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gymnasium in

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, that existed from 1915 to 1955. It was located in Niels Juels gate 52 at

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, in the same building as

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. The school's founder, owner and headmaster until his retirement in 1946 was Theodor Haagaas. The school was a so-called "student factory" (''studentfabrikk''), offering a fast track to the

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(university entrance exam), in the tradition of the Heltberg School of the 19th century, and was considered the "new Heltberg." As of 1946, the school had 20 teachers, five classes and 127 students, and was entirely funded by

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.''Skolestatistikk 1945–46'', pp. 74–75, Norges offisielle statistikk X. 189,

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, 1949

Alumni

* Finn Alnæs * Reidar Ditlev Danielsen *

Henry Gleditsch Henry Cochrane Williamsen Gleditsch (9 November 1902 – 6 October 1942) was a Norwegian stage and film actor and theatre director. He was born in Kristiania. In his young days he participated in skiing for SFK Lyn. He married Synnøve Tanvi ...

* Mosse Jørgensen * Leif B. Lillegaard *

Knut Selmer Knut Sejersted Selmer (7 November 1924 – 25 March 2009) was a Norwegian legal scholar. He was born in Aker as a son of professor Ernst Westerlund Selmer (1890–1971) and Ella Sejersted (1895–1968), and was the brother of Ernst Sejersted Se ...

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References

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