Tank Upper Secondary School ( no, Tanks videregående skole) was an upper secondary school in the centre of

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

, Norway. The school opened in 1850 as Tank School (''Den Tankske Skole''), funded by an endowment established by merchant Hans Tank and his wife around fifty years earlier. The school closed in 2014 after it was merged with Bergen Handelsgymnasium and Bjørgvin upper secondary school into the new Amalie Skram upper secondary school.

Notable alumni

* Edvard Hagerup Grieg, composer * Harald Hove, politician * Peter Rosenkrantz Johnsen, journalist and author * Dagfinn Lyngbø, comedian *

Arnulf Øverland Ole Peter Arnulf Øverland (27 April 1889 – 25 March 1968) was a Norwegian poet and artist. He is principally known for his poetry which served to inspire the Norwegian resistance movement during the German occupation of Norway during Worl ...

, poet

References

External links

Official site
Secondary schools in Norway Education in Bergen Hordaland County Municipality Educational institutions established in 1850 1850 establishments in Norway {{Norway-school-stub