Aalborg Cathedral School ( da, Aalborg Katedralskole) is the oldest gymnasium in North Jutland, Denmark. There are about 80 teachers at Aalborg Cathedral School and approximately 760 students who are assigned to 24 high school classes and 6

Higher Preparatory Examination (HF) The Higher Preparatory Examination (in Danish: ''Højere Forberedelseseksamen'' or ''HF'') is a 2-year general upper secondary programme building on to the 10th form of the Folkeskole and leading to the higher preparatory examination (the HF- ...

-classes.

History

The exact date of foundation is not known, but historical documents indicate that in 1540 King Christian III of Denmark gave the school a wing of the old

Hospital of the Holy Ghost, Aalborg The Hospital of the Holy Ghost, Aalborg ( da, Helligåndsklostret i Aalborg), the buildings of which, although now without any religious function, are still known as ''Aalborg Kloster'' (lit. ''Aalborg Monastery''), is a former establishment of th ...

(''Helligåndsklostret i Aalborg'') after the dissolution of the Danish monasteries. For many years the church was an integral part of the school but in 1814 it moved from the monastery buildings in Jomfru Ane Gade. In 1886–1889 the school moved to its current location in a newly built school in Sct. Jørgens Gade (orig. Saxogade), designed by

Vilhelm Theodor Walther Vilhelm Theodor Walther (13 November 1819 – 28 August 1892) was a Danish architect and Royal Building Inspector for Jutland. He was born in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark and died in Aarhus. He was twice awarded the Academy's Neuhausen Prize (''Neuhaus ...

(1819-1892). The school was rebuilt during 1924–1926 under the direction of architect Einar Packness (1879-1952) and expanded 1959–1960 under design by Leopold Teschl (1911–1989). The school has since been expanded several times, including in the 1980s, when the sports hall and science wing was built after drawing by

Kjær & Richter Kjær & Richter is a Danish architectural practice founded in 1967 by Werner Kjær (1924–1998) and Johan Richter (1925–1998). The company is an extension of the practice ''Richter & Gravers'' established by Johan Richter and Arne Gravers in ...

. Recently, a completely new building was built with 10 new classrooms, so that the school is now better equipped to meet the new teaching methods, which are a part of secondary education and higher preparatory reform. The school's main building is newly refurbished including a library and study centre on the ground floor. The first Danish resistance group during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

– Churchill-klubben – consisted of pupils from Aalborg Cathedral School. Their actions inspired the 1994 book '' The Boys from St. Petri'' (New York, NY: Puffin Books, 1996) by Bjarne Reuter. Alumni have included publisher

Søren Gyldendal Søren Gyldendal (12 April 1742 – 8 February 1802) was a Danish bookstore owner who founded Gyldendal which became Denmark's largest publishing house. Biography Søren Jensen Gyldendal was born at Aars in Vesthimmerland, Denmark. Gyldendal ...

(1742–1802), historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1854- 1928), architect

Jørn Utzon Jørn Oberg Utzon, , Hon. FAIA (; 9 April 191829 November 2008) was a Danish architect. He was most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia, completed in 1973. When it was declared a World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007, Utzon ...

(1918–2008) and the current Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen.

References

External links

Aalborg Cathedral School website
Gymnasiums in Denmark Education in Aalborg Buildings and structures in Aalborg Educational institutions established in the 1540s 16th-century establishments in Denmark {{Denmark-school-stub