Rysensteen Gymnasium is a
gymnasium (upper
secondary school
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) in
Copenhagen
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,
Denmark
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The school was established in 1881 as
Laura Engelhardts Skole ("Laura Engelhardt's School") at
Stormgade
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16. In 1895 the school was moved to
Rysensteensgade 3, and after being taken over by the
Copenhagen Municipality
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renamed Rysensteen Gymnasium. In 1932 the school moved to
Tietensgade. Around the turn of the millennium the school got new classrooms in
The Brown Kødby old stables, for the subjects
geography
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,
visual arts
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,
chemistry
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,
biology
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and
physics
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. In 2002 the main building was renovated, and in 2003 a new music room was built.
In 2011 the School chose to rent additional classrooms in
The White Kødby because of space constraints, the classrooms are located 7-8 minutes by foot, from the school's main building.
Notable alumni
With graduation dates:
* 1931
Kirsten Auken
Kirsten Auken (25 June 1913 – 21 January 1968) was a Danish sexologist and politician, who was one of the leading proponents of the introduction of sex education in Denmark. She was the mother of politicians Margrete Auken and Svend Auken.
Bio ...
– medical doctor
* 1944
Bodil Udsen
Bodil Birgitte Udsen (12 January 1925 – 26 February 2008) was a Danish actress.
She was a student at the Rysensteen Gymnasium in Copenhagen in 1944 and entered film in 1955. She also worked extensively in Danish theatre and appeared in the ...
– actress
* 1955
Ester Larsen – politician
* 1966
Karen Jespersen Karen Moustgaard Jespersen (born 17 January 1947 in Copenhagen) is a Danish journalist and former politician representing the party Venstre.
Early life
Born in Copenhagen, she's the daughter of labourer Knud Jespersen and delicatessen owner Anna J ...
– politician
* 1983
Line Barfod
Line Barfod (born 24 May 1964, in Copenhagen) is a lawyer and politician in Denmark. She is a former member of the Folketing (Denmark, Danish parliament) for the Red-Green Alliance (Denmark), Red-Green Alliance.
Line Barfod is the daughter of ret ...
- politician
* 1983
Naser Khader
Naser Khader ( ar, ناصر خضر Levantine pronunciation: ; born 1 July 1963) is a Syrian-Danish politician who is a member of the Folketing as an independent politician. Until 2021 he was a member of the Conservative People's Party.
H ...
– politician
* 1987
Manu Sareen
Manu Sareen (born 16 May 1968 in India) is the former Minister for Equality and former Church and Nordic Cooperation, in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt and former and member of the Copenhagen City Council, elected for the Danish Social L ...
- politician, writer of children's books
* 1992
Iben Claces - writer
Headmasters
* 1919-1931 Maria Nielsen (1882-1931)
* 1931-1950 Anne Marie Bo (1885-1972)
* 1950-1963 Aagot Lading (1909-1963)
* 1963-1970 Svend Atke (1910-
* 1970-1994 Birthe Christensen (1927-
* 1994-1999 Johannes Nymark (1944-
* 1.10.1999- Gitte Harding Transbøl
External links
Rysensteen Gymnasium(in Danish)
Gymnasiums in Copenhagen
Educational institutions established in 1881
1881 establishments in Denmark
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