Internationella Engelska Gymnasiet Södermalm, also known as the International English Gymnasium Södermalm, is a

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

located in

Södermalm Södermalm, often shortened to just Söder, is the southern district of Stockholm City Centre. Overview The Södermalm district covers the island of the same name (formerly called ''Åsön''), which, however, is not fully separated from th ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. The institute offers four Swedish national programmes and the

International Baccalaureate The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), more commonly known as the International Baccalaureate (IB), is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and founded in 1968. It offers four educational programmes: the I ...

(IB) programme, which qualify students for university studies in Sweden or abroad. Most courses (except Swedish, Civics A, Law and Modern Languages) are taught in

English language English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples th ...

. Most of the teachers are native English speakers recruited from USA, Canada, United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries. Nearly 25% of the current teaching staff have

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s in their fields; and the majority of the staff have master's degrees and qualified teacher-status. Currently there are eighty staff members working at IEGS. The school is free of charge for the students. The education is paid for by the national voucher system. At IEGS a

house system The house system is a traditional feature of schools in the United Kingdom. The practice has since spread to Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries. The school is divided into units called "houses" and each student is allocated to on ...

has been introduced and adapted from the British model. Teachers and students are assigned to a house, which forms the basis for group activities, mentor time, assemblies and competitions. Currently, IEGS has four houses: King House, Russel House, Pavlov House and Curie House. In 2025 the school announced that it was not financially viable and would close in 2026.

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