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Germany, Berlin
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The school currently has 40 students aged 6–12 and operates as a day school with after-school care until 5:00 pm.
During events, the Christmas bazaar offers home-baked cookies, hot dogs in buns, and cotton candy, and tickets to the Lucia concert; the café sells buns, hot dogs, and chocolate balls.
Every school must, according to Skolverket, be led by a school board. The board has legal responsibility to Skolverket and to German law, while the principal and teachers retain pedagogical responsibility. At the start of each school year, the board approves the budget prepared by the principal. The CEO has the ultimate responsibility to ensure an operational plan for the year, with goals and evaluations. The plan addressing anti-bullying is prepared by the principal with the teachers and is approved by the board. The board, under the school's German corporate form, has an advisory and supervisory function to the principal. Board members: Sven Schuberth (chair; Skolverket representative), Pamela Garpefors (CEO), Andreas Svensson (teacher representative), Ylva Koch (parent representative), Louise Westhoff Lazik (parent representative), Birgitte Stampe Holst (parent representative), Ola Spännar (parent representative for supplementary Swedish), Maj-Len Ehrnstén (principal, permanent member).
Situated in Berlin, the Swedish School in Berlin gGmbH is an international day school serving students from age 4 to 18. The school follows the Swedish curriculum for Grundskolan, Förskoleklass and fritidshemmet according to Lgr22, while integrating overseas Swedish regulations and aligning with Berlin's primary school requirements. Instruction begins with Swedish alongside German and English from preschool, with language profiles developing through year 6. The multilingual environment reflects Swedish, Norwegian and German contexts. The campus at Landhausstrasse 26-28 houses a Swedish-speaking community plus the Svenska Victoriaförsamlingens förskola in the same building; the facilities include an indoor sports hall and a well-equipped schoolyard used for frequent local excursions. The school emphasises practical learning through age-integrated classes, after-school care until 17:00, and opportunities in music and culture, most notably the annual Lucia concert. With a small, school-based community, the school nurtures individual progress while connecting students to Berlin's cultural landscape worldwide.
