Royal College of Music, Stockholm

Royal College of Music, Stockholm
Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm
Main building of the Royal College of Music.
TypePublic
Established1771
Location
Stockholm
,
Sweden

59°20′38.0″N 18°4′52.0″E / 59.343889°N 18.081111°E / 59.343889; 18.081111
Websitewww.kmh.se/in-english.html

The Royal College of Music, Stockholm (Swedish: Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm) is the oldest institution of higher education in music in Sweden, founded in 1771 as the conservatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The institution was made independent of the Academy in 1971, and is now a public authority directly under the Ministry of Education and Research. Vice-chancellor from June 2019 is Helena Wessman, former general manager of Berwaldhallen.