How crowded it is varies between schools. The congestion mainly applies to the older schools in the inner city. To remedy the situation, the education and labor market administration, together with Leanlink diet and restaurant (the municipal unit that delivers school lunches), has been commissioned to find options.

- There are three alternatives: partly that some eat in the dining room as usual. Then we look at whether some can eat at a restaurant and thirdly hand out lunch boxes, says Åsa Wennergren (L), chair of the education committee.

Affects thousands of students

This autumn, there are a total of 4,711 students at Linköping's municipal upper secondary schools: Birgittaskolan 583, Berzeliusskolan 1 028, Folkungaskolan 751, Katedralskolan 1 244, Anders Ljungstedts gymnasium 977 and Sankt Lars gymnasium 128.

The agreement will cover the autumn term 2020 with the possibility of extending the spring term next year.