Finally it was time to put on the fabled graduate hat! The hallways are trembling with nervousness and excitement these days. Now we have reached the final exams, and things are busy at Birkerød Gymnasium.

The last week at BG is not just a sentence that describes the end of the year. It is a period filled with hard work, nervousness, events and traditions. During the last week, we celebrate the culmination of several years of hard work on both a human and professional level, for both students and teachers! IN THE LAST WEEK, we also say goodbye,to students and teachers.

Congratulations to all this year’s 134 IB graduates! The IB hat ceremony featured a farewell speech dedicated to the class of 2025 by IB coordinator Christina Rye Tarp and wise words from Principal Claus Campeotto, who emphasized that although the world has changed dramatically, we must all remember what we each can do to bring about positive change.

The purpose of a study trip must be to broaden the students' horizons. This can easily happen close to us. Hamburg is not at the top of the wish list for many students, and a bit of skepticism was evident among the students in 2.Y to begin with.

When you type “Kiruna” into the search box on Google and look at the pictures of the city that pop up, you don’t exactly think that it should be your next travel destination. Yes, you probably wonder how an industrialized, freezing, slushy mining town in northern Sweden can be interesting in any way.

Birkerød Gymnasium has been the main driving force in organizing the Danish Physics Olympiad since many years. Some of the school's current and former physics teachers create the tasks that high school students from all over Denmark must solve to qualify in an elimination race.

At the end of March, 2b at Birkerød Gymnasium went on an exchange to Taiwan and visited Yanping High School in Taipei. 20 students from Yanping High School had already visited BG in August, so it was with great joy and excitement that the students were going to see the Taiwanese students again.

What does democracy mean for young people in a society where monarchy and popular rule coexist? In Morocco, where since 2011, following the Arab Spring, there has been increased focus on citizen involvement and rights through reforms, many young people experience democracy not just as a political system – but as a way of life.

Once a year, BG’s samlingssal turns into a buzzing art gallery as the 3u Visual Arts students prepare for their final exams, where they are required to exhibit and present their work.

On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, Birkerød Gymnasium, HF, IB and boarding school had the pleasure of having a visit from associate professor Søren Brinch from SDU. Søren gave a guest lecture to all HF students on the topic of personal development and leadership development in an interpersonal perspective.

On April 1, 2025, 3.A had an exciting and educational acting class, where we were visited by actor Maja Juhlin, who has many years of experience from the theater. The teaching focused on William Shakespeare and his famous tragedy, Macbeth.

2t visiting the Future Workshop - The Empty Chair. The future is one of those things that no one can promise or tell us about with certainty. It can be exciting and hopeful, but it can also be uncertain and scary.

What is an international school without its own cookbook? As international students at an international school, we have had the opportunity to experience new cultures through our fellow students.

When we reached the end of February and received an email about the opening of applications for the Coffee Ball Class of 2025, 3.k quickly agreed that the task was right up our alley. Our high school years have been characterized by great involvement in the school's many committees, and responsibility has never been a burden - on the contrary.

What does it take to write an excellent speech? Ask Carl Louis from 1i! He, along with the rest of his classmates, has spent the last few weeks learning about speechwriting, famous speeches and rhetorics in Danish class. At the end the unit, everyone wrote a speech and sent it off to the Nordic Speech Festival competition. To Carl Louis’ big surprise, his speech was chosen as one of the 20 best (out of 800!) speeches from young people all over Denmark.

A huge thank you to the Kaffebal class, 3k, for creating a truly magical evening. As tradition dictates, the ball began with a special event for the graduating classes. The red carpet was rolled out, glasses were filled with welcome drinks, accompanied by piano music from Valeriia Dovzhuk of 2u and live music from, among others, 3d Music A.

BIGMUN, Birkerød Gymnasium Model United Nations, is Birkerød Gymnasium’s annual UN role-playing conference for students. Each year, the conference gathers over 300 students from all over the world. The role-play lasts for five days and is a realistic simulation of the actual UN, complete with a dress code, an opening ceremony, a general assembly, committees, a security council, and country delegations.

This Tuesday, January 28, the business administration students in the 3gEØ1 team went on a company visit to Novo Nordisk's production facility in Hillerød, where there are approximately 1,200 employees.

With great longing for snow, cold and skiing, a very large group of PE B students and teachers set off for the Norwegian mountains on a dark and damp Danish January evening. In total, over 70 ski-loving BG PE students set off.

On February 26-27, 2025, the Danish High School Volleyball Championship will be held at Birkerød Gymnasium. The event is an event that is held every year, and where BG traditionally qualifies - and in many cases has also done well - on both the women's and men's sides.

