Alice Lundsgymnasiet is the municipal upper secondary school of Borlänge in Dalarna. Until summer 2025 it was called Hagagymnasiet; it then took the name of textile artist Alice Lund, who founded a weaving studio in Borlänge, and moved into the new Alice Lund utbildningscenter building. In the 2026-2027 school year it has about 750 students and 80 staff. The school runs six national programmes of the Swedish gymnasieskola: three university-preparatory (social science, economics and the IB Diploma Programme) and three vocational (child and recreation, business and service, health and social care), plus a vocational introduction programme. The IB track opened in autumn 2024: the first year is a Pre-Diploma year on the Swedish curriculum, followed by two years of the IB Diploma; all teaching on this track is in English. The other programmes are taught in Swedish. The school calls itself Dalarna's global upper secondary school: sustainability, cultural understanding and international cooperation are part of its teaching.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Swedish, English
Languages taught
French, German, Spanish, Arabic
About the fees Tuition is free: this is a municipal upper secondary school of Borlänge. The IB admission policy states that students from other countries are given a Pre-Diploma place only when tuition fees are guaranteed; the school does not state amounts.
Admissions Swedish ninth-graders apply to the national programmes through the joint Dalarna admissions service (Dexter), by grade point average. The IB Pre-Diploma year admits students who completed Swedish compulsory school and are eligible for the arts programme without the Swedish requirement, with at least a C in English and mathematics, or who completed MYP 4, or whose foreign grades are validated as equivalent. Direct entry to the first Diploma year is possible after the Pre-Diploma, after MYP 5 (at least 4 in standard level subjects and 5 in higher level subjects) or after year 10 at home with passing grades in English, mathematics, science and individuals and societies; applications go directly to the school. When oversubscribed, merit value decides. Pre-Diploma places go first to students registered in Sweden or with a long-term stay; places are then given to students from other countries, but only once tuition fees are guaranteed. Foreign students submit grades for evaluation; mid-year arrivals are handled by the school.
Stages and year groups Swedish gymnasieskola under the GY25 reform, three years, leading to the gymnasieexamen. Programmes: Samhällsvetenskapsprogrammet (behavioural science and social science orientations), Ekonomiprogrammet, Barn- och fritidsprogrammet, Försäljnings- och serviceprogrammet, Vård- och omsorgsprogrammet, Yrkesintroduktion; NIU elite sport classes in football and handball and the local LIU sport programme, music with the municipal music school (LMU). IB Diploma Programme since autumn 2024: a Pre-Diploma year on the Swedish curriculum (English, geography, history, PE, mathematics, a modern language, science, social studies, Swedish or Swedish as a second language), then two IB years: six subjects, three at higher and three at standard level, plus Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay and CAS. All IB assessments except language courses are in English.
Address Röda vägen 3, 781 70 Borlänge
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Diploma Programme. The IB track runs inside a Swedish upper-secondary school, alongside the Swedish national programmes.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: DP (ages 16-19). DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
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The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Clubs and activities: NIU Fotboll (football sports class) · NIU Handboll (handball sports class) · LIU Lokal idrottsutbildning (local sports programme) · Lokal Musikutbildning LMU (music programme with the municipal music school) · UF - Ung Företagsamhet (student enterprise)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The school has about 80 staff. There is an IB coordinator, two careers advisers, special needs teachers and special education teachers; the school does not publish teacher qualifications or class sizes.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
✓Nurse or medical room
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The student health team (EHT): deputy head, special needs teachers, school nurse, counsellors, careers advisers, school doctor and school psychologist; all students have access to medical, psychological, psychosocial and special educational support. Students with difficulties get an individual support plan.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)82 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data60 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data73 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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