Verzlunarskóli Íslands is an Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic gymnasium

Gymnasium (school)

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. It was founded in 1905 and is the oldest private school in Iceland. The school is located in Reykjavík

Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...

 and has more than 1200 students.

History

In the first years of the school it had about 60-70 students but the number has grown steadily ever since. The school's first graduation was in 1945. Its original objectives have changed, although it still teaches the basics in commercial education such as accounting and economics

Economics

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Notable alumni

• Björgólfur Guðmundsson
  Björgólfur Guðmundsson
  Björgólfur Guðmundsson was the chairman and former owner of West Ham United FC. Björgólfur was Iceland's second businessman worth more than a billion dollars — his son, Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson being the first. He was ranked by Forbes magazine in March 2008 as the 1014th-richest person in the...
  
  
• Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson
  Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson
  Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson , known internationally as Thor Bjorgolfsson, is an Icelandic businessman and entrepreneur, and former chairman of the financial firm Straumur-Burðarás and chairman of investment firm Novator Partners.He has been declared "Iceland's first billionaire", and was ranked as...
  
  
• Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
  Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
  Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir , , is the Prime Minister of Iceland. Many years a politician, she was previously Iceland's Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security from 1987–1994 and 2007–2009. She has been a member of the Althing for Reykjavík constituencies since 1978, winning re-election on eight...
  
  
• Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson
• Vilhjálmur Þ. Vilhjálmsson
  Vilhjálmur Þ. Vilhjálmsson
  Vilhjálmur Þórmundur Vilhjálmsson is an Icelandic lawyer and politician who was mayor of Reykjavík 2006-2007 and is currently the chairman of the executive committee of the City Council of Reykjavik. He has been a member of Reykjavik's City Council since 1982.-External links:*...
  
  

External links

• The Commercial College of Iceland's Official Web Site