Svendborg Gymnasium

It is one of the largest upper secondary schools in Denmark with approximately 1,000 students and 100 teachers.

The school was originally located in Bagergade, one of Svendborg’s oldest streets.

The school initially offered an elementary programme with a school-leaving examination.

As a result, the school's name was changed to Svendborg Realskole og Gymnasium and the first upper secondary class graduated in 1912 with only six students.

The number of students enrolled at Svendborg soon meant that the school needed to be relocated to larger facilities, and in 1932 the school was moved to a new building at Viebæltet.