Kalundborg Gymnasium
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Kalundborg Gymnasium is a municipal gymnasium
in Kalundborg Municipality
, Denmark
. Established on August 12, 1957, as a high school, the first rector was R. Stig Hansen. , the rector is Peter Abildgaard Andersen, who has held the position since August 2006.
In 1963 a wing was built with new classrooms, specialist classrooms and an assembly hall, which today is the canteen. In 1976 the school was expanded with new wings containing classrooms, chemistry rooms, music rooms, a new assembly hall, auditorium, stage and library. In 2001 a new wing was added with 4 large classrooms and open study areas. In 2003 the canteen kitchen was completely renovated and in 2004 new chairs and tables were added in the cafeteria area.
The gymnasium has approximately 700 students, 24 classes and about 70 teachers. It offers degree programs in science, language, music and social studies. In the first week of October 2007, it hosted the annual Euro Week.
Gymnasium (Denmark)
The Danish Gymnasium offers a 3-year general academically-oriented upper secondary programme which builds on the 9th-10th form of the Folkeskole and leads to the upper secondary school exit examination...
in Kalundborg Municipality
Kalundborg municipality
Kalundborg municipality is a municipality in Region Sjælland on the west coast of the island of Zealand in Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 598 km², and has a total population of 49,743 . Its mayor is Martin Damm, a member of Venstre...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. Established on August 12, 1957, as a high school, the first rector was R. Stig Hansen. , the rector is Peter Abildgaard Andersen, who has held the position since August 2006.
In 1963 a wing was built with new classrooms, specialist classrooms and an assembly hall, which today is the canteen. In 1976 the school was expanded with new wings containing classrooms, chemistry rooms, music rooms, a new assembly hall, auditorium, stage and library. In 2001 a new wing was added with 4 large classrooms and open study areas. In 2003 the canteen kitchen was completely renovated and in 2004 new chairs and tables were added in the cafeteria area.
The gymnasium has approximately 700 students, 24 classes and about 70 teachers. It offers degree programs in science, language, music and social studies. In the first week of October 2007, it hosted the annual Euro Week.
Notable alumni
Famous alumni of Kalundborg Gymnasium include:- Kamilla KristensenKamilla KristensenKamilla Kristensen is a Danish team handball player, playing for Handball Club Odense and for the Danish women's national handball team. She attended Kalundborg Gymnasium....
(midfielder, handball) - Stine StengadeStine StengadeStine Stengade is a Danish actress best known for her leading role in the 2001 Dogme 95 film Kira's Reason: A Love Story .-Biography:...
(actor) - Peter Asschenfeldt (publisher)
- Martin Strange-Hansen (director)
- FallulahFallulahFallulah is the stage name of the young pop music song writer and singer Maria Apetri, born 1985 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is known for her debut single I Lay My Head which was the prequel to the album The Black Cat Neighbourhood. The upcoming album is being produced by Fridolin Nordsø...
(singer) - Marianne Larsen (writer)
- Milena PenkowaMilena PenkowaMilena Penkowa is a Danish neuroscientist who was a Professor at the Panum Institute at the University of Copenhagen from 2009–2010. Her prolific research mainly concerned the protein metallothionein. She received the Danish Elite Research prize in 2009...
(neuroscientist) - Christian E. ChristiansenChristian E. Christiansen-Biography:A graduate of Kalundborg Gymnasium and the National Film School of Denmark, he worked in lower positions on a number of Danish films before producing his first hit movie, Nynne , a comedy directed by Jonas Elmer...
(director)
External links
- Official website (Danish)