Asker Seminary was a teachers' seminary at Bjerke near Tanum.
| Asker Seminary | |
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| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 59°53′18″N 10°27′51″E / 59.8884°N 10.4642°E |
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| Established | 1834 |
| Founder | The Asker Parish Priests |
| Closed | 1898 |
Tanum is located in Bærum, which then was a part of Asker 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 from 1834 to 1855, later a bishop. Several of the seminary's alumni became clergymen, politicians, academics or artists.[1][2]
In 1898, the school itself moved to Holmestrand and became Holmestrand Seminar.[1][3]
The building was occupied by a girls' school afterward, and is now home to a child and adolescent psychiatric facility, referred to as Bjerketun.[2]
Notable alumni edit
References edit
- ^ a b Bakken, Tor Chr., ed. (2008). "Asker seminar". Budstikkas store Asker og Bærum-leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-573-1534-4. Archived from the original on 2013-04-13.
- ^ a b "Asker seminar | Bærum bibliotek". barum.folkebibl.no. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- ^ "Nasjonalbiblioteket". www.nb.no. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- ^ Lønnå, Elisabeth; Skagen, Kaare (2023-10-20), "Helga Eng", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), retrieved 2024-02-28
External links edit
- Information on Asker Seminary on Bærum Library's Website (in Norwegian)
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