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IB Diploma Programme

Year 11-12

IB Career-related Programme

Year 11-12

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IB Middle Years Programme MYP 4-5

Year 9-10

Swedish High School "Gymnasium" Programmes

Year 10-12

514

Students, including 190 boarders

100%

Accredited teachers

30

Countries represented

89%

Pass rate for our Swedish high school 2024 (72% nationwide)

Right now at SSHL

News and events

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27 June 2025

Welcome to the Start of School 2025/2026

13 June 2025

We wish you a great summer!

29 May 2025

Gratulations graduates 2025!

16 May 2025

SSHL awarded the King’s Banner

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Admission and inquiries

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Niclas Sandberg, Director of Admissions

+46702564399

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Janette Johansen, Admissions Coordinator

+46859257117

janette.johansen@sshl.se

What they say about us

Stories

Raymond Ahlgren graduated in 1986 after 7 years as a boarder. Today he works as a Performance Coach at Nordax Bank in Stockholm. After 18 years as a lecturer and coach within personal development, and as a self-employed entrepreneur, he

Raymond Ahlgren

My seven years at the school are among the happiest of my life!

Carolina wanted to attend SSHL to follow in the footsteps of her two older sisters, one who graduated, and one who still attends SSHL and lives in the same boarding house. While Carolina is Swedish, she had never lived in

Carolina Wåhlin

Carolina is Swedish, but she had never lived in Sweden until she enrolled at SSHL

Originally from Bulgaria, David has lived in Austria and Australia. Despite having no connection to Sweden whatsoever, David and his family moved here in October 2021 so that David and his younger sister could enroll at SSHL. – I chose

David Nikolov

I am proud to be a student attending SSHL

Our alumni Aurore Belfrage attended the Swedish Natural Science Programme and graduated in 1997. She was a boarding student at Berga. What are you doing today? I do a little bit of everything, all under the umbrella of “The Green

Aurore Belfrage

It's a family tradition to study at SSHL!

Charlotte Beskow, alumni of 1978, today works for the ESA, European Space Agency. Recently Charlotte hosted a webinar for the SSHL students, where she discussed the incredible undertaking it took to develop the James Webb space telescope. – I studied

Charlotte Beskow

SSHL gave me a firm footing and a reference I would share with hundreds of other students

Christoffer Roepstorff graduated 2003 from the Natural Science Programme at SSHL. He finds a lot of inspiration from his parents, both veterinarians, who have worked with horses. What are you doing today? I am currently working on my PhD at

Christoffer Roepstorff

Inspired by his old physics teacher

Alice attended SSHL between 2014-2020. She started in 7th grade and followed the Swedish curriculum until high school, when she started at the international MYP5 and further on IB Diploma. How come you chose SSHL? I have always been interested

Alice Andersson

After the guided tour I was completely in love

Meet our former SSHL student Jeanette Danielson, who joined SSHL at the age of 14 and graduated from the high school in 1988. Jeanette now works at Swedish Match and she took the time to talk to SSHL in their

Jeanette Danielson

My best friends are all from my time at SSHL

Meet alumnus Mikael Lindström who has had a long career at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Mikael has been the Swedish Ambassador to China and Mongolia, Japan and Indonesia, has been stationed in the U.S., France and Morocco and negotiated

Mikael Lindström

The school has meant a lot to me

For this interview, we did not have to go far to find a person with an exciting story. Carl Månsson, who lives at the boarding school and will soon take the student, will study at a university in the USA

Carl Månsson

You get into boarding life quickly and make many friends

What are you doing now? I’m studying economics, economic history and business at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. I graduated last spring and began last fall so in a few weeks, I will have finished my first year. I

Donata Leonova

My teachers were fantastic

Mr Sonnenstein, what do you do today? I am retired since a few years back, and I have now become politically active. I’m on the City Council in Uppsala, where I live, and I have some other political assignments for

Christian Sonnenstein

My parents and I were expats

Today we called Karl Svensson, who graduated in 2006 and lives in Kenya today. In his 3rd year at SSHL, Karl was involved in starting the Kenya project. What are you doing today? Today I live in Kenya, I more

Karl Svensson

It felt like coming home

Meet Karin Fröman who, after having lived in both China and England, has chose to come home to Sweden where she is the Key Account Manager at Forbo Flooring. Karin grew up in Singapore and describes what it was like

Karin Fröman

The most important thing was independence

Friends and knowledge for life

SSHL is a Swedish boarding school and high school with an international outlook.

We offer our students a unique blend of Swedish and international culture, high academic standard and high-class student support, for both boarding and day students.

Our belief is that committed teachers, a focus on the individual and a wholesome learning environment all contribute significantly to academic achievement.

The school is located along Lake Mälaren in a serene environment close to nature, with access to an active and inspiring recreational time, as well as close access to the historical town of Sigtuna and Arlanda Airport.

SSHL is run by Sigtuna School Foundation and, as a foundation it is not run for profit.

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