Every year all of BG’s 3rd year STX students and 3u Danish A students receive a very special gift. The gift is of the literary kind – in the form of a visit from a noteworthy Danish author. This year the author in question was Liv Duvå.

On Thursday, January 9, BG was visited by the DTU Science Show in connection with the students' study choice on January 20.

This year's project Desire to Read is for 2nd grade and officially begins on Monday 13/1. It's about the desire to read and the ability of literature to engage us. As you can see, our principal has already started!

On Tuesday, January 28, from 9:45 a.m. to 11:20 a.m., we will be holding our annual Alumni Event, where former BG Graduates will come by and talk about their sabbatical, education and working life after BG. Our current 3g students and 2HF students will have the opportunity to gain an insight into 'life after BG' and can ask questions to the panel.

Today, Birkerød Gymnasium was visited by Rasmus Juel Mygind from LEGO, who gave a presentation to all of the school's approximately 100 students with business administration. Rasmus is Vice President, Portfolio Management, and has been with the company for 17 years.

For the third year in a row, IB students from Birkerød Gymnasium’s Give a Box project took the initiative to collect Christmas gifts for the many children at Center Sandholm and distribute them at the center’s traditional Christmas bazaar.

The mood was high when the students met at the SAS planes at the airport. Most were quick to check in and drop off their luggage, and in no time we were on our way down to the warmth and some very special experiences.

It is so important to get off to a good start in a new class, because it is important that all students have three good years at Birkerød Gymnasium. That is why the intro trip at BG is placed immediately after the start of the study program in November, so that the new and remaining classes can quickly get to know each other really well. Here, all students are sent on a social three-day trip to Berlin with team building, academic experiences and socializing.

A HUGE thank you to all of BG’s hard-working 2u students, who spent all morning preparing for this year’s incredible Global Culture Fair! Today the rest of BG’s students and all the teachers were treated to a true international celebration.!

In connection with our students (except 1.g) getting position marks d. 11 November, it is possible to register for parent consultations in 1.hf and 2.g according to the following plan:

Thursday d. 28 November at 16-20: 1p, 1q, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2k and 2m Monday d. 2 December at 16-20: 2t, 2y, 2z and IB1

De seneste par dage har 1p og 1q på HF været ude af det almindelige klasseværelse og dykket ned i deres første Projekt-Praktik-forløb. Gennem samarbejdet TÆT PÅ Hillerøds uddannelser har eleverne haft besøg af forskellige uddannelsesinstitutioner, som sammen med naturfagslærerne på BG har fortalt om deres naturvidenskabelige uddannelser.

With the U.S. presidential election just around the corner, specifically on Tuesday, November 5th, a large portion of 2.g and 2.hf students had the pleasure of being visited by not just one, but three speakers. Each speaker, with their own perspective on the upcoming election, explained and clarified important concepts and key points of the American election campaign.

The past five days have looked a little different for all BG's 2nd-year students. Divided into groups, they stepped out of the familiar four walls of the classroom and instead took over the school's F-area, armed with paper, scissors, markers, and countless new, exciting ideas about how they can make the world a better place for everyone.

Undervisningen i almen sprogforståelse (AP) kan tage form af kedelige, løsrevne grammatiske rutineøvelser, eller den kan åbne op for helt nye verdener og stor faglig indsigt.

BG has not just one, but three students who can now call themselves Denmark's masters in poetry! The three are Flora Gustafsson, 2z, Julie Groes Christiansen, 2t and Kaia Devi Permanand, 3u. Huge congratulations to all three!

In collaboration with the Foundation for Entrepreneurship, the Red Cross and DTU Science Park, Birkerød Gymnasium's 2.g STX students focus throughout week 41 on innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability based on the UN's global goals. At BG, we have developed a Global Goals concept, where the students use and develop their professionalism from high school and their intuitive innovative and entrepreneurial abilities to work with the world goals.

Wednesday 18th of September The 3u Biology class went to Copenhagen Zoo. During the trip the students went around doing various assignments such as assessing pentadactyl limbs, making presentations and then sharing our findings.

D. 26 September is the European Language Day. At BG, the day was celebrated with a language Kahoot, cake competition and 1st grade language lecture with Peter from Our Europe.

Time for the 1st HF parent meeting 😊

Dear 1.HF parents, We are now well into the school year, and the new friends and teachers are becoming everyday for the students at BG. Therefore, the time has come for us to invite you inside the school for a parents' meeting.

The meeting will be held in the school assembly hall on Thursday 26 September 2024 at 17.00 – 18.00.

