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Hedvigslunds Förskola in Gävle

Preschool PINGSTFÖRSAMLINGEN I GÄVLE · Gävle, Gävleborgs County

HEDVIGSLUNDS FÖRSKOLA is a small independent preschool with 41 children.

HEDVIGSLUNDS FÖRSKOLA is a small independent preschool with 41 children. The share of staff with pedagogical higher education (26.4%) is below the national average of 43.6%.

The most important facts in 3 points

  1. Preschool in Gävle with 41 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

HEDVIGSLUNDS FÖRSKOLA is compared here with 75 other schools with the same school form in Gävle municipality; it has 41 children versus the municipal average of 62.

Share with pedagogical higher education: 26.4%, 25.1 percentage points below the municipal average and 17.2 percentage points below the national average.

Children per staff member is 4.2, 0.6 lower than the municipal average.

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School programmes

  • Preschool

Signals from the School Inspectorate and reporting channels

  • 26.4% of staff have pedagogical higher education — below the national average (43.6%).

Aerial view of the school

Aerial view of Hedvigslunds Förskola, 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 Gävle, Liljevägen 3, Gävle

School performance

Staff

26.4%
Share with pedagogical higher education

Municipality: 51.5% · Sweden: 43.6%

26.4% of staff have pedagogical higher education — 17.2 percentage points below the national average.

Share with pedagogical higher education Reliability: High reliability.
26.4% Municipality: 51.5% · Sweden: 43.6%
Children per staff member Reliability: High reliability.
4.2 Municipality: 4.8 · Sweden: 5.1
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 20 Jun 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: 19 Jun 2026

Who runs the school

Operator

PINGSTFÖRSAMLINGEN I GÄVLE
Independent operator

133 other schools in the municipality.

PINGSTFÖRSAMLINGEN I GÄVLE operates this school independently.

Operator Reliability: High reliability.
PINGSTFÖRSAMLINGEN I GÄVLE
Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
Independent
Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
133
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 20 Jun 2026

Next step: Apply for a place

Apply through Gävle e-service for preschool application.

Contact and address

Visiting address
LILJEVÄGEN 3, 80265 GÄVLE
Postal address
LILJEVÄGEN 3, 80265 GÄVLE
School unit code
forsk-365765

Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-06-20.

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  • ALMGÅRDEN Same municipality · 79 children
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About Gävle municipality

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

Schools
134
Avg. merit (yr 9)
209.2 −18.4
Certified teachers
74% in line
Pupils per teacher
12.8 +0.8

Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).

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In-depth metrics

Staff stability

Improving

71.9% qualified teachers in municipality (2025) ▲ + 3.7 pp over 5 years

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

This preschool

Preschool statistics

Key figures for HEDVIGSLUNDS FÖRSKOLA. Compared to municipal and national averages.

Enrolled children 41
Children per FTE 4.2 municipality: 4.8 , national: 5.0
Share with pedagogical higher education 26.4% municipality: 51.5% , national: 43.6%

Staff educational background (2025)

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

Category This preschool Municipality National
Pedagogical higher education preschool teachers and others with a Swedish higher-education degree 26% 51.5% 43.6%
Upper-secondary qualification for work with children childcare assistant training or equivalent 28% 15.4%
Some pedagogical training for example parts of a pedagogical education 28%
Other education other education, including foreign qualifications not validated in Sweden 17%
Other educational background (combined) comparison row for the two categories that municipal and national statistics publish together 45% 40.2%

Of which preschool-teacher degree: 26%

Municipal preschool data for Gävle (2025) (5 metrics)
Children per group 17.5 national: 15.0
Children/group, ages 1–3 14.5 national: 12.2
Children/group, ages 4–5 18.7 national: 16.1
Share with pedagogical higher education 51.5% national: 43.6%
Children per FTE (municipal average) 4.8 national: 5.0

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

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