60°23′39″N 5°19′44″E / 60.3941°N 5.3289°E Tank Upper Secondary School (Norwegian: Tanks videregående skole) was an upper secondary school in the centre of Bergen, Norway.
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The school opened in 1850 as Tank School (Den Tankske Skole), funded by an endowment established by merchant Hans Tank and his wife around fifty years earlier.[1][2] The school closed in 2014 after it was merged with Bergen Handelsgymnasium and Bjørgvin upper secondary school into the new Amalie Skram upper secondary school.[3]
Notable alumni
edit- Edvard Hagerup Grieg, composer
- Harald Hove, politician
- Peter Rosenkrantz Johnsen, journalist and author
- Dagfinn Lyngbø, comedian
- Arnulf Øverland, poet
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Legger ned BHG". Bergensavisen. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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