Langhaugen videregående skole
| Langhaugen videregående skole | |
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| Address | |
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Hagerups vei 17 5093 Bergen | |
| Coordinates | 60°21′45″N 5°21′42″E / 60.36250°N 5.36167°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary school |
| Motto | Kunnskap og kreativitet - Trivsel og takhøyde (Knowledge and creativity - Well-being and tolerance) |
| Established | 1960 |
| Authority | Vestland fylkeskommune |
| Head teacher | Tore Tveit |
| Staff | 89 |
| Grades | VG1–VG3 |
| Gender | coeducational |
| Age range | 16–19 |
| Enrollment | 623 (2018)[1] |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Website | las |
Langhaugen videregående skole (formerly Langhaugen gymnas) is a county upper secondary school in Årstad, a suburb of Bergen.[2][3] The school opened in 1961 as a replacement for Sydneshaugen skole, which is now used by the University of Bergen; the school building was designed by the city architect Eystein Michalsen.[4] It offers specialised study in music, dance and drama. In 2018 it was the fourth most popular school at its level in Bergen by enrollment.[5]
Educational offerings
[edit]Langhaugen VGS offers French, German, and Spanish as foreign languages in addition to English, which is a requirement.[4] It has five classes at each grade level for study specialisation, plus one for music, dance and drama with a specialisation in music and one for music, dance and drama with a specialisation in dance, a total of 21 classes for around 600 students.[6] The music specialisation was first offered in 1986, dance in 1997.[4] The reviewers for Bergens Tidende praised the school musical highly in both 2021 and 2022,[7][8] when the school celebrated its 60th anniversary.[9]
In 2020, the county council of Vestland decided to extend the school's facilities for dance and physical education by renovation and addition of a new building, making possible the addition of another class in music, and to explore having the school open after hours as a culture house.[10]
Alumni
[edit]- Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (politician)
- Erna Solberg (politician)
- Frank Hammersland (musician)
- Karoline Krüger (musician)
- Marte Mjøs Persen (politician)
- Sondre Lerche (musician)
- Tor Endresen (musician)
References
[edit]- ^ "Utdanningsdirektoratet: Elevtall i videregående skoler" (in Norwegian). 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Langhaugen VGS". Hordaland (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Sjå lista: Slik stemte skulane i Bergen". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian Nynorsk). 7 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Langhaugen videregående skole". Bergen byleksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ Silje Haugen (7 March 2018). "Disse skolene er mest populære". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Langhaugen vgs: Om skule". Hordaland (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Uten en rød tråd". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian Nynorsk). 10 March 2021.
- ^ Jens Kihl (9 February 2022). "– Spekket med skarpe, frekke og morsomme observasjoner. Endelig en fullstendig overraskende skolerevy". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian Nynorsk).
- ^ Dag Bjorndal (22 February 2022). "Feirer dobbeltjubileum i Forum". Bergensavisen.
- ^ Bjarte Brask Eriksen (17 December 2020). "Langhaugen vgs blir utvida" (in Norwegian). Vestland County Municipality. Retrieved 27 December 2021.