Norra Real ("Northern Real") is an upper-secondary school, located on Roslagsgatan 1 in

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. The school is the oldest upper-secondary school in

and one of the most difficult to get accepted into. A number of prominent researchers and Swedish socialites have attended the school, including

Manne Siegbahn Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn FRS(For) HFRSE (3 December 1886 – 26 September 1978) was a Swedish physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1924 "for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy". Biography Siegbahn ...

(Nobel Prize laureate in Physics),

Gunnar Myrdal Karl Gunnar Myrdal ( ; ; 6 December 1898 – 17 May 1987) was a Swedish economist and sociologist. In 1974, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences along with Friedrich Hayek for "their pioneering work in the theory of money a ...

(Nobel Prize laureate in Economic Sciences),

Horace Engdahl Horace Oscar Axel Engdahl (born 30 December 1948) is a Swedish literary historian and critic, and has been a member of the Swedish Academy since 1997. He was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy from 1999 to June 2009, when he was succee ...

(permanent secretary of the

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from 1999 to June 2009), and

Leif G. W. Persson Leif Gustav Willy Persson (born 12 March 1945) is a Swedish criminologist and novelist. Persson has four children, one of whom, Malin Persson Giolito, is also a crime writer. Early life Leif Gustav Willy Persson was born on 12 March 1945 in Stoc ...

(criminologist and novelist).

History

The school opened on August 29, 1876, the principal being 29-year-old Sixten von Friesen, who would later on be known for his great success in politics. At the time, the school was known as ''Stockholms Realläroverk'' but would later on change its name to ''Norra Real'' in connection with the change of facilities in 1890. At the time, the school consisted of 3 teachers and 44 students.

Building

The architect Per Emanuel Werming drew the new school building which was being finished in 1888–1891. Apart from the main building which has five floors, the school also has a house for gymnastics, and a parking garage.

Sculpture

On Norra Real's entrance floor stands a duplicate of the sculpture 'Flores and Banzeflor'. Originally the sculpture was made in bronze by the olympic prize-winner Stig Blomberg, but the replica consists of plaster. It depicts a boy and a girl, each riding a horse in the nude, and this has become a central place for the traffic of the school. The statue is commonly referred to as "Hästarna" (the Horses). For instance, one could hear "Let's meet up at Hästarna in five minutes."

Student union

Founded in 1999, the Student union at Norra real aims to enhance the school experience for members and retain (among other) academic and social interests of students. Events organized by the Student union include freshers week, assassins guild, association days and prom. The organisation has a good national reputation. Presidents of the Student body at Norra real:

Notable alumni

, physicist. Winner of

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for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy. Father of Nobel Prize winner

Kai Siegbahn Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn (20 April 1918 – 20 July 2007) was a Swedish physicist who was awarded the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics. Biography Siegbahn was born in Lund, Sweden, son of Manne Siegbahn the 1924 physics Nobel Prize winner. Siegbah ...

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Lars Gyllensten Lars Johan Wictor Gyllensten (12 November 1921 – 25 May 2006) was a Swedish author and physician, and a member of the Swedish Academy. Gyllensten was born and grew up in a middle-class family in Stockholm, son of Carl Gyllensten and Ingrid Ran ...

, author and physician. Member of the

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Helge von Koch Niels Fabian Helge von Koch (25 January 1870 – 11 March 1924) was a Swedish mathematician who gave his name to the famous fractal known as the Koch snowflake, one of the earliest fractal curves to be described. He was born to Swedish nobility. ...

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. Gave his name to

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, economist, politician and Nobel Prize winner. Married to

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winner,

Alva Myrdal Alva Myrdal ( , ; née Reimer; 31 January 1902 – 1 February 1986) was a Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician. She was a prominent leader of the disarmament movement. She, along with Alfonso García Robles, received the Nobel Peace ...

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Nils Strindberg Nils Strindberg (4 September 1872 – October 1897) was a Swedish photographer and scientist. He was one of the three members of S. A. Andrée's ill-fated Arctic balloon expedition of 1897. Biography Nils Strindberg was born in Stockholm, Sw ...

, photographer. Member of

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Jonas Gardell Lars Jonas Holger Gardell (born 2 November 1963) is a Swedish novelist, playwright, screenwriter and comedian. He is the brother of religion scholar Mattias Gardell. He is well known for his books and plays in all of Scandinavia and his books ha ...

, novelist and playwright. *

, former permanent secretary of the

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Leif GW Persson Leif Gustav Willy Persson (born 12 March 1945) is a Swedish criminologist and novelist. Persson has four children, one of whom, Malin Persson Giolito, is also a crime writer. Early life Leif Gustav Willy Persson was born on 12 March 1945 in Stock ...

, novelist. *

Göran Liljestrand Göran Liljestrand (16 April 1886 – 16 January 1968), Swedish pharmacologist, known for the discovery of the Euler-Liljestrand mechanism. Liljestrand was born in Gothenburg but finished school at the Norra Real school in Stockholm, before ...

, pharmacologist, known for the discovery of the Euler-Liljestrand mechanism. *

Claes Elfsberg Claes-Gösta Elfsberg (born 26 November 1948) is a Swedish television journalist. Elfsberg grew up in the district of Svedmyra in southern Stockholm. He received his upper-secondary education at Norra Real in Stockholm and then studied at the ...

, television journalist.

References

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Stockholm's inner-city upper secondary schools at the turn of the 20th century
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