Komvux (short for ''kommunal vuxenutbildning'', literally "municipal adult education") is a form of

secondary education Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final ph ...

for adults in Sweden. The government of Sweden allocates funds to the municipalities for this type of education. It is primarily intended for adults who did not finish primary or secondary school, or who did not achieve the grades needed for higher education. This form of education has existed since 1968, although the forms for it have changed and some municipalities no longer use the term "Komvux". Courses offered include both theoretical school subjects such as languages and mathematics, and courses directed towards a profession, such as administration or business economics. Other government funded adult education in Sweden includes ''Särvux'' (adult education for persons with special needs), '' KY'' (Qualified Vocational Education), and ''SFI'' (Swedish for immigrants); in smaller municipalities these forms of adult education are often coordinated by the same education centre.

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Förordning (2002:1012) om kommunal vuxenutbildning
the law regulating government-funded adult education in Sweden,

Swedish Code of Statutes The Swedish Code of Statutes ( sv, Svensk författningssamling; SFS) is the official law code of Sweden which contains the statutes and ordinances enacted and designated by the Government of Sweden, Government, including a publication of all new S ...

Vuxenutbildningen Linné
the school in

Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...

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