förskola

Etymology
From ("pre-", "before") +   ("school").

Noun

 * 1)  preschool/nursery school educational institution for children, usually aged 1 to 6, who not yet have begun primary school, or grundskola in Swedish
 * 2)  (since August 2015 compulsory) educational institution for children (usually between 6 and 7 years old) the last year before beginning primary school; equivalent to förskoleklass in Sweden (which, however, as opposed to Finland's förskola or esikoulu in Finnish, is part of the primary school as "grade 0")
 * 1)  (since August 2015 compulsory) educational institution for children (usually between 6 and 7 years old) the last year before beginning primary school; equivalent to förskoleklass in Sweden (which, however, as opposed to Finland's förskola or esikoulu in Finnish, is part of the primary school as "grade 0")