On Friday 4 October you can visit BG and meet your old classmates and have a chat with your former teachers! We are very much looking forward to seeing you. There will be music, good atmosphere, possibility to buy beer, soft drinks and drinks as well as snacks etc. in the canteen.

At Birkerød Gymnasium, students' participation in student committees and student clubs is a central and essential part of the school's culture.

All new students at BG must go on an introductory tour. It is both a socially, educationally and academically important trip, as it helps shake the students together and provides some common professional experiences to talk about.

Teamwork makes the dream work – we know that! And that's why teamwork was also on the program on Wednesday 21 August for all the 1st year students at Birkerød Gymnasium, HF and IB.

This year, BG again held the very big Class Contest for all 20 first-year classes from both STX, HF, IB and Pre-IB.

The school year has barely begun before BG is full of life again! Already two days into the school year, on August 14, 2.b was visited by 20 students from Yanping High School in Taiwan. With them they had their principal, Mrs. Ya-Hui Shih, a teacher and a representative from the NGO TIYAE, which organizes exchange collaborations for internationally oriented schools in Taiwan.

Ready…Set…GO! To the sound of Principal Claus’ booming voice, students across BG began one of the highlights of BG’s intro week: Speed dating!

The three BG students' poems have been selected and published in the anthology "90 student poems". The talented poets are: Julia Krzywicka, 3u, Therese Karoline A. Helander, 3u, and Rebecca Scheibel, 2p.

A student report

It was a random Tuesday in the fifth module that we were first introduced to the Olympiad. A Dutch team competition, we were told, in creative mathematics, in which BG has a tradition of doing quite well.

Last week, the finals of the traditional Boarding Schools' Cup tournament were held in Sorø. True to tradition, Birkerød Gymnasium was well represented with teams in both Girls 1, Boys 1 and Boys 2. And it was with great expectations that the teams left with the big silver cups under their arms as the reigning champions.

On Friday 5 March, it was finally time for the biggest party of the year at Birkerød Gymnasium – the traditional Coffee Ball! And what a party it was! More than 900 of the school's students turned up and the mood was very high throughout the evening.

Again, BG's students demonstrate Birkerød Gymnasium's high professional level in the natural sciences and within science. This time it is Regitze from 1z, Karl Johan from 1t and Christian from 1t who are going to the EC in Science in Luxemburg later this year.

The second term grades of the year for Pre-IB students will be released in Lectio on Friday 8 March at 4 pm. Once a year we have Pre-IB teacher-parent meetings where it is possible to have a 10-minute talk with some of your son’s or daughter’s teachers. The meeting Wednesday 3 April from 4 to 8 pm. is not mandatory, but an offer that we make for parents and students.

Wednesday 27.2. poet Haidar Ansari visited Birkerød Gymnasium and held an exciting presentation for all the school's Stx 3rd graders, 2nd hf'ers and IB 3u literature team.

What do dance, Carl Nielsen, electronic music, architecture and video art have in common? Well! On 11 January, almost 70 students from BG's various A and C music teams went on an excursion together to DR's beautifully renovated concert hall, to see the performance "Let's Dance, Nielsen!".

This time Birkerød Gymnasium's students made a party in collaboration with Team Rynkeby for a party profit of DKR 30,000, which was donated to the Children's Cancer Foundation. Helped along the way by the band Ude Af Kontrol (UAK).

Sex is one of the most natural things about being human, but at the same time one of the hardest things to talk about. Many young people experience being left alone with questions about e.g. contraception, boundaries and consent, and that is why, from the school year 2023-2024, a requirement has been introduced that high school students throughout Denmark must receive sex education.

Tirsdag d. 6. februar 2024 kl. 19.30-21.00. Mødet begynder med en kort fælles introduktion i Fællessalen, og derefter vil der være møder i de enkelte klasser, hvor klassens lærere vil fortælle om deres fag og om dagligdagen på BG. Tilmelding til mødet finder I her, hvor der også er flere detaljer om forældremødet.

At BG, we have many students interested in sports. Some are part of the Team Denmark scheme, others are part of our elite sports program and benefit from our many offers. For many of our students, it is important to have a daily life in which there is a balance between sport and school. We want to strengthen this focus on sports even more from the school year 2024/2025 by creating a class where all students have sports at B level.

This does not only apply to our 2nd graders, who are entering the last week of Projekt Läselyst. And we are lucky enough to work closely with the librarians at Birkerød Library. They are ready down there with plenty of inspiration and are always ready for a chat about books! And of course that also applies to all of you!

Dear Intro student. We look forward to seeing you at our Intro course for 8th graders at Birkerød Gymnasium, STX, HF, IB and boarding school!(BG). Here some