Kungsholmens gymnasium is an upper secondary school located on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. The school is divided into a Swedish Section, an English-speaking International Section, and a Music Section which uses the name Stockholms Musikgymnasium. Kungsholmens Gymnasium is a popular school in Stockholm with high application rates and some of the highest minimum admission requirements within the Stockholm County.
Study programmes
Kungsholmens gymnasium is organized into three sections: a Swedish Section, an International Section, and a Music Section under the name Stockholms Musikgymnasium.
Swedish and International Sections
The Swedish Section offers the Social Science programme, the Natural Science programme, and a Humanities programme which specialises in languages. The International Section offers English-speaking versions of the Social Science and Natural Science programmes. An IB Diploma programme also exists within the International section, but it does not accept new students since 2015.
The minimum admission requirements to enter these programmes are consistently some of the highest in the Stockholm County, making them highly competitive. In 2012, the admission points to the Natural Science programme in the International Section was 315 out of 320, one of the highest admission points requirement in Stockholm, and 310 points in the Natural Science programme in the Swedish Section.
Music Section
The Music Section offers modified Natural and Social Science programmes that include advanced choral courses. Admission to this programme is also highly competitive and accepts students based on a combination of grade point average, singing auditions and tests in music theory. The school’s choirs occasionally compete internationally, normally with good results, such as in the 14th International Choir Competition in Budapest, Hungary in 2013 where a class choir directed by Bengt Ollén participated in three categories (Mixed choirs, Male choirs and Female choirs) and won gold in all, plus the Grand Prix for the entire competition. The result was identical the year after with another choir directed by Helene Stureborg in the 2014 12th International Choir Competition & Festival in Bad Ischl, Austria.