Rysensteen Gymnasium
Encyclopedia
Rysensteen Gymnasium is a gymnasium
(upper secondary school
) in Copenhagen
, Denmark
It was founded by Laura Engelhardt and opened in 1881.
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...
(upper secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
) in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, 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...
It was founded by Laura Engelhardt and opened in 1881.
Notable alumni
With graduation dates:- 1931 Kirsten AukenKirsten AukenKirsten Auken was a Danish politician and one of the leading proponents of sex education in Denmark. She was the mother of politicians Margrete Auken and Svend Auken.- Biography :...
– politician - 1944 Bodil UdsenBodil UdsenBodil Udsen was a Danish actress.She was a student at the Rysensteen Gymnasium in Copenhagen in 1944 and entered film in 1955...
– actress - 1955 Ester Larsen – politician
- 1966 Karen JespersenKaren JespersenKaren Moustgaard Jespersen is a Danish politician representing the party Venstre. Previously she was a member of the Left Socialists, represented the Social Democrats and was Social Minister from 25 January 1993 to 28 January 1994 in the Cabinet of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I, and 27 September 1994 to...
– politician - 1983 Line BarfodLine BarfodLine Barfod is a member of the Folketing for Enhedslisten.Line Barfod is the daughter of retired assistant librarian Werner Brandstrup Andreasen and social worker Åse Barfod. Married to Klaus Hansen...
- politician - 1983 Naser KhaderNaser KhaderNaser Khader is Danish-Syrian and a former member of the Parliament of Denmark for the Conservative Party. As a member of Parliament, he has represented both Social Liberal Party and Liberal Alliance, the latter as founding leader, until January 5, 2009...
– politician - 1992 Iben Claces
Headmasters
- 1919-1931 Maria Nielsen (1882-1931)
- 1931-1950 Anne Marie Bo (1885-1972)
- 1950-1963 Aagot Lading (1909-1963)
- 1963-1970 Svend Atke (1910-
- 1970-1994 Birthe Christensen (1927-
- 1994-1999 Johannes Nymark (1944-
- 1.10.1999- Gitte Harding Transboel
External links
- Rysensteen Gymnasium (in Danish)