Katedralskolan, Skara

It was founded in 1641 at the initiative of the Diocese of Skara,[1] and its bishop Jonas Magni Wexionensis,[2] and was approved by Queen Christina on August 31 of the same year.

[1][2] For hundreds of years before that it had been a priest training school which was founded in the 13th century[1] and the students were called Skaradjäknar ("Skara Deacons").

When Wennerberg became philosophy lecturer at the school in 1886, he co-founded the choir music's Friends (MV).

In 1977 a choir of female students was formed, called Octo Puellae (OP) which now is an equal key element of the school's music scene.

The purpose of SDA is to preserve and enhance the sense of community with those who, through the years, have gone through secondary school education in Skara.