Grade (education)

:For meanings of GPA other than Grade point average, see GPA (disambiguation).

Sweden

These grades are used in Grundskola and Gymnasium:

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• MVG - Mycket väl godkänd (Passed with special distinction)
• VG - Väl godkänd (Passed with distinction)
• G - Godkänd (Passed)
• IG - Icke godkänd (Fail)

When grading tests, the following limits are sometimes used:

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• >90% - MVG
• >75% - VG
• >50% - G
• <50% - IG

but the grades relate to stated goals and not to a certain percentile of students. Until the nineties relative grades on the scale 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 were used. The scale was intended to have a national average of 3 and a standard deviation of 1. 5 was the highest grade.

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Up until the sixties yet another scale was used:

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• A - Berömlig (Passed with great distinction)
• a - Med utmärkt beröm godkänd (Passed with distinction)
• AB - Med beröm godkänd (Passed with great credit)
• Ba - Icke utan beröm godkänd (Passed with credit)
• B - Godkänd (Passed)
• Bc - Icke fullt godkänd (Not entirely passable)
• C - Underkänd (Fail)

A was the highest grade, but rarely given.

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Universities, with some exceptions, use:

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• VG - Väl godkänd (Passed with distinction)
• G - Godkänd (Passed)
• U - Underkänd (Fail)

Engineering colleges and universities use (5 is the highest grade):

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• 5
• 4
• 3
• U - Underkänd (Fail)