Langhaugen videregående skole

Langhaugen videregående skole (formerly Langhaugen gymnas) is a county upper secondary school in Årstad, a suburb of Bergen.[2][3] The school opened in 1961 as a replacement for Sydneshaugen skole, which is now used by the University of Bergen; the school building was designed by the city architect Eystein Michalsen.[4] It offers specialised study in music, dance and drama. In 2018 it was the fourth most popular school at its level in Bergen by enrollment.[5]

Langhaugen videregående skole
Address
Hagerups vei 17

5093 Bergen

Norway
Coordinates60°21′45″N 5°21′42″E
Information
TypeSecondary school
MottoKunnskap og kreativitet -
Trivsel og takhøyde
(Knowledge and creativity - Well-being and tolerance)
Established1960 (1960)
AuthorityVestland fylkeskommune
Head teacherTore Tveit
Staff89
GradesVG1–VG3
Gendercoeducational
Age range16–19
Enrollment623 (2018)[1]
LanguageNorwegian
Websitelas.hfk.no

Educational offerings

Langhaugen VGS offers French, German, and Spanish as foreign languages in addition to English, which is a requirement.[4] It has five classes at each grade level for study specialisation, plus one for music, dance and drama with a specialisation in music and one for music, dance and drama with a specialisation in dance, a total of 21 classes for around 600 students.[6] The music specialisation was first offered in 1986, dance in 1997.[4] The reviewers for Bergens Tidende praised the school musical highly in both 2021 and 2022,[7][8] when the school celebrated its 60th anniversary.[9]

In 2020, the county council of Vestland decided to extend the school's facilities for dance and physical education by renovation and addition of a new building, making possible the addition of another class in music, and to explore having the school open after hours as a culture house.[10]

Alumni

References
  1. "Utdanningsdirektoratet: Elevtall i videregående skoler" (in Norwegian). 1 October 2018.
  2. "Langhaugen VGS". Hordaland (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. "Sjå lista: Slik stemte skulane i Bergen". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian Nynorsk). 7 September 2021.
  4. "Langhaugen videregående skole". Bergen byleksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. Silje Haugen (7 March 2018). "Disse skolene er mest populære". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian).
  6. "Langhaugen vgs: Om skule". Hordaland (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  7. "Uten en rød tråd". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian Nynorsk). 10 March 2021.
  8. Jens Kihl (9 February 2022). "– Spekket med skarpe, frekke og morsomme observasjoner. Endelig en fullstendig overraskende skolerevy". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian Nynorsk).
  9. Dag Bjorndal (22 February 2022). "Feirer dobbeltjubileum i Forum". Bergensavisen.
  10. Bjarte Brask Eriksen (17 December 2020). "Langhaugen vgs blir utvida" (in Norwegian). Vestland County Municipality. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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