Lørenskog Upper Secondary School () is an upper secondary school in

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in Akershus county,

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. Established in 1972, it is one of two upper secondary schools in Lørenskog municipality along with Mailand Upper Secondary School.

History

The school was established in 1972 as ''Lørenskog Gymnasium''. Its initial buildings, which was located on a farm in

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was previously used as a

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. However, due to the recent construction of a new town hall at

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, the farm became available for the new school to use. Two years after opening, it was renamed ''Lørenskog School Center'', the school was understaffed and the classrooms were tiny, the science classes had to be done at the nearby Fjellhamar elementary school, and the school had only one full-time employee which was the principal. By this time the number of students had exceeded 500. In 1976 new education laws were adopted which created the so-called "combined schools", which meant that all of the different forms of secondary education would be combined into a new "Upper Secondary School (). This new model included four different programmes for students; General education, Household, Crafts-and Industry and Commercial education. By the year 1980 the number of students had reached 750. The number of applicants for the General Education programme was initially so great that the school had to reject a great number of students from Lørenskog. This meant that a large number of the youth in Lørenskog had to travel to

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for their secondary education. The school introduced in 1996 a two-year programme for adult-education, designed for adults to complete their high-school diploma, or take new courses.

Education

The school currently offers the following programmes at 1st 2nd and 3rd year level: General Studies, Sports studies, Restaurant and food processing studies, Design-and crafts studies, and a department of

special education Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual di ...

. In addition the school offers a two-year programme for adult education.

Notable alumni

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, Speed skater *

Noman Mubashir Noman Mubashir (born June 13, 1974) is a Norway, Norwegian journalist employed by the NRK. Of Pakistani descent, early in his career he hosted the multi-ethnic programme Migrapolis on NRK and later worked as a news anchor on Østlandssendingen, ...

, journalist * M2M, Former Pop Duo **

Marit Larsen Marit Elisabeth Larsen (born 1 July 1983) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She began playing violin aged five and played it until the age of eight. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a member of the pop duo M2M with ...

, Pop Artist **

Marion Raven Marion Elise Ravn (born 25 May 1984), better known as Marion Raven, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. Raven formed the pop duo M2M with Marit Larsen, though they ceased performing together in 2002. Raven was later signed as a solo artist b ...

, Pop-Rock Artist *

John Carew John Alieu Carew (born 5 September 1979) is a Norwegian actor and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was capped 91 times and scored 24 goals for the Norway national team. Club career Vålerenga Carew began his career ...

, footballer *

Kristoffer Tokstad Kristoffer Tokstad (born 5 July 1991) is a Norwegian professional footballer who currently plays for Norwegian First Division club Mjøndalen. Career Before transferring to Lillestrøm he played youth football for Lørenskog IF. He signed for L ...

, footballer * Marianne Aulie, model and artist *

Tom Nordlie Tom Nordlie (born 2 March 1962) is a Norwegian football coach. He has managed several top Norwegian football teams. Playing career Nordlie was not a footballer himself, but he did play for the national water polo team. He has his education from ...

, football manager

References

External links

Official site
1972 establishments in Norway Secondary schools in Norway Lørenskog Education in Akershus Educational institutions established in 1972 Akershus County Municipality {{Norway-school-stub