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PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS OF SWEDEN.
In Sweden, as in Germany,[135] there are two types of public schools, the elementary, common, or _folkskola_ (people's school), and the secondary, or _allmänna läroverk_, corresponding in general to the German _Gymnasium_ and _Realschule_ and the French _lycée_. An American college student at the end of his sophomore year has received an education roughly equivalent to that of the graduate from a Swedish _allmänna läroverk_. In the matter of equipment, organization, and method there is such uniformity throughout Sweden that if allowance is made for less favorable conditions in smaller cities and in country regions a fairly accurate, and more definite conception of physical training in the schools will be obtained by confining attention to Stockholm, the capital and largest city.[136] It will be convenient to consider, in order, the _folkskola_, the _allmänna läroverk_, the higher schools for girls, and private schools.