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Bergen Cathedral School

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|motto = Ex sapientia libertas

|established = {{start date and age|1153}}

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|type = Upper secondary school

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|district = Vestland county municipality

|grades = VG1 - VG3

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|head of school = Karen Kristine Rasmussen

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|staff = 95

|students = 850

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|location = Kong Oscarsgt. 36
5017 Bergen

|country = NOR

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|website = https://www.bergenkatedralskole.vgs.no

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Bergen Cathedral School (Norwegian: Bergen Katedralskole, Latin: Schola Cathedralis Bergensis, formerly known as Bergens lærdeskole and Bergen latinskole and colloquially known as Katten) is an upper secondary school in Bergen, Norway. Located in the city centre, next to Bergen Cathedral, the school has about 850 students,{{Cite web|url=https://utdanning.no/org/vilbli_no_adr_8547|title=Bergen katedralskole|year=2017|publisher=Utdanning.no|language=no|access-date=2017-01-31|author=vilbli.no}} 95 full-time teachers,{{Cite web|url=http://www.hordaland.no/nb-NO/skole/bergenkatedralskole/faste-sider/ansatte/|title=Ansatte - Bergen katedralskole|website=www.hordaland.no|access-date=2017-02-06}} and 5 administration personnel,{{Cite web|url=http://www.bergenkatedralskole.vgs.no/om-skulen/skulen-var/leiing-og-administrasjon|access-date=2023-10-16 |title=Leiing og administrasjon }} including the headmaster, Karen Kristine Rasmussen.

The school is considered to have been founded in 1153 by Nicholas Breakspear (later Pope Adrian IV), making the school the second oldest in Norway together with Oslo Cathedral School and Hamar Cathedral School, which were founded the same year, one year after the founding of Trondheim Cathedral School.

History

Although the earliest written records documenting the school's existence date back to 1288, Bergen Cathedral School is believed to have been founded in 1153 by Nicholas Breakspear, who became Pope Adrian IV in 1154. It was founded as a theological school for the education of priests. Pupils would start attending the school around the age of seven. Until the school reform in 1806, the school was tied to the church.

Image:HolbergKatedralskolenBergen.jpg

The school moved to its present location in 1840. The original building is still in use as the offices for the administration, as well as some classrooms. This building also houses the school library. In 1869 the school's gyms were built, and the same year the school changed its name from "Bergen Latinskole" to its present "Bergen katedralskole".

The school was independent until 1896, but has been administered by the government since. In 1972, the school was made a regular upper secondary school administered by the county government.

Buildings

A classrooms-only building was built in 1957. Another building, containing science laboratories, computer rooms and a cafeteria was built in 1992.

In July 2007, large amounts of mold were discovered in the building from 1840. This led to the building getting closed, resulting in a shortage of teacher offices.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bt.no/lokalt/bergen/article383043.ece|title=Stenger Katten|access-date=2007-10-19|publisher=bt.no|year=2007|author=Christian Lura|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714223312/http://www.bt.no/lokalt/bergen/article383043.ece|archive-date=2007-07-14}} The building contains several old classrooms, an auditorium and the school library, which is the oldest library known in Norway. For a while, the school administration considered delaying the start of the term, but this did not happen as the teachers and the day-time adult education classes ended up moving into temporary barracks in the schoolyards of Bergen Cathedral School and Tanks Upper Secondary School.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bt.no/lokalt/bergen/article390259.ece|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222210526/http://www.bt.no/lokalt/bergen/article390259.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-22|title=Husløse tre uker før skolestart|access-date=2007-10-19|publisher=bt.no|year=2007|author=Gudrun Sylte|language=no}} In February 2008, it was decided that the building would be renovated at a price of 6 million NOK as a temporary solution that would last until at least 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hordaland.no/templates/page.aspx?id=9076|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222230200/http://www.hordaland.no/templates/page.aspx?id=9076|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-22|title=Mellombels utbetring ved Bergen katedralskole - Hordaland Fylkeskommune|access-date=2008-04-01|publisher=Hordaland County Municipality|year=2008|author=Stanley Hauge|language=no}}

From 2016 to 2017, the original building was closed for renovation and an additional building was being added between it and the classroom wing. The administration, the school library and some classes were temporarily located at the former Tanks school.

