N. Zahle's School (

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: N. Zahles Skole) is a private school located on

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. Named after its founder,

Natalie Zahle Ida Charlotte Natalie Zahle (11 June 1827 – 11 August 1913) was a Danish reform pedagogue and pioneer of women's education. She founded N. Zahle's School in 1851. Life Her parents were the Roskilde vicar Ernst Sophus Wilhelm Zahle (1797-1837) ...

(1827–1913), it now consists of two independently run primary schools and a Gymnasium.

History

On 1 May 1851, Natalie Zahle launched a programme for the training of female private teachers. It developed into a proper

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in 1861 after women had been given access to teach at Danish public schools in 1859. The gymnasium traces its history back to a programme that was introduced in 1877. The primary school now known as ''N. Zahles Seminarieskole'' was founded in 1895 as a preparatory school for the teachers college. The schools were opened to boys in the 1950s. The teachers' college was disjoined from the institution in 2002 and is now part of University College of Copenhagen. The school's first home was a small apartment in the no longer existing street Hummergade. It later moved to larger premises on

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and finally to a new building on

in 1877. The school later took over several of the neighbouring buildings.

Buildings

Nørre Voldgade 7 was designed by Frederik Bøttger (1838–1920) and completed in 1877. The adjoining building at No. 5 originally housed ''Østifternes Kreditforening'' and later the insurance company ''Forsikringsselskabet National''. This building was designed by

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(1840–1911) and is from 1875. The building which houses ''N. Zahles Seminarieskole'' faces the square

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on the other side of the block. The building was expanded with an extra floor by Rørbæk & Møller Arkitekter in 2012.

Alumni

Notable alumni have included: * Anna Hude (1858–1934) *

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(1858-1923) * Karen Ankersted (1859–1921) *

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(1867–1938) *

Ellen Hørup Ellen Gunhilde Hørup (29 December 1871 – 25 March 1953) was a Danish journalist and non-fiction writer. She wrote extensively in several languages including English in support of peace, improvements in childcare, and women's rights. Hørup was a ...

(1871-1953) * Ellen Nielsen (1871-1960) *

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(1874-1943) * Lis Jacobsen (1882-1961) *

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(born 1944) *

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(born 1946)

References

External links

Official website
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