överlärare

English translation: principal (Am.Eng.) / headmaster (Br.Eng.)

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Swedish term or phrase:överlärare (för folkskola)
English translation:principal (Am.Eng.) / headmaster (Br.Eng.)
Entered by: Thomas Johansson

09:40 Sep 6, 2005
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / inom folkskolan tror jag
Swedish term or phrase: överlärare
"Redan 1901 hade överläraren Alfred Dalin beställt en geografisk läsebok för folkskolan."

which eventually resulted in Selma Lagerlöf's "Nils Holgerssons underbara resa".
Thomas Johansson
Peru
Local time: 07:38
principal
Explanation:
or headmaster, for an elementary school ("folkskola")
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asptech
Local time: 13:38
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principal


Explanation:
or headmaster, for an elementary school ("folkskola")

asptech
Local time: 13:38
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Larissa Ekonoja: headmaster or superintendent - headmaster is more correct
29 mins
  -> "Principal" is the American term - there is always the problem which to choose first

agree  George Hopkins: The head of the Technical College I attended in Britain in the 1940s was the Principal.
46 mins

agree  Madelen Neikter: Headmaster
2 hrs

agree  Helen Johnson: head teacher/headmaster/headmistress in UK English
5 hrs
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