Ribe Katedralskole

55°19′35.07″N 8°45′37.56″E / 55.3264083°N 8.7604333°E / 55.3264083; 8.7604333

Ribe Katedralskole
Address
Map
Puggaardsgade 22, 6760


Information
School typeGymnasium
Private high school
MottoLatin: Litteris et artibus
(Literature and [the] Arts)
DenominationChurch of Denmark
Establishedc. 1145
PresidentBishop Elisabeth Dons Christensen
RectorKristian Bennike
GenderCoeducational
AffiliationsRibe Cathedral
Websitehttp://www.ribekatedralskole.dk/

Ribe Katedralskole is a cathedral school in the town of Ribe, Denmark. The school was first mentioned in 1145, making it one of the oldest schools in the world. The oldest building still in use, Puggård, is from the fourteenth century. Except for churches, this is the oldest Scandinavian building still used for its original purpose.

Today the school is an independent school functioning as a modern high school (Danish: Gymnasium og HFkursus).

Famous alumni

Famous AlumniYearOccupation
Peder PalladiusBishop, Author
Hans Thomesen1550Hymn writer
Anders Sørensen Vedel1561Author, Historian
Anders Bording1637Editor
H. A. Brorson1712Danish Pietist clergyman and Hymn writer.
Henning Frederik Feilberg1849Author, Folklorist
Eugenius Warming1859Botanist
Jacob A. RiisDid not graduateJournalist, pioneer of American photojournalism
Jørgen Pedersen Gram1868Mathematician, forsikringsmand[clarification needed]
Hans Brix1887Author, Critic, Professor
Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen1965Author, mag.art, Director
Holger K. Nielsen1969Politician
Per Vers[1]?Rapper
Henrik Dahl1978Author, Sociologist
Rune Engelbreth Larsen1986Author, Politician
Katrine Winkel Holm1989Theologian, Debater, Boardmember of Danmarks Radio

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