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Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

läroverk

English translation:

old fashioned Swedish grammar school; secondary school

Added to glossary by Charlesp
Aug 28, 2014 06:10
9 yrs ago
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Swedish term

läroverk

Swedish to English Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy
I know what a läroverk is (Läroverk var en skolform för sekundärutbildning i Sverige från 1800-talet och fram till 1970-talet), but how to translate that?

I've seen "grammar school," but I'm not so sure that give the right idea. And "secondary school" is too academic, as someone doesn't say "I am attending secondary school."

Any suggestions?


http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Läroverk
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 (old fashioned) Grammar school
5 secondary school

Discussion

Charlesp (asker) Aug 28, 2014:
Right. But it is not really a "gymnasium" - and as the name and title for these upper secondary schools has changed in Swedish, I would think that the translation would also need an old, archaic (or at least obsolete) name.
Deane Goltermann Aug 28, 2014:
Secondary schooling is what this involves, corresponding to today's gymnasium (=upper secondary school). In the US this would be easy since 'high school' has been used nearly throughout this time period. What did you Brits call this kind of thing back then? And these were generally gender segregated (in the days of my in-laws late 1930s) = School for boys.
Charlesp (asker) Aug 28, 2014:
pojkläroverk a subset is "pojkläroverk"

Proposed translations

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(old fashioned) Grammar school

What is your time period for this? ... but here is some interesting reading, in any case. The England reference mentions "In 1840 the Grammar Schools Act expanded the Grammar School curriculum from classical studies to include science and literature."

See the link there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar_School

Enjoy! ;-)

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-08-28 08:14:22 GMT)
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BTW, 'high school' was used in the US as early as the 1840s, but the reference to 'Boston Latin School' is interesting. My father-in-law when to 'Norra Latin'. Here's how somebody else dealt with this issue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norra_Latin.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-08-28 08:20:04 GMT)
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Gees, can't even spell right... he 'went' (!!) to school at 'Norra Latin'
Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_education_in_England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_education_in_the_United_States

Note from asker:
Thanks Deane. Interesting references!
Peer comment(s):
agree LilianNekipelov : Yes, or middle school.
2 hrs
Thanks, Lilian!
neutral George Hopkins : Grammar school is a type of secondary school (Collins English Dictionary)
4 hrs
Thanks, George!
agree Agneta Pallinder : I would say "grammar school" captures the flavour best - läroverk was a selective school, where you were admitted on the basis of grades (no exams, teachers' grades only) at age 10, after four years in teh comprehensive "folkskola" or at 12 after 6 years.
13 hrs
Thanks, Agneta!
agree Anna Herbst : That's what I would go for, without the "old fashioned". I went to Burgårdens Samläroverk in the 1960s.
17 hrs
Thanks, Anna! It seems to have served you well!
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secondary school

Note: (British) A grammar school is a secondary school.
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