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Hammarstedtska skolan(The Hammarstedt School), also known as Hammarstedtska flickpensionen (The Hammarstedt Girl's Pension) and Hammarstedtska pensionen (The Hammarstedt Pension) was a Swedish Girls' school or finishing school, active between 1855 and 1881 in Stockholm. It was regarded as one of the most exclusive and progressive of its kind in mid 19th-century Stockholm.

The pension was founded by the unmarried noblewoman Sofia Posse in 1855, but she died the same year and the pension was taken over by Frederique Hammarstedt, one of the students of Cecilia Fryxell.

The school was recommended especially for the education of the German language, then progressive as girls were normally only taught French. Hammarstedt also introduced the subject and practice of hygiene, a new a progressive subject in the mid 19th-century. Despite this, the establishment could be regarded as more of a finishing school than an academic institution, with the goal to foster students to "ladies" rather than to academics. As was distinctive for such a school, it was characterized as a "home" rather than a school. During a period when the Free churchs spread rapidly, which concerned many conservatives, Frederique Hammarstedt was recommended for her strict adherence to the state church. The Hammarstedtska skolan was regarded as one of the finest pensions for girls from the upper classes in mid 19th-century Stockholm. Among its famous students were the philanthropist Agda Montelius, the writer Gurli Linder and the artist Anna Billing.

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