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Bjerke Upper Secondary School

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School type
  
Public school

Principal
  
Astrid Grytte

Phone
  
+47 23 46 85 40

Number of students
  
560

Established
  
1962

Enrollment
  
560 students (2007)

Founded
  
1962

Age range
  
11th through 13th(16 to 19 years)

Vision
  
A creative school(en skapende skole)

Address
  
Statsråd Mathiesens vei 25, 0594 Oslo, Norway

Similar
  
Elvebakk videregå skole, Foss videregå skole, Stovner videregå skole, Lamberts videregå skole / M, Hersleb videregå skole

Profiles

Bjerke Upper Secondary School (Norwegian: Bjerke videregående skole) is an upper secondary school based in Groruddalen in Oslo, Norway. It offers general academics and elite sports. In 2000 the school changed its name from Linderud Upper Secondary School to Bjerke.

The school was notable for having introduced, in 2011, a system of segregating ethnic and white students to discourage Norwegian students from transferring to other schools.

Notable alumni

  • Mohammed Abdellaoue, footballer
  • Daniel Braaten, footballer
  • Christer George, footballer
  • Gunnar Halle, footballer
  • Kim Kristian Holmen, footballer and former gymnast
  • Bjørnar Holmvik, footballer
  • Øystein Pettersen, cross-country skier
  • Sune Wentzel, frisbee world champion
  • Turid Birkeland, TV journalist
  • References

    Bjerke Upper Secondary School Wikipedia


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