Normal Lyceum of Helsinki

Normal Lyceum of Helsinki (In Finnish; Helsingin normaalilyseo) is a school in Helsinki, Finland, consisting of the upper part of primary school (peruskoulun yläaste, grades 7 to 9) and secondary school (lukio). It is one of the oldest still active Finnish-language schools in Finland. The school is located at Ratakatu 6 in Punavuori.

Unlike most other schools in Helsinki, the school is not owned by the city of Helsinki, but is instead part of the University of Helsinki, which itself is owned directly by the state of Finland. The school is a separate unit of the Faculty of behavioural sciences at the University of Helsinki. The school is considered one of the most prestigious. It is the hardest to get into, in the entire country, tied with Ressun Lukio. In 2023 the school had a total of about 740 students, of which about 480 were at primary school and about 260 at secondary school. In 2025 the minimum required grade average to get to the secondary school was 9.69 out of 10. Since 2015, Doctor of behavioural sciences Tapio Lahtero has served as the principal of the school.

The established nickname for the school is Norssi, which also means a student of the school. Former students who have graduated from the school are called vanha Norssi (Finnish for "old Norssi"). The school has a constant, good-natured rivalry with Ressun lukio (Ressu Upper Secondary School, previously known as "Helsingin reaalilyseo") and Helsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu which are considered even more prestigious than the Normal Lyceum by some.

The long history of the school as a classical school is still evident from the fact that it is one of the few schools in Finland offering tuition in Latin from grade 7 at primary school onwards. The motto of the school is the Latin phrase "Non scholae sed vitae discimus" ("We are not studying for the sake of the school, but for the sake of life").