Ressu high school
| Ressu high school | |
|---|---|
| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1891 |
| place | Helsinki |
| Maakunta | Uusimaa |
| Country | Finland |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 10 ′ 1 ″ N , 24 ° 56 ′ 18 ″ E |
| student | 680 |
| Website | www.hel.fi |
The Ressu-Gymnasium (Finnish. Ressun lukio ) is a Finnish educational institution of the second grade ( school years 10 to 12). The high school building is located in the center of Helsinki . The grammar school was founded in 1891 under the name Finnish Realgymnasium Helsinki ( Helsingin Suomalainen Reaalilyseo ) in order to counterbalance the schools focused on Latin and the humanities. It is one of the oldest Finnish-speaking grammar schools in Finland and was the first school in the Finnish capital to specialize in modern languages and science. Today the school houses around 680 students.
Known students
- Väinö Tanner (1881-1966), who later became Prime Minister of Finland, attended the Finnish Realgymnasium in Helsinki from 1892 and graduated from high school in 1900 as the best in his class