Haagaas School Explained

Haagaas School
Native Name:Haagaas Artiumskursus
Streetaddress:Niels Juels gate 22
City:Oslo
Country:Norway
Coordinates:59.9185°N 10.7169°W
Schooltype:Private gymnasium
Age Range:16–19
Language:Norwegian
Campus:Urban
Founded:1915
Founder:Theodor Haagaas
Closed:1955
Headmaster:Theodor Haagaas
Employees:20 (1946)
Students:127 (1946)

The Haagaas School (Norwegian: Haagaas Artiumskursus, informally also Haagaas skole, Haagaas private gymnas or Haagaas' studentfabrikk), or simply Haagaas, was a private gymnasium in Oslo, that existed from 1915 to 1955. It was located in Niels Juels gate 52 at Frogner, in the same building as Frogner School. The school's founder, owner and headmaster until his retirement in 1946 was Theodor Haagaas. The school was a so-called "student factory" (studentfabrikk), offering a fast track to the examen artium (university entrance exam), in the tradition of the Heltberg School of the 19th century, and was considered the "new Heltberg."[1] As of 1946, the school had 20 teachers, five classes and 127 students, and was entirely funded by tuition.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Jørgensen, Mosse. Mosse Jørgensen . 1997 . Skoler jeg møtte . Haagaas Artiumskursus. 8277670591 . Pedagogisk psykologisk forlag . 42–51 .
  2. Skolestatistikk 1945–46, pp. 74–75, Norges offisielle statistikk X. 189, Ministry of Education, 1949