Asker videregående skole
Encyclopedia
Asker Upper Secondary School is an upper secondary school
in Asker
, Norway
. Founded in 1955, it has 640 students, aged 16–19. The school offers general academics and sports.
The school is one of the best in the country, and usually achieves very good results on the exams. To be accepted to the school it is required a very high GPA. It varies from every year, but is usually about 4,7 which is a very good GPA.
(A-ha
) and Helge Lund
(CEO of StatoilHydro
).
Education in Norway
Education in Norway is mandatory for all children aged 6–16. The school year in Norway runs from mid August to late June the following year. The Christmas holiday from mid December to early January historically divides the Norwegian school year into two terms...
in Asker
Asker
Asker is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Viken traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Asker. The municipality is a suburb of Oslo, the national capital...
, 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...
. Founded in 1955, it has 640 students, aged 16–19. The school offers general academics and sports.
The school is one of the best in the country, and usually achieves very good results on the exams. To be accepted to the school it is required a very high GPA. It varies from every year, but is usually about 4,7 which is a very good GPA.
Alumni
Notable former students include Morten HarketMorten Harket
Morten Harket is a Norwegian musician, best known as the lead singer of the Norwegian synthpop/rock band A-ha, which released nine studio albums and topped the charts in several countries after their breakthrough hit "Take on Me" in 1985. A-ha disbanded in 2010. Harket has also released four solo...
(A-ha
A-ha
A-ha were a Norwegian pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. The band was founded by Morten Harket , Magne Furuholmen , and Pål Waaktaar...
) and Helge Lund
Helge Lund
Helge Lund is a Norwegian businessman who is the Chief Executive Officer for the Statoil group, and former CEO of Aker Kværner....
(CEO of StatoilHydro
StatoilHydro
Statoil ASA, trading as Statoil and formerly known as StatoilHydro, is a Norwegian energy company, formed by the 2007 merger of Statoil with the oil and gas division of Norsk Hydro. The Government of Norway is the largest shareholder in Statoil with 67% of the shares...
).