Kuopio Lyceum High School is an

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(''lukio'') for students aged 15–19. Kuopion Lyseon lukio is located in Kuopio, Finland. Originally established as a boys' school in 1872, Kuopion Lyseo opened its doors to both sexes in 1977. The origins of Kuopion Lyseo can be traced further back to Viipurin Triviaalikoulu that was established in 1534 and relocated to Kuopio in 1777. Kuopion Lyseon lukio is one of the most academically prestigious

s in Finland. It is the fifth highest scoring school in the Finnish

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and its International Baccalaureate class has consistently had one of the highest average final examination scores in Europe. Around 450 students are currently enrolled in the school. Kuopion Lyseon lukio has been an IB World School since 1994 and as such administers the

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. The school building from 1826 is designed by

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Notable alumni

*Former President of Finland,

Martti Ahtisaari Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (; born 23 June 1937) is a Finnish politician, the tenth president of Finland (1994–2000), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work. Ahtisa ...

. *Former Finnish prime minister

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*The first professional Finnish writer Juhani Aho *Film director and comedian

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*Journalist Lasse Lehtinen, Member of

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. *

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(A. Oksanen), poet, critic, linguist and professor of Finnish at the University of Helsinki; strongest critic of the Finnish national writer Aleksis Kivi and his novel Seven Brothers *Finnish

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Eliel Soisalon-Soininen Johan Mårten Eliel Soisalon-Soininen (born ''Johnsson'', raised to the nobility as ''Soisalon-Soininen''; 26 May 1856 – 6 February 1905) was a Finnish Chancellor of Justice. Johnsson was born in Pielisjärvi, and graduated from the Kuopio ...

(assassinated in 1905 by student Lennart Hohenthal) *Bishop of Kuopio

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, Wille Riekkinen

History

* Viipurin triviaalikoulu ( trivium school of

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), established in 1534, was relocated to Kuopio in 1777. * In 1788, as the relocation seemed to become permanent, the school was replaced by Kuopion triviaalikoulu (trivium school of Kuopio). * In 1843 the Finnish education system was restructured and the Kuopio's trivium school became initially Kuopion Yläalkeiskoulu (equivalent to junior high school) and a year later in 1844 it was established as Kuopion Lukio (equivalent to senior high school). The first principal of Kuopion Yläalkeiskoulu was

Johan Vilhelm Snellman Johan Vilhelm Snellman (; 12 May 1806 – 4 July 1881) was an influential Fennoman philosopher and Finnish statesman, ennobled in 1866. He was one of the most important 'awakeners' or promoters of Finnish nationalism, alongside Elias Lönnrot an ...

, one of the most influential 19th-century Finnish statesmen and philosophers. * Kuopion Lyseo was established in 1872 by merging these two schools, Kuopion Yläalkeiskoulu and Kuopion Lukio. Finnish was established as the teaching language. * In 1975 Kuopion Lyseo was again divited to two different schools: Kauppatorin yläaste, later Vuorilammen yläaste, which is equivalent to junior high school (age group 13–15 years) and Kuopion Lyseon Lukio which is equivalent to senior high school (age group 16–19 years). * In 1994 Kuopion Lyseon Lukio started also

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school in addition to the regular Finnish lukio senior high school. The teaching language in the IB school is English.

External links

Kuopion Lyseon lukio website
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Notable alumni

History

See also

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