Tank Upper Secondary School

60°23′39″N 5°19′44″E / 60.3941°N 5.3289°E / 60.3941; 5.3289 Tanks Upper Secondary School (Norwegian: Tanks videregående skole) is an upper secondary school in the centre of Bergen, Norway.

The school opened in 1850 as Den Tankske Skole, funded by an endowement established by merchant Hans Tank and his wife around fifty years earlier.^[1]^[2]

Notable alumni

Edvard Hagerup Grieg, composer
Harald Hove, politician
Dagfinn Lyngbø, comedian
Arnulf Øverland, poet

References

^ Skreien, Norvall. "Hans Tank". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
^ "Historien vår". Tanks videregående skole. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Official site

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[nbl-1] Skreien, Norvall. "Hans Tank". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 September 2011.

[2] "Historien vår". Tanks videregående skole. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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