What fabbe92 is talking about is that in Sweden we have two public schools which have an combined natural science/commercial pilot programme.
The programme is state sponsored an you will get CPL/SE/NQ and 150h (more if you need it.), all for free. The schools accepts applications from the whole country and anyone who has finished the first (aged 16) of three years at the natural science programme or the technical programme (the two most accademic demanding upper secondary programmes in Sweden) can apply.
The first phase of the selection is based on your previous grades, and if you make the first cut you are called to and assessment in Stockholm. This include psychometric tests, interviews and a medical class 1. Things the assessment people look at specialy is maturity, because if you make it throu selection you are expected not only to cope with regular school, flight school, but also to move away from home at the age of 16,17 years to your own appartment with every things that comes with that. The final phase is an ranking and 70-80 highest ranked students are offered to start training.
As you can guess it's highly competitive to get in. I don't have an exact number of how many that apply every year, but I have heard anything from 400 up to 900.
/Ex student