Bjerke Videregående Skole
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Bjerke Upper Secondary School is an upper secondary school based in Groruddalen in Oslo
, Norway
. It offers general academics, media and communications, health care and elite sports. From 2009/10 it will also offer music, dance and drama. In 2000 the school changed its name from Linderud Upper Secondary School to Bjerke.
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It offers general academics, media and communications, health care and elite sports. From 2009/10 it will also offer music, dance and drama. In 2000 the school changed its name from Linderud Upper Secondary School to Bjerke.
Notable alumni
- Mohammed Abdellaoue, footballer
- Daniel BraatenDaniel BraatenDaniel Omoya Braaten is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a winger for Toulouse and Norway national football team.-Early career:...
, footballer - Christer GeorgeChrister GeorgeChrister George is a Norwegian football player. His twin brother Michael plays handball on professional level.He was born in Norway to a Norwegian mother and a Trinidad and Tobago father.-References:...
, footballer - Gunnar HalleGunnar HalleGunnar Halle is a Norwegian football manager and former player. A right back, he played for many years professionally in England and for the Norwegian national team...
, footballer - Kim Kristian HolmenKim Kristian HolmenKim Kristian Holmen is a Norwegian footballer, and is currently a player for Kongsvinger in the Norwegian Premier League....
, footballer and former gymnast - Bjørnar HolmvikBjørnar HolmvikBjørnar Pettersen Holmvik is an Norwegian football defender currently playing for SK Brann. In the Norwegian Premier League. He played in Stabæk from 2003 to 2008.- References :...
, footballer - Øystein PettersenØystein PettersenØystein "Sausage" Pettersen is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 2002. He has four World Cup podiums, his best finish being second in individual sprint events . He and Petter Northug won gold in the team sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada...
, cross-country skier - Sune WentzelSune WentzelSune Wentzel is a former Norwegian frisbeer. He has many world titles, and set many world indoor distance records. Sune has left a spectacular image of the frisbee environment in Norway.- Achievements :...
, frisbee world champion