary school). In 1898 Johannes Strömberg became principal and during his time, the capacity of the school expanded greatly with new rooms, allowing more than 750 students. In 1968, the school was turned into a public school and changed its name again to Strömbergsgymnasiet after the former principal. The latest name change occurred in 1986, this time to its current name: Spyken. In this year, the school also had an addition of three annexes, the C-, D- and E-houses.

The name

There are different theories of where the name (which is gibberish in Swedish) comes from. One is that a teacher always accidentally called psychology spychology. Another is that it was a nickname for a former principal. It is possible that it is a combination of the both. The school was called Spyken for a long time in popular parlace before it became the official name.

Today

Today, roughly 1100 students attend the school, which has 120 employees.

Spyxet

Every year, the students of Spyken arrange a Spex, called Spyxet. A list of recent Spyx'

Coordinates: 55°42′3″N 13°12′3″E / 55.70083°N 13.20083°E / 55.70083; 13.20083


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