Roskilde Gymnasium is a gymnasium (upper secondary school) in central

Roskilde Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...

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. It is based in the historical premises of

Roskilde Cathedral School Roskilde Cathedral School ( da, Roskilde Katedralskole, Roskilde Domskole) is a historic high school in Roskilde, Denmark. It was established around 1020 with close connections to Roskilde Cathedral. The school has since 1969 been located on Holbæ ...

, facing the square in front of

Roskilde Cathedral Roskilde Cathedral ( da, Roskilde Domkirke), in the city of Roskilde on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark, is a cathedral of the Lutheranism, Lutheran Church of Denmark. The cathedral is the most importan ...

. The school has 1030 students and 90 teachers and a wide variety of study programs.

History

was established in the grounds outside

as far back as 1020. in the 1960s it had outgrown its campus which could not be expanded due to the historical surroundings and it therefore moved to a new site on Holbækvej in Hyrdehøj in 1969.

Roskilde Municipality Roskilde municipality ( da, Roskilde kommune) is a municipality in Region Sjælland, 30 km west of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in east Denmark. The biggest city is Roskilde, the municipality covers an area of 212 ...

established a temporary school in the old buildings and in 1979 it was taken over by

Copenhagen County Københavns Amt () is a former county (Danish, ''amt'') on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. It covered the municipalities in the metropolitan Copenhagen area, with the exception of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg. Effective ...

under the name ''Roskilde Amtsgymnasium''. The school was taken over in 2007 when the Danish counties were abolished in the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform and changed its name to Roskilde Gymnasium.

Campus

The main building facing the cathedral square is from 1842 and was designed by

Jørgen Hansen Koch Jørgen Hansen Koch (4 September 1787 – 30 January 1860) was a Neoclassical Danish architect. He was chief of the national Danish building administration from 1835 and director of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1844 to 1849. K ...

(1787–1860) in the Neoclassical style but integrates medieval parts. It has later been expanded several times. Most recently, a new Science Centre has been built in the so-called Latin Garden in 2012.

Notable alumni

* Claus Larsen-Jensen, politician * Mette Gjerskov, politician * Zenia Stampe, politician

References

External links

Official website
{{Roskilde Gymnasiums in Denmark Education in Roskilde Jørgen Hansen Koch buildings Listed buildings and structures in Roskilde Municipality Listed educational buildings in Denmark School buildings completed in 1842