Svenska Skolan Paris

Svenska Skolan Paris (French: Ecole Suédoise de Paris) is a Swedish international school in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. It serves maternelle (preschool), primaire (primary), collège (junior high school), and lycée (senior high school).^[1]

The school was founded in 1879.^[2] It is the oldest of the Swedish schools established in other countries and was originally built close to Gare du Nord.^[3] A Swedish school had become necessary after hundreds of Swedish carpenters had moved to Paris in the latter half of the 19th century.^[4] It moved to rue Médéric, next to the Church of Sweden in Paris, in the early 1900s.^[4] Most of the students are children of Swedish citizens working for Swedish companies in France.^[4]

Roughly 100 students study at the school, mainly primary school students but since the year 2000 it also houses secondary school students.^[3] It is also possible to choose to study at the school for Swedish students who have their families in Sweden; the school will place these students with a host family.^[5]

In the 1990s, the school went through an internationalization, putting more emphasis on English.^[6]

References

^ French home page. Svenska Skolan Paris. Retrieved on October 20, 2015. "9 rue Médéric 75017 Paris France"
^ "Svenska skolan i Paris firar 120 år". Helsingborgs Dagblad. 6 February 1999.
^ ^a ^b Rosin, Björn Erik (4 June 2004). "Svenska skolan i Paris firade 125-årsjubileum". Svenska Dagbladet.
^ ^a ^b ^c Tollgerdt, Johan (24 March 2004). "Svenska skolan i Paris fyller 125 år". Östgöta Correspondenten.
^ Roos, Måna (2 January 2017). "Svensk skola i Paris lockar nyfiken student". Norrtelje Tidning. p. 11. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
^ "Folk i farten: Affärsmässig omvälvning för Svenska skolan i Paris". Dagens Industri. 2 March 1993.