Förskolan Björkenäs-ljusstaden in Kalmar

PreschoolOperator: Kalmar Municipality · Kalmar, Kalmar County

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FÖRSKOLAN BJÖRKENÄS-LJUSSTADEN is a large municipal preschool with 213 children.

FÖRSKOLAN BJÖRKENÄS-LJUSSTADEN is a large municipal preschool with 213 children. The share of staff with pedagogical higher education (63.2%) is above the national average of 43.6%.

Next steps

The most important facts in 3 points

  1. Preschool in Kalmar with 213 enrolled children.
  2. Preschools are not covered by our inspection sync; check the Inspectorate or municipality if needed.
  3. Applying? Go to the school's application link on this page.

Skolkoll interpretation

FÖRSKOLAN BJÖRKENÄS-LJUSSTADEN is compared here with 34 other schools with the same school form in Kalmar municipality; it has 213 children versus the municipal average of 98.

Share with pedagogical higher education: 63.2%, 1.0 percentage point below the municipal average and 19.6 percentage points above the national average.

Children per staff member is 5.7, 0.3 higher than the municipal average.

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There is still too little history to interpret the trend safely.

This affects

  • Certified teachers
  • Pupils per teacher
  • Number of pupils
  • This staffing metric is affected by FTE definitions, local reporting practices, and temporary vacancies.
  • Pupil counts may be privacy-suppressed for small units and are not always updated on the same cadence as other indicators.

Other values here do not have this specific note.

School programmes

  • Preschool

Things to look into

No clear flag.

No clear attention flags from key-figure deviations or the School Inspectorate's public register. Detailed inspection history is shown in the "Safety & Inspection" card below.

Aerial view of the school

Aerial view of Förskolan Björkenäs-ljusstaden, orthophoto from Lantmäteriet

The school's property boundary and buildings from the Swedish Land Survey's property register. Updated 2026. Source: Lantmäteriet · CC BY 4.0

Entrances:1 Kalmar, Björkenäsvägen 10A, Kalmar

School performance

Staff

63.2%
Share with pedagogical higher education

Municipality: 64.2% · Sweden: 43.6%

63.2% of staff have pedagogical higher education — 19.6 percentage points above the national average.

Share with pedagogical higher education Reliability: High reliability.
63.2%Municipality: 64.2% · Sweden: 43.6%
Children per staff member Reliability: High reliability.
5.7Municipality: 5.4 · Sweden: 5.1
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

School environment

Safety & Inspection

No active cases
Recently inspected

No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate.

Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
0
High reliability — Inspection register and Skolenkäten survey.

Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Who runs the school

Operator

KALMAR KOMMUN
Municipal operator

73 other schools in the municipality.

Kalmar Municipality
Municipal operator:Kalmar MunicipalityKalmar Municipality · 74 schools in the municipality

KALMAR KOMMUN is the operator. The municipality has 73 other schools.

Operator Reliability: High reliability.
KALMAR KOMMUN
Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
Municipal own operation
Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
73
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Next step: Apply for a place

Apply through Kalmar e-service for preschool application.

Contact and address

Visiting address
BJÖRKENÄSVÄGEN 10-12, 39359 KALMAR
Postal address
BOX 611, 39126 KALMAR
School unit code
forsk-798312

Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-07-05.

Everyday travelAreas that reach the school within 15 minutes.

Reachability from the school
15 min on foot
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Nearest and similar schools

  • FÖRSKOLAN DJURÄNGENSame municipality· 123 children
  • FÖRSKOLAN EKANSame municipality· 19 children
  • FÖRSKOLAN HAGBYSame municipality· 133 children

About Kalmar municipality

School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.

Schools
74
Avg. merit (yr 9)
227.2in line
Certified teachers
84%+10 pp
Pupils per teacher
11.9in line

Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).

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In-depth metrics

Staff stability

Stable

87.7% qualified teachers in municipality (2025)≈ unchanged over 5 years

Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).

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Preschool statistics

Key figures for FÖRSKOLAN BJÖRKENÄS-LJUSSTADEN. Compared to municipal and national averages.

Enrolled children213
Children per FTE5.7municipality: 5.4, national: 5.0
Share with pedagogical higher education63.2%municipality: 64.2%, national: 43.6%

Staff educational background (2025)

Skolverket's mutually exclusive categories for staff in the preschool unit.

CategoryThis preschoolMunicipalityNational
Pedagogical higher educationpreschool teachers and others with a Swedish higher-education degree63%64.2%43.6%
Upper-secondary qualification for work with childrenchildcare assistant training or equivalent10%17.5%15.4%
Some pedagogical trainingfor example parts of a pedagogical education22%
Other educationother education, including foreign qualifications not validated in Sweden5%
Other educational background (combined)comparison row for the two categories that municipal and national statistics publish together27%18.4%40.2%

Of which preschool-teacher degree: 63%

Municipal preschool data for Kalmar (2025) (5 metrics)
Children per group15.5national: 15.0
Children/group, ages 1–313.4national: 12.2
Children/group, ages 4–517.4national: 16.1
Share with pedagogical higher education64.2%national: 43.6%
Children per FTE (municipal average)5.4national: 5.0

National average calculated from all 290 municipalities. Municipal data is aggregated and applies to all preschools in Kalmar. Source: Skolverket preschool statistics. Updated annually.

Data coverage

What we do not know about Förskolan Björkenäs-ljusstaden

Open school data is not complete. Use this as a checklist for what to verify with the school, provider or municipality.

  • MissingResults and score inputsSkolkoll score is not shown for this school type or lacks enough underlying data.
  • MissingEligibility and goal attainmentGrades, eligibility and goal-attainment data may be missing, suppressed or available only for some grades and school types.
  • UncertainResources, teachers and staffTeacher and resource metrics do not always show subject mix, vacancies, student-health workflows or everyday staffing.
  • MissingSupport resources and student healthWe do not yet have a verified national data source for special education, student health, adaptations, language support or contact routes per school.
  • MissingSafety and study environmentWe lack current or displayable survey data about safety and study environment for this school.
  • UncertainAdmissions, placement and important datesMunicipal placement rules, queues and important dates require a local source and should be checked with the municipality or school.
  • MissingVisits, facilities and everyday environmentWe lack sourced open-house information for this school. Facilities, accessibility and everyday environment are often not open comparable data.

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