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Kungsholmens gymnasium is an upper secondary school (gymnasium) located on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. The school is divided into a Swedish Section, an English-speaking International Section, and a Music Section which uses the name Stockholms Musikgymnasium. Kungsholmens Gymnasium is a popular school in Stockholm with high application rates and some of the highest minimum admission requirements within the Stockholm County.

History
The original school, associated with Kungsholmen Church, was first mentioned in records from 1672. This church school had twenty students. The church remained responsible for the schooling of youth in Kungsholmen until the end of the mid nineteenth century when the state took over responsibility for education. The school still graduates its students from the church, but this is the only remaining tie between the school and church.

The schooling reforms of 1842 (folkskolestadga) led to a dramatic increase in the number of children eligible for schooling. The city also experienced very high population growth during the latter half of the 19th century. Because of this, Stockholm's schooling facilities could no longer accomodate the increasing number of students. To solve these issues it was proposed to establish new schools, one of which would be located in Kungsholmen. The school was finally established in 1902 as Kungsholmens Allmänna Läroverk. It used hired accommodation on S:t Eriksgatan temporarily, moving into a new purpose-built building on Hantverkargatan in 1908, where it has remained since.

Several specialised education programmes have moved in and out of Kungsholmens gymnasium throughout its history. In 1984, Stockholms Musikgymnasium (Stockholm Music School) moved into the same building, maintaining a certain level of autonomy as a separate section. The International Section originally existed in Norra Real (an upper-secondary school in Stockholm), but it was transferred to Kungsholmens gymnasium in 1987. The Stockholm City Education Department (Stockholms stad Utbildningsförvaltningen) announced in October 2014 that the IB Diploma Programme at the school would be moved to the International School of the Stockholm Region (ISSR). This decision was confirmed in November 2014 despite protest actions from students and staff at the school, with new IB Diploma students entering the ISSR in the Autumn 2015 term.

Building
The current school building was built between 1904 and 1907, based on blueprints by architect Georg Ringström. The facade was probably designed by Axel Anderberg. The building is distinct in style from other school buildings of the time which featured predominantly red brickwork (like that found in the building of Södra Latin). The building's facade has an alternating light red brick and white plaster design. The main entrance portal is inspired by fellow architect Ferdinand Boberg. The building features big corridor and stairwell spaces, as well as a two storey aula.

The building has been renovated several times. During the latest renovation (1993-1994), the old paintwork on the ceiling of the school's aula was restored. Simultaneously the building was expanded towards the east, and underground parking spaces built under the school replacing the old bomb shelters.

Study programmes
Kungsholmens Gymnasium offers several different programs through its different sections. The International Section offers three programmes of study: the Social Science programme (samhällsvetenskapliga programmet), the Natural Science programme (naturvetenskapliga programmet), and the International Baccalaureate programme. The Swedish Section includes the Social and Natural Science programmes. The minimum admission requirements to enter Kungsholmens Gymnasium are consistently some of the highest in the Stockholm County. In 2012, the admission points to the Natural Science programme in the International section was 315 out of 320, one of the highest admission points requirement in Stockholm, and 310 points in the Natural Science programme in the Swedish section. The school is known for its students who have been admitted to top universities around the world, including Ivy league universities in the US, Oxford and Cambridge in the UK and Swedish universities such as KTH and Karolinska Institutet.

The school has a music section named Stockholms Musikgymnasium that offers modified Natural and Social Science programmes that include advanced choral courses. Admission to this programme is also highly competitive and accepts students based on a combination of grade point average, singing auditions and tests in music theory. The school's choirs occasionally compete internationally, normally with good results, such as in the 14th International Choir Competition in Budapest, Hungary in 2013 where a class choir directed by Bengt Ollén participated in three categories (Mixed choirs, Male choirs and Female choirs) and won gold in all, plus the Grand Prix for the entire competition. The result was identical the year after with another choir directed by Helene Stureborg in the 2014 12th International Choir Competition & Festival in Bad Ischl, Austria.

Gender imbalance
Like many of the inner-city schools in Stockholm, Kungsholmens Gymnasium has an imbalance between male and female students. As of 2005, the school had a female to male ratio of over 60:40. This divide is particularly marked in the music section, where the social science classes sometimes have an imbalance in excess of 75:25.

Student government
The student body of Kungsholmens Gymnasium is represented by the Kungsholmens Gymnasium Student Union (Kungsholmens Gymnasiums Elevkår). It is divided into four branch committees: the Social Committee (Sociala Utskottet), the Association Committee, the Service Committee (Serviceutskottet), and the Influential Committee (Påverkansutskottet). The Social Committee organizes and holds social student events throughout the academic year, with the aim of creating a fun student experience. The Association Committee oversees and helps the many student societies at the school. The Service committee deals with the economic matters which affect the student body, from the selling of school branded apparel to acquiring corporate sponsorship. Finally, the Influential Committee works on student democracy matters, enhancing student engagement and student influence on the school as a whole.

KZINE
KZINE is a student-run publication based primarily on their web newspaper, but paper publications have also been made. Since May 2014, KZINE has also begun to publish internet radio programmes in the form of podcasts. KZINE developed from the website Kungsholmen Inofficial Webpage (KIWS), an internet site created in 1998 by a student. In 1999 the first edition of the web-based magazine KZINE.com was published. In 2008 KZINE won the youth journalism prize Lilla journalistpriset for best web-based student publication (in the upper-secondary school class). In December 2013 a KZINE article about political censorship of a school class photograph attracted wider media attention in the news publications Expressen and Nyheter24, among others.

Zambia Group
A partnertship has existed since 1999 between Kungsholmens gymnasium and three schools in Zambia (Hillcrest Technical High School in Livingstone, Chinika High School in Lusaka, and Monze Boarding High School in Monze). The Zambia Group raises funds to support these schools and their students. It also promotes cultural exchanges, and organizes expeditions to visit these schools to work on various projects. Anders Jonsson and Eileen Ingulfson, the two teachers who pioneered the partnership, won the 2008 FUF prize in global development from the Swedish Development Forum (Föreningen för Utvecklingsfrågor) for their work on the Zambia Group.