Norra Real
Norra Real, "Northern Real" (gymnasium), is an upper-secondary school located on Roslagsgatan 1 in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] The school was officially founded in 1890, but was already mentioned early into the 14th century and is the oldest upper-secondary school in Stockholm. Until 1961 it was an all-boys school. It formerly was the site of Stockholm's public international school, which moved to Kungsholmens Gymnasium, another Stockholm upper-secondary school located on the island of Kungsholmen, in 1987.
Notable alumni
- Manne Siegbahn, physicist. Winner of Nobel Prize in Physics for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy. Father of Nobel Prize winner Kai Siegbahn.
- Lars Gyllensten, author and physician. Member of the Swedish Academy.
- Helge von Koch, mathematician. Gave his name to Koch snowflake.
- Gunnar Myrdal, economist, politician and Nobel Prize winner. Married to Nobel Peace Prize winner, Alva Myrdal.
- Nils Strindberg, photographer. Member of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897.
- Jonas Gardell, novelist and playwright.
- Horace Engdahl, former permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.
- Leif GW Persson, novelist.
- Göran Liljestrand, pharmacologist, known for the discovery of the Euler-Liljestrand mechanism.
- Claes Elfsberg, television journalist.
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