Kuopio Lyceum High School is an

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(''lukio'') for students aged 15–19. Kuopion Lyseon lukio is located in

Kuopio Kuopio ( , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Savo. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Kuopio is approximately , while the Kuopio sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mos ...

, Finland. Originally established as a boys' school in 1872, Kuopion Lyseo opened its doors to both sexes in 1977. The origins of Kuopion Lyseo can be traced further back to Viipurin Triviaalikoulu that was established in 1534 and relocated to Kuopio in 1777. Kuopion Lyseon lukio is one of the most academically prestigious

s in Finland. It is the fifth highest scoring school in the Finnish

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and its International Baccalaureate class has consistently had one of the highest average final examination scores in Europe. Around 450 students are currently enrolled in the school. Kuopion Lyseon lukio has been an IB World School since 1994 and as such administers the

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. The school building from 1826 is designed by

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Notable alumni

*Former president of Finland,

Martti Ahtisaari Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (, 23 June 1937 – 16 October 2023) was a Finnish politician, the tenth president of Finland, from 1994 to 2000, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediation, mediator noted for his inte ...

. *Former Finnish prime minister

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*The first professional Finnish writer

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*Film director and comedian Spede Pasanen *Journalist

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, Member of

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. *

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(A. Oksanen), poet, critic, linguist and professor of Finnish at the University of Helsinki; strongest critic of the Finnish national writer

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and his novel Seven Brothers *Finnish

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, Eliel Soisalon-Soininen (assassinated in 1905 by student Lennart Hohenthal) *Bishop of Kuopio

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, Wille Riekkinen

History

* Viipurin triviaalikoulu ( trivium school of

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), established in 1534, was relocated to Kuopio in 1777. * In 1788, as the relocation seemed to become permanent, the school was replaced by Kuopion triviaalikoulu (trivium school of Kuopio). * In 1843 the Finnish education system was restructured and the Kuopio's trivium school became initially Kuopion Yläalkeiskoulu (equivalent to junior high school) and a year later in 1844 it was established as Kuopion Lukio (equivalent to senior high school). The first principal of Kuopion Yläalkeiskoulu was

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, one of the most influential 19th-century Finnish statesmen and philosophers. * Kuopion Lyseo was established in 1872 by merging these two schools, Kuopion Yläalkeiskoulu and Kuopion Lukio. Finnish was established as the teaching language. * In 1975 Kuopion Lyseo was again divited to two different schools: Kauppatorin yläaste, later Vuorilammen yläaste, which is equivalent to junior high school (age group 13–15 years) and Kuopion Lyseon Lukio which is equivalent to senior high school (age group 16–19 years). * In 1994 Kuopion Lyseon Lukio started also

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school in addition to the regular Finnish lukio senior high school. The teaching language in the IB school is English.

External links

Kuopion Lyseon lukio website
(Finnish) {{Authority control Carl Ludvig Engel buildings Educational institutions established in 1872 Secondary schools in Finland International Baccalaureate schools in Finland 1872 establishments in Finland

Notable alumni

History

See also

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