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PEOPLE’S HIGH SCHOOLS. WORKMEN’S" INSTITUTES. UNIVERSITY .EXTENSION. 313
The establishment of these schools originated in Denmark, and
was owing to the political danger to which that country was exposed
in the middle of the nineteenth century in consequence of its conflicts
with Germany — a danger which led to the adoption of all possible
means of raising the general standard of the country’s civilization.
The People’s High Schools were introduced into Sweden subsequently
to the resuscitation of. municipal selfgovernment, in 1862, and the
Parliament Reform of 1865, which had the effect of considerably
increasing the political influence of the lower classes, and
consequently awakening the desire of a higher training of these classes for
their duties as citizens.
People’s High School. Lunnevad, Östergötland.
The first People’s High School in Sweden was opened in 1868, at
Hvilan in Skåne, it is still kept up and can in many respects be
considered the parent school of the rest. Since the opening of this
school, Dr. L. Holmström has been the leader of it.
Now there are 30 such schools, or at least one in every Län (in the
Län of Vesterbotten only in preparation though). Skåne, our
southernmost province, has the greatest number of them.
People’s High Schools are all located in the country. Most of
them now have buildings of their own, with residences for the
teachers and a certain number of pupils, the rest of the pupils living
in adjacent houses. Gymnastic halls are provided in some schools, and
are also used by the people of the neighbourhood for meetings.
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