The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences ( sv, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH) in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

institution offering higher education in the fields of teaching profession in

Physical Education Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys Ed. or P.E., is a subject taught in schools around the world. It is usually taught during primary and secondary education, and encourages psychomotor learning by using a play and movement explorati ...

Sports coaching A sports coach is a person coaching in sport, involved in the direction, instruction and training of a sports team or athlete. History The original sense of the word ''coach'' is that of a horse-drawn carriage, deriving ultimately from the Hung ...

and Preventive health. The school offers both programmes and courses. It was founded as the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute ( sv, Kungliga Gymnastiska Centralinstitutet, GCI) in 1813 by

Per Henrik Ling Pehr Henrik Ling (15 November 1776 in Södra Ljunga – 3 May 1839 in Stockholm) pioneered the teaching of physical education in Sweden. Ling is credited as the father of Swedish massage. Early life Ling was born in Södra Ljunga, Småland ...

, which makes it the oldest university college in the world within the field of human movement sciences.

References

External links

*
The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences
Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences University colleges in Sweden Sports universities and colleges Educational institutions established in 1813 {{Sweden-university-stub