Svenska normallyceum i Helsingfors

Svenska normallyceum
Location
Helsinki Finland
Information
School type	Lyceum
Founded	1864
Closed	1977

Svenska normallyceum i Helsingfors (Norsen) was a Swedish-language school in the Kaartinkaupunki district of Helsinki between 1864 and 1977. The school was only for boys until 1974 when it became a co-educational school.[1]

History

Svenska normallyceum was established on the initiative of Johan Vilhelm Snellman in 1864. The school was initially called Helsingfors normalskola, but the name was changed in 1874. As a normal school, Norsen offered prospective teachers auscultation opportunities, which is why it included both classical and realschule education.[2] Between 1867 and 1872 the school had a department for Finnish-speaking students.[3]

The school was located on Aleksanterinkatu 6 for the first few years and then on Kasarmikatu 48 between 1867 and 1878. Norsen was then temporarily located in a rented facility at Ratakatu 2,[1] while a new school building designed by architect Axel Hampus Dahlström was being built. In 1880 the school moved to the new building on Unioninkatu 2, where it remained.[2]

Svenska Normallyceum i Helsingfors

Norsen was a boys' school until 1974 when it was merged with the girls' school Svenska Flicklyceet i Helsingfors and formed a co-educational school. In 1977 the school was split into the högstadium Högstadieskolan Svenska normallyceum and the gymnasium Ottelinska Gymnasiet, now Gymnasiet Svenska normallyceum.[1]

Famous alumni

• Alec Aalto, diplomat
• Hans Blomberg, electrical engineer
• Bo Carpelan, author
• Adolf Ehrnrooth, general who served during the Winter and Continuation wars
• Einar Englund, composer
• Jörn Donner, author, director, producer, journalist, politician
• Ragnar Granit, scientist awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967
• Christian Grönroos, Professor of Service and Relationship Marketing at Hanken
• Harry Helenius, diplomat
• Gustav Hägglund, Commander in Chief of Finnish Armed Forces
• Jan-Magnus Jansson, politician, Professor of general state science
• Erik Kruskopf, art critic, art historian, writer
• Börje Lampenius, actor, director
• Magnus Lindberg, composer, pianist
• Claus Montonen, theoretical physicist
• Leif Segerstam, conductor, composer, violinist, violist, pianist
• Leif Sevón, lawyer, judge
• Hjalmar Siilasvuo, militar
• Mikael Sundman, architect
• Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel
• Georg Henrik von Wright, philosopher, professor, member of Academy of Finland
• Benedict Zilliacus, journalist

Headmasters

• Julius Efraim Bergroth 1864-1870
• Alfred Kihlman 1871-1895
• Carl Johan Lindeqvist 1896-1900
• Vilhelm Theodor Rosenqvist 1900-1918

References

1. "Koulurekisteri". koulurekisteri.hel.fi. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
2. "Forna Normallyceister r.f." www.fornanorsar.fi. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
3. "Svenska normallyceum på Unionsgatan, Helsingfors – Svenska skolhistoriska föreningen i Finland rf" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-04-15.