In November 1948 the United States Office of Education received an invitation through the Embassy of Sweden, Washington, D.C., from the Sweden-America Foundation in Stockholm for Dr. Alina M. Lindegren, Specialist in European Education to visit Sweden for three weeks in January, February or March 1949 as a guest of the Foundation. The idea behind the invitation was to give Dr. Lindegren an opportunity to meet people working in the education field in Sweden and to discuss with them matters of mutual interest to educators in Sweden and in the United States, particularly the questions of the evaluation of Swedish student credentials. Arrangements were made for her also to visit schools and to talk with teachers and pupils. The present study is based on data gathered by the author during her visit to Sweden in January 1949 and supplemented since then through documentation. Bibliography and glossary are included. (Contains 23 tables.) [Best copy available has been provided.]