Stockholm Town Housemaid School Explained

Stockholm Town Housemaid School
Location:Stockholm
Country:Sweden
Type:Vocational school

The Stockholm Town Housemaid School (sv|Stockholms stads hembiträdesskola) was a vocational school started in 1938 at Scheelegatan 8 on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. The school educated housemaids.

It was established during a shortage of housemaids, and the idea was well received. It had long been the goal of the Stockholm Housemaid Union to establish such a school. The students were graded, and the classes were photographed wearing housemaid uniforms.[1]

Harald Norbelie has depicted the school in a chapter of the 1993 book Swedish: Mera gata upp och gata ner: människor och miljöer i Stockholm förr och nu.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Den evinnerliga hembiträdesfrågan / Harald Norbelie. Stockholmskällan. Swedish. 1993. 26 September 2011.