Katedralskolan i Åbo

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Logo of the Katedralskolan i Åbo shows the school building

Katedralskolan i Åbo (The Cathedral School of Åbo) is a Swedish-language senior high school located in the city of Turku (known in Swedish as Åbo) in Finland.

In the 1970's Svenska klassiska lyceum and Åbo svenska flicklyceum, The Swedish Girls' Secondary School of Turku, were united and the old school name Katedralskolan i Åbo, the Cathedral School of Turku, was revived. In 1977 the name was transferred to signify the new upper secondary school at Vanha Suurtori 1, The Old Grand Place. The current schoolhouse was built after the conflagration of Turku in 1827.

In theory, the Katedralskolan is the oldest institution of learning of Finland as it has an organizational continuity from the medieval Cathedral school, founded in 1276. Part of the school formed the basis for the Royal Academy of Turku, the predecessor of the present-day University of Helsinki, in 1640.