Åhlinska skolan (Åhlin School), or Åhlinska flickskolan (Åhlin Girls' School), was a

girls' school Single-sex education, also known as single-gender education and gender-isolated education, is the practice of conducting education with male and female students attending separate classes, perhaps in separate buildings or schools. The practice of ...

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. Active from 1847 to 1939, it was one of the first schools in Sweden that offered serious academic education to female students.

History

The school was founded by

Karin Åhlin Karin Dorothea Wilhelmina Åhlin (25 November 1830 – September 30, 1899) was a Swedish educator. She was the founder and director of the ''Åhlinska skolan'' in Stockholm, and its principal from 1847 to 1900. Biography Karin Åhlin was born and ...

in 1847. It was managed as a private girls' school, initially with only Åhlin and her sisters as teachers, and expanded from 14 students in 1847 to 45 in 1857, changing localities and expanding its activity as the number of students grew. Eventually, it also included a co-educational primary education school. In 1891, it became a gymnasium for females, and in 1894, it was given the right to administer the ''

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'' for its students. It belonged to the first four girls' schools with this right, after

Wallinska skolan Wallinska skolan (Wallin School) or Wallinska flickskolan (Wallin Girls' School), was a girls' school in Stockholm, Sweden. Active from 1831 to 1939, it was one of the first five schools in Sweden to offer serious academic education and seconda ...

in 1874, ''Ateneum för flickor'' (The Atheneum for Girls), and ''Lyceum för flickor'' (The Lyceum for Girls) in 1882. In 1896, the school included a seminary for female teachers. Around the year 1900, the Åhlinska skolan was the largest girls' school in Sweden, and during the 1930s, it had around 700 students. Among its noted students were author and women's rights activist

Frida Stéenhoff Helga Frideborg "Frida" Maria Stéenhoff, née ''Wadström'' (11 December 1865, in Stockholm – 22 June 1945, in Stockholm), was a Swedish writer and women's rights activist. She was a leading participant of the public debate of gender equality a ...

and poet and novelist

Karin Boye Karin Maria Boye (; 26 October 1900 – 24 April 1941) was a Swedish poet and novelist. In Sweden she is acclaimed as a poet, but internationally she is best known for the dystopian science fiction novel '' Kallocain'' (1940). Career Boye wa ...

. In 1939, the school was united with the

to form the co-educational ''Wallin-Åhlinska gymnasiet'' (Wallin-Åhlin Gymnasium) as a result of the new educational reform.

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''Sydvästra Vasastaden''
Stockholms stadsmuseum, 1987) *Christina Hellgre
''Åhlinska skolan''
(Stockholms stadsarkiv)
''Elever i icke obligatoriska-skolor-1864-1970''
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