Swedish_School_of_Sport_and_Health_Sciences

Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences

Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences

University college in Stockholm, Sweden

The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (Swedish: Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH) in Stockholm is a Swedish institution offering higher education in the fields of teaching profession in Physical Education, Sports coaching and Preventive health. The school offers both programmes and courses. It was founded as the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute (Swedish: Kungliga Gymnastiska Centralinstitutet, GCI)[1] in 1813 by Per Henrik Ling, which makes it the oldest university college in the world within the field of human movement sciences.

Main entrance

References

  1. [1]
    Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 132. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.

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