Academics

Image:HolbergKatedralskolenInskripsjonBergen.jpg was a student here (1694 to 1702)]]

Of the mainline courses offered in Norwegian upper secondary schools, only the generalist line, studiespesialisering, is offered by Bergen Cathedral School. The school is the only one in Bergen offering the IB Diploma Programme, from which about forty students graduate per year. In the 2005–2006 school year, the senior year students of Bergen Cathedral School received the third best grades in Western Norway, which was the highest achieving region of Norway.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bt.no/lokalt/bergen/article420100.ece|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222203907/http://www.bt.no/lokalt/bergen/article420100.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-22|title=Vest best i skoletest|access-date=2007-10-19|publisher=bt.no|year=2007|author=Øyvind Lefdal Eidsvik|language=no}} The school has a reputation as a prestigious school, because of its history and high grade requirements.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bt.no/utdanning/article347772.ece|title=Katten og BHG ned fra tronen|access-date=2007-10-19|publisher=bt.no|year=2007|author=Krister Clausen Hoaas|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718165615/http://www.bt.no/utdanning/article347772.ece|archive-date=2007-07-18}}

Notable people

=Alumni=

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A number of the most famous alumni in the history of the school are engraved in a plaque in the old building from 1840:

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  • Alf Torp (1853-1916), philologist
  • Gerhard Gran (1856-1925), writer{{cite encyclopedia|year=2001|volume=3|title=Gerhard Gran|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|editor=Helle, Knut|first=Sigurd Aa|last=Aarnes|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Gerhard_Gran/utdypning|language=no|access-date=22 March 2009|editor-link=Knut Helle}}
  • Christian Michelsen (1857-1925), shipping magnate and Prime Minister
  • Lauritz Stub Wiberg (1875-1929), actor
  • Harald Sæverud (1897-1992), composer{{cite book | last = Reitan | first = Lorentz |author2=Inger Bentzon | title = Harald Sæverud : (1897-1992) : mannen, musikken og mytene | publisher = Forum/Aschehoug | year = 1997 | location = Oslo | pages = 36–37 | url = http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009030404054 | isbn = 82-03-29078-7 }}
  • Helge Ingstad (1899-2001), polar explorer, lawyer, Governor of Norwegian Occupied East Greenland 1932-33
  • Nordahl Grieg (1902-1943), poet, novelist, dramatist, and journalist
  • Johan Nielsen (1885-1963), Norwegian sailor priest with an outstanding history and footprint from South American to the Far East.{{cite book |last1=Henriksen |first1=Ingar |title=Sjømannspresten |date=1964 |publisher=Den norske Sjømannsmisjons forlag |location=J.W.Eides Boktrykkeri Bergen}}{{cite book |last1=Nielsen |first1=Johan |title=Av en sjømannsprests loggbok |date=1946 |publisher=Den norske sjømannsmisjons forlag |location=Bergen}}
  • Per Hysing-Dahl (1920-1989), politician{{cite book | last = Hysing-Dahl | first = Per | title = Vingeslag : fra cockpiten til presidentplassen | publisher = Aschehoug | year = 1990 | location = Oslo | pages = 25 | url = http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2007110801075 | isbn = 82-03-16376-9 }}

