Abstract
Sweden has a very egalitarian culture, with the ‘Law of Jante’, suggesting that ‘you are not to think you are special or that you are any better than us’, holding a strong position in society. This is reflected in the country’s education policy, where there is hardly any differentiation, except to some extent in the system of private schools that exists alongside the state education system. However, Swedish results in the PISA report, comparing 15-year-old’s educational achievements internationally, have steadily declined. In the 2012 survey Sweden reached a new low, scoring the worst of all European OECD countries. These disturbing results will probably lead to changes in the education system in the near future and may lead to a more welcoming approach to excellence initiatives. Some experimental initiatives in upper secondary education were found, and a recent government initiative stimulates the development of special education programs for talented primary and secondary school students. However, no honors programs were found at the 31 Swedish higher education institutions studied.
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