Sigird Rudebecks Gymnasium, often called Rudebecks, is a private

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

that was founded 1869 by reform educator, Sigrid Rudebeck. It is along with

Göteborgs Högre Samskola Göteborgs Högre Samskola is an independent school in Gothenburg, Sweden. Information In 2006 the school had about 1350 students. The school has students aged 5 through 18 and has a '' Förskola'', a '' Grundskola'' and a '' Gymnasium''. The sc ...

, one of

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

's most esteemed high schools with high academic results. The school is located in central Gothenburg, on Bellmansgatan in Vasastaden, Sweden. The school has approximately 450 students.

Notable alumni

Mats Malm Mats Ulrik Malm (born 10 May 1964) is a Swedish literary writer and translator. On 18 October 2018, Malm was elected a member of the Swedish Academy, on 26 April 2019 he was elected the new Permanent Secretary and Speaker of the Swedish Academy. ...

, Secretary of the Swedish Academy *

Jesper Brodin Jesper Brodin (born 9 November 1968) is a Swedish business leader and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Ingka Group. During his career at IKEA, Brodin has held a number of different roles including assistant to Ingvar Kamprad, Business Area ...

, CEO Ikea *

Lars Strannegård Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was born ...

, Professor *

Richard Friberg Richard Friberg (born 5 May 1967) is a Swedish economist specializing in industrial organization, international trade, and risk management. He is the Jacob Wallenberg professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. Education Fribe ...

, Professor *

Nicola Clase Nicola may refer to: People * Nicola (name), including a list of people with the given name or, less commonly, the surname **Nicola (artist) or Nicoleta Alexandru, singer who represented Romania at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest * Nicola people ...

, Ambassador *

Björn Lindeblad Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

, Speaker *

Lotta Lundgren Lotta Mari Johansen Lundgren née Bergqvist (born 26 January 1971) is a Swedish television presenter and food writer. Lundgren was born and raised in Tuve, a Gothenburg suburb. Lundgren has written a cook book. She has hosted the shows ''Lan ...

, Writer *

Ester Schreiber Ester Schreiber (born 1997) is a Swedish foil fencer, who won the bronze medal in the 2013–14 Fencing World Cup. In 2014 and 2015, Schreiber was a Swedish Senior Fencing National Champion. Biography Schreiber is from Gothenburg, Sweden. Sh ...

, fencing

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* Education in Gothenburg Educational institutions established in 1869 Gymnasiums (school) in Sweden 1869 establishments in Sweden {{Sweden-school-stub