Kolding Gymnasium is a Danish senior secondary school ('' gymnasium''), which, aside from the standard gymnasium courses, also offers the

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(known in Danish as the ''Højere Forberedelseseksamen'' or HF) and the

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.Kolding Gymnasium Uddannelser (Danish)
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History

Kolding Gymnasium was founded in 1542 by

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, Queen of Denmark, and relocated to new buildings in 1975, where it remains today. The school adopted the

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as one of its main types of education in 2002. In 2006 the school suffered extensive water damage, forcing some students to stay home for a week and take lessons during the Danish

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in order to reach the required number of lessons before the academic year-end. Since then, the school has had much ongoing repair; a new

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has been built, the façade of the school has been renovated, and a new ''knowledge centre'' has been built to house the school library.

References

{{reflist Schools in Denmark International Baccalaureate schools in Denmark Educational institutions established in the 1540s