Marselisborg Gymnasium is a school of secondary education in Aarhus, Denmark. The school is a financially independent self-owning educational institution under the Danish state. The school offers the 3-year

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(STX) programme within five main branches;

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, music and, since 2006, sports through a partnership with

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. Marselisborg Gymnasium was founded in 1898 by ''Olaf Gudme'' under the name ''Marselisborg Boarding and Learned School''. The school became a popular alternative to Aarhus Katedralskole and was first expanded in 1904. From 1916 the school became owned by

Aarhus Municipality Aarhus Municipality ( da, Aarhus Kommune), known as Århus Municipality ( da, Århus Kommune) until 2011, is a municipality in Central Denmark Region, on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area ...

and in 1973 by

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. In the Danish Municipal Reform of 2007 the Danish counties were abolished and Marselisborg Gymnasium became independent and self-owning like most other Danish educational institutions.

Notable graduates

* 1942 –

Tage Skou-Hansen Tage Skou-Hansen (12 February 1925 – 11 November 2015) was a Danish writer, editor and scholar. Overview Born in the town of Fredericia, Tage Skou-Hansen graduated from Marselisborg Gymnasium in Aarhus and became a student of history of lite ...

, writer * 1957 –

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, writer * 1958 – Kurt Thyboe, journalist, writer * 1987 – Lars Hjortshøj, comedian * 1990 –

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, politician. Mayor of Aarhus and Minister of Parliament * 2007 – Sara Petersen, athlete

References

External links

Marselisborg Gymnasium

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