ABSTRACT
After the Second World War, the basic structural characteristics of academic study in Sweden were still strongly based on the ideals covered by the Statute of 1852 (chapter three). Students who studied at the university in Sweden were still required to first attend the academic preparatory school, the gymnasium, and pass the studentexam, the academic secondary examination. The purpose of the studentexam was established as a “shared set of cultural values which transcended disciplinary boundaries and set the students apart as a cultural elite1. Indeed, those students who entered the university “were few and privileged.”2
