Kongsbakken Upper Secondary School

Kongsbakken Upper Secondary School Kongsbakken videregående skole
Emblem of Kongsbakken
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Skolegata 16 Tromsø, Norway 9254
Coordinates	69°39′01″N 18°56′54″E / 69.65028°N 18.94833°E / 69.65028; 18.94833Coordinates: 69°39′01″N 18°56′54″E / 69.65028°N 18.94833°E / 69.65028; 18.94833
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Motto	Mens sana in corpore sano (Latin: a healthy mind in a healthy body)
Founded	1833; 188 years ago (1833)
Head of school	Ivar Odd Størkersen
Age	16 to 19
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Website	www.kongsbakken.vgs.no

Kongsbakken Upper Secondary School (Norwegian: Kongsbakken videregående skole) is an upper secondary school in Tromsø, Norway. In the year 2000, Kongsbakken videregående skole had approximately 650 pupils, with about as many boys as girls. The school administration consists of a headmaster, a deputy headmaster, six section leaders and an office staff of four. Additionally, the school has two janitors and a librarian. Approximately 80 teachers provide education at Kongsbakken.

The school offers the following educational programmes, which allow for higher education at a university or university college: realfag (Exact sciences), linguistic subjects and social science/economy, and music, dance and drama.

Since 1930, the students of the schools have made the annual Bragerevyen in their Christmas brakes, a revue premièring on 1 January.

History[]

Main façade of the building seen from the east across the courtyard, in June 2010

The institution dates back to 1833 when Tromsø Middel- og Realskole opened, with two teachers and eighteen male students aged 12 to 16. At the time, the premises were three classrooms in a house that stood where Frederik Langes gate 14 is today. The two year educational programme comprised the following subjects: writing, mathematics, Norwegian, history, geography, religion, Latin, Greek, German and English (optional). The first headmaster was Frederik Lange. The Norwegian system of education has evolved continually since the 1830s, hence the school has been known under the following names:

• 1833–1858: Tromsø Middel- og Realskole
• 1858–1870: Tromsö lærde og Realskole
• 1870–1965: Tromsø offentlige høiere almenskole
• 1965–1976: Tromsø Gymnas
• 1976–present: Kongsbakken videregående skole

Notable alumni[]

• Håkon Gebhardt
• Anne Holt
• Espen Lind

External links[]

• Official website