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Øregård Gymnasium

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Type
  
public gymnasium

Enrollment
  
726

Phone
  
+45 39 62 28 26

Founded
  
1903

Principal
  
Pia Nyring

Website
  
www.oregard.dk

Number of students
  
726

Øregård Gymnasium

Address
  
Gersonsvej 32, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark

Similar
  
Ordrup Gymnasi, Old Hellerup High Sch, Gefion Gymnasi, Aurehøj High School, Nørre Gymnasi

Profiles

Øregård Gymnasium is an upper secondary school in the Hellerup district of Gentofte Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The Neoclassical main building from 1924 is listed.

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History

Øregård Gymnasium was founded in 1903 by V. Plockross under navnet Plockross' Skole. The building was located at Duntzfelts Allé 8. It received its current name when Gentofte Municipality took over the school in 1919. The current main building on Gersonsvej was inaugurated in 1924. It was designed by G. B. Hagen og Edvard Thomsen. Gehrdt Bornebusch undertook a renovation of the building in 1977-80. The building was listed in 1995.

Principals

  • 1903-1910: V. Plockross
  • 1910-1912: Paul Branth
  • 1912-1927: Jens M. Krarup
  • 1927-1950: Herluf Møller
  • 1950-1972: Paul Rubinstein
  • 1972-1986: Tage Bülow-Hansen
  • 1986-2000: Lis Holck
  • 2001-  : Pia Nyring
  • Notable students

  • 1924: Aksel Schiøtz, tenor
  • 1927: Knud Sønderby, writer
  • 1930: Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, businessman
  • 1958: Gregers Algreen-Ussing, architect
  • 1985: Thomas Rathsack, former member of jægerkorpset and author
  • 1986: Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
  • 1986: Prince Joachim of Denmark
  • 1987: Lykke Friis, politician
  • 1988: Rigmor Zobel, businesswoman
  • 1998: Sofie Lassen-Kahlke, actress
  • References

    Øregård Gymnasium Wikipedia