[2] [3] [4] The school has since been expanded several times, including in the 1980s, when the sports hall and science wing was built after drawing by Kjær & Richter.

Recently, a completely new building was built with 10 new classrooms, so that the school is now better equipped to meet the new teaching methods, which are a part of secondary education and higher preparatory reform.

The school's main building is newly refurbished including a library and study centre on the ground floor.

The first Danish resistance group during World War II – Churchill-klubben – consisted of pupils from Aalborg Cathedral School.

Alumni have included publisher Søren Gyldendal (1742–1802), historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1854- 1928), architect Jørn Utzon (1918–2008) and the current Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen.