Ribe Katedralskole is a cathedral school

Cathedral school

Cathedral schools began in the Early Middle Ages as centers of advanced education, some of them ultimately evolving into medieval universities. Throughout the Middle Ages and beyond, they were complemented by the monastic schools...

 in the Town of Ribe

Ribe

Ribe , the oldest extant Danish town, is in southwest Jutland and has a population of 8,192 . Until 1 January 2007, it was the seat of both the surrounding municipality, and county...

, 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...

. The school was first mentioned in 1145. The oldest building still in use, Puggård, is from the fourteenth century. Except for churches, this is the oldest Scandinavian building still used for its original purpose.

Today the school is an independent school functioning as a modern high school (Danish: Gymnasium

Gymnasium (school)

A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...

 og HFkursus

Higher Preparatory Examination (HF)

The Higher Preparatory Examination is a 2-year general upper secondary programme building on to the 10th form of the Folkeskole and leading to the higher preparatory examination , which qualifies for admission to higher education, subject to the special entrance regulations applying to the...

).

Famous alumni

Famous Alumni	Year	Occupation
Peder Palladius		Bishop, Author
Hans Thomesen	1550	Hymn writer
Anders Sørensen Vedel Anders Sørensen Vedel Anders Sørensen Vedel was a Danish priest and historiographer. He translated the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus into Danish in 1575, and published the influential "Hundredvisebogen" in 1591.-Biography:...	1561	Author, Historian
Anders Bording Anders Bording Anders Christensen Bording was a Danish poet and journalist. He is notable for his epigrams, ballads, occasional poems and epistles, as well as for publishing the first Danish newspaper, the monthly Den Danske Mercurius, written in verse entirely by him.-External links:* *...	1637	Editor
H. A. Brorson	1712	Danish Pietist clergyman and Hymn writer.
Henning Frederik Feilberg Henning Frederik Feilberg Henning Frederik Feilberg , was a Danish pastor, author and folklorist. His research and publications represent significant contributions to the field of Danish folklore.-Biography:...	1849	Author, Folklore Scientist
Eugenius Warming Eugenius Warming Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming , known as Eugen Warming, was a Danish botanist and a main founding figure of the scientific discipline of ecology...	1859	Botanist
Jacob A. Riis	Did not graduate	Journalist, pioneer of American photojournalism.
Jørgen Pedersen Gram Jørgen Pedersen Gram Jørgen Pedersen Gram was a Danish actuary and mathematician who was born in Nustrup, Duchy of Schleswig, Denmark and died in Copenhagen, Denmark....	1868	Mathematician, forsikringsmand
Hans Brix	1887	Author, Kritik, professor
Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen	1965	Author, mag.art, Director
Holger K. Nielsen Holger K. Nielsen Holger Kirkholm Nielsen, known as Holger K. Nielsen for short, is a Danish politician, member of the Danish Folketinget parliament for the Socialist People's Party...	1969	Politician
Henrik Dahl Henrik Dahl Henrik Dahl is a Swedish footballer. -Career:He formerly played for Grimeton IK, Varbergs BOIS FC, BK Häcken, GAIS, in Denmark for Silkeborg IF and in Norway for Bærum SK and FC Lyn Oslo.-Personal life:...	1978	Author, sociologist
Rune Engelbreth Larsen	1986	Author, Politician
Katrine Winkel Holm	1989	Theologist, Debater, Boardmember of Danmarks Radio Danmarks Radio DR – officially rendered into English as the Danish Broadcasting Corporation – is Denmark's national broadcasting corporation. Founded in 1925 as a public-service organization, it is today Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise...