Realexamen

Realexamen, colloquially often referred to as realskolexamen until 1928,[1] was an examination in Sweden that could be taken at gymnasiums or municipal secondary schools.

The realexamen was a final examination at a secondary school or an equivalent institution under municipal or state administration.

[5] Subjects taught in realskola included Christianity, Swedish, German, English, history, geography, mathematics, natural sciences, penmanship, drawing, music, and physical education; French was an optional subject in the final year.

In schools that admitted female students, sewing and other domestic skills were also taught.

[5] In 1909, the municipal intermediate school (kommunal mellanskola) also provided an opportunity to take the mellanskolexamen, which was equivalent to the realexamen.

[7] Between 1950 and 1972, the realexamen was gradually abolished alongside the extension of compulsory schooling in Sweden to nine years.

The term later acquired its modern meaning of a school leading to gymnasium, first recorded in 1904.