=Other notable alumni=

  • Johan Koren Christie (1814–1885), writer{{cite encyclopedia|title=Christie, Johan Koren|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|editor=Bull, Edvard |editor-link=Edvard Bull, Sr. |editor2=Jansen, Einar |editor2-link=Einar Jansen |edition=1st|first=Francis|last=Bull|author-link=Francis Bull|year=1926|volume=3|pages=9–11|language=no}}
  • Hartvig Lassen (1824-1897), editor and historian{{cite book | last = Aarnes | first = Sigurd | title = "Og nevner vi Henrik Wergelands navn" : Wergeland-kultusen som nasjonsbyggende faktor | publisher = Universitetsforlaget | year = 1991 | location = Oslo | pages = 24 | url = http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008062304065 | isbn = 82-00-21398-6 }}
  • Jonas Lie (1833-1908), writer{{cite encyclopedia |last=Aaslestad |first=Petter |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |title=Jonas Lie |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Jonas_Lie/utdypning_%E2%80%93_1 |access-date=2009-06-13 |quote=1847 ble han elev ved Bergen katedralskole }}
  • Wollert Konow (1845-1924), Prime Minister[http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/om_regjeringen/tidligere/oversikt/departementer_embeter/embeter/statsminister-1814-/wollert-konow-sondre-bergenhus.html?id=463354&epslanguage=NO Wollert Konow (Søndre Bergenhus)]
  • Hans Gerhard Stub (1849-1931), Church Bishop[http://www.snl.no/Hans_Gerhard_Stub Hans Gerhard Stub (Store norske leksikon)]
  • Elizabeth Stephansen (1872-1961) mathematician and the first Norwegian woman earning a PhD in Mathematics.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Elizabeth Stephansen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |editor=Helle, Knut |first=Kari |last=Hag |date=29 June 2022 |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Elizabeth_Stephansen |editor-link=Knut Helle}}
  • Elise Stoltz (1872 – 1931) doctor and the first female leader of the student society Hugin at Bergen Cathedral School.{{cite book | last = Schjelderup | first= W. M. | year = 1910 | title = Bergens katedralskoles artianersamfund "Hugin" | publisher = John Grieg | location = Bergen | url = http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016011907529 | page = 93}}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Else Dethloff |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |editor=Helle, Knut |first=Knut |last=Fægri |date=29 June 2022 |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Elise_Dethloff |editor-link=Knut Helle}}
  • Arnulf Øverland (1889-1968), writer{{cite book | last = Øverland | first = Arnulf |author2=Helge Nordahl | title = Essays | publisher = Grøndahl Dreyer | year = 1994 | location = Oslo | pages = 140 | url = http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2007121104069 | isbn = 82-504-2164-7 }}
  • Sverre Steen (1898-1983), historian.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Sverre Steen|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|editor=Helle, Knut|first=Jan Thomas |last=Kobberrød |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Sverre_Steen/utdypning |language=no|access-date=2 January 2010|editor-link=Knut Helle}}
  • Knut Fægri (1909-2001) botanist and palaeoecologist
  • Kaare Meland (1915-2002), politician{{cite book | last = Meland | first = Kaare | title = Spennende år i bank, næringsliv og politikk | publisher = Alma mater | year = 1999 | location = Oslo | pages = 21 | url = http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008111304164 | isbn = 82-419-0254-9 }}
  • Gunnvor Rundhovde (1918-1987), Professor of Nordic languages at the University of Bergen{{cite encyclopedia |title=Gunnvor Rundhovde |encyclopedia=Allkunne | publisher=Nynorsk kultursentrum |location=Hovdebygda |editor=Sandsmark, Per Magnus Finnanger |first=Kjell |last=Bergfjord |date=4 May 2021 |url=http://www.allkunne.no/framside/sprakforskarar/gunnvor-rundhovde/466/1397/ }}
  • Ingrid Espelid Hovig (1924–2018) TV-chef and author
  • Georg Johannesen (1931-2005), writer and academic{{cite book | last = Johannesen | first = Georg | title = Moralske tekster : essays og innlegg 1978-1994 | publisher = Cappelen | year = 1994 | location = Oslo | pages = 20–21 | url = http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008020504129 | isbn = 82-02-15210-0 }}
  • Narve Bjørgo (1936-), academic{{Cite book|title=Rektor i mange roller|publisher=Bladet Tromsø|date=22 March 2008|first=Trondar|last=Lien|language=no}}
  • Ole D. Mjøs (1939-), academic
  • Jarle Aarbakke (1942-), academic
  • Gunnar Staalesen (1947-), writer{{Cite web|url=http://www.bergensbladet.no/cgi-bin/mi/imaker?id=12886|title=En date med Gunnar Staalesen|access-date=2008-02-25|publisher=Bergensbladet|year=2007|author1=Katrine Lunde|author2=Audun Eskeland|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110724174409/http://www.bergensbladet.no/cgi-bin/mi/imaker?id=12886|archive-date=2011-07-24}}
  • Ingelin Killengreen (1947-), lawyer and Norway's first police commissioner
  • Siri Hustvedt (1955-), writer{{Cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/magasinet/2007/06/19/503857.html |title=Skjørtejegeren|access-date=2008-08-12|publisher=Dagbladet|year=2007|author=Silje Kathrine Sviggum|language=no}}
  • Gabriel Fliflet (1958-), musician{{Cite web |url=http://www.bt.no/bergenpuls/konsert/article251828.ece |title=Folkefest i Fensal |access-date=2012-09-21 |publisher=Bergens Tidene |year=2006 |author=Stian Bringsverd Olsen |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102165603/http://www.bt.no/bergenpuls/konsert/article251828.ece |archive-date=2015-01-02 }}
  • Harald Tveit Alvestrand (1959-), computer scientist{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}}
  • Karoline Krüger (1970-), singer & pianist
  • Heikki Holmås (1972-), politician{{stortingetbio|HEH|name=Heikki Holmås}}
  • Tore Eikeland (1990-2011) politician and youth party leader of AUF in Hordaland, killed at Utøya
  • Merethe Lindstrøm (1963-), author, winner of Nordic Council's Literature Prize 2012

{{Columns-end}}

=Staff=

  • Hans Holmboe (1798-1868)[http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Hans_Holmboe/utdypning/ Hans Holmboe] Norsk biografisk leksikon
  • Johan Koren Christie (1814–1885)
  • Emanuel Mohn (1842-1891){{cite encyclopedia|title=Emanuel Mohn|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Per Roger|last=Lauritzen|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Jakob_Mohn/utdypning|language=no|access-date=5 April 2009|editor-link=Knut Helle}}
  • Gerhard Gran (1856-1925)
  • Ahlert Hysing (1793–1879) [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=parliament&lan=eng&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11385 Ahlert Hysing] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services

See also

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References

{{Reflist|30em}}

Other sources

  • {{cite book | title=Bergen Byleksikon| last=Hartvedt| first=Gunnar Hagen| year=1994| publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget| isbn=82-573-0485-9}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.bt.no/kultur/article86426.ece|title=Katten jubileer|access-date=2007-10-18|publisher=Bergens Tidende|year=2003|author=Kurt Seim|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035627/http://www.bt.no/kultur/article86426.ece|archive-date=2007-09-30}}
  • {{cite book | title=Bergen Katedralskole gjennom 840 år. Et kort streiftog gjennom en lang skolehistorie| last=Lysne| first=David W.| year=1993}}
  • {{cite book | title=Omkring kunnskapens kastanjetre : en mannsalder med Bergen katedralskole| last=Gjesdal| first=Carl O. Gram| year=1978}}

External links

  • [http://bks.hfk.no/templates/SchoolFrontpage.aspx?id=2077 School website] {{in lang|no}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20050415051933/http://web.hist.uib.no/delfag-h97/inge/skolen.htm History] {{in lang|no}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060720035907/http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/DaMeny.exe?meny=katedralskolen&nr=1 Digitalarkivet - Bergen Katedralskole] {{in lang|no}}

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