Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet

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Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet, the "Hvitfeldtska Secondary School" (gymnasium), is located in Gothenburg, Sweden. The school was founded in 1620, and became a gymnasium in 1647^{[citation needed]}. It is named after the noblewoman Margareta Hvitfeldt (died 1683), who left the larger part of her estate to the school. It was originally called Göteborgs gymnasium and later known as Göteborgs högre latinläroverk before receiving the name after its benefactress.

The school has approximately 1,800 students, of age 15 through 19.

Currently, the school attracts students from all over Gothenburg; lower to upper class. There are some students that come from other regions in Sweden, as well as a small but significant international student population.

Hvitfeldtska offers several of the national Swedish secondary education programmes, including Naturvetenskapsprogrammet (natural sciences), Samhällsvetenskapsprogrammet (social sciences), Hvitfeldtskas Affärsprogrammet (business), Estetiska Programmet (arts), Handels- och administrationsprogrammet (management), and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB).

Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet is known for the events that occurred here during the Gothenburg Riots of the EU summit of 2001.