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Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium | |
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Address | |
Frejgatan 30 113 49 | |
Information | |
Type | Upper Secondary School, Free School |
Motto | Konst och vetenskap går hand i hand (Art and science go hand in hand) |
Founded | 1994 |
Director | Amanda Hurst |
Principal | Anna Jaeger (VRGD),
Kara Barker-Åström (VRGO), Anna-Karin Sundmark (VRGJ), Kajsa Parmell (VRGS), |
Staff | 360 |
Enrollment | 3230 |
Language | Swedish, English |
Nickname | VRG |
Newspaper | The Rydberg Tribune, VRG Djursholm Tidning |
Communities served | VRG Odenplans Elevkår, VRG Djursholms Elevkår, VRG Jarlaplans Elevkår |
Website | www |
Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium (VRG) is a group of four gymnasium (upper secondary schools) in Stockholm, Sweden named after the famous Swedish author Viktor Rydberg. The four upper secondary schools are VRG Djursholm, VRG Odenplan, VRG Jarlaplan and VRG Sundbyberg, run by the Viktor Rydberg Schools Foundation. The foundation also runs three secondary schools, Viktor Rydbergs samskola Djursholm, Viktor Rydbergs skola Vasastan, and Viktor Rydbergs skola Sundbyberg. Members of its board of directors are currently Louise Ankarcrona, Louise Westerberg, Fredrik Palmstierna, Stefan Persson, Fanny Falkenberg, Nils Andersson, Thomas Hvid and Sofia Bendz.[1]
All four upper secondary schools are bilingual and about one fourth of the tuition is given in English by native speakers. This also means that course materials are both in Swedish and English.[2] The schools have students attending from all over the greater Stockholm region, making admission highly competitive[citation needed]. VRG Odenplan has some of the highest minimum admission requirements in the country. Admission to its natural sciences program with natural sciences orientation is especially competitive; in 2009 all students had perfect grades,[3] and since 2016 all students has had a score of at least 330.0 (with a national average of 228.7; out of maximum possible 340.0) translated from their grades from Swedish primary school, due to high application rates.[4][5][6][7]