Asker Seminary was a teachers'

seminary A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as cle ...

at Bjerke near Tanum. Tanum is located in

Bærum Bærum () is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Akershus County, Norway. It forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a populatio ...

, which then was a part of

Asker Asker (), also called Asker proper (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the ...

parish. The seminary was established in 1834 to educate teachers that conformed with the School Act of 1827. The education spanned two years and was free of charge. The first manager of the seminary was

Knud Gislesen Knud Gislesen ( 29 December 1801 – 20 May 1860) was a Norwegian teacher, clergyman and author. He served as Bishop of the Tromsø from 1856 until his death in 1860. Biography Gislesen was born at Løxlie in the parish of Hjartdal in Telemark ...

from 1834 to 1855, later a bishop. Several of the seminary's alumni became clergymen, politicians, academics or artists. In 1898, the school itself moved to

Holmestrand is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Holmestrand Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality. It is located along the shore of the Ytre Oslofjord, about northwest of the Horten ...

and became . The building was occupied by a girls' school afterward, and is now home to a child and adolescent psychiatric facility, referred to as Bjerketun.

Notable alumni

Helga Eng Helga Kristine Eng (31 May 1875 – 26 May 1966) was a Norwegian psychologist and educationalist. She was the third woman to receive a doctor's degree in Norway, and the first to do so in psychology. Early life and education She was born in Rakke ...

(1875–1966), educationalist and psychologist

References

External links

Information on Asker Seminary
on Bærum Library's Website (in Norwegian) Seminaries and theological colleges in Norway Education in Bærum Educational institutions established in 1834 1834 establishments in Norway {{Norway-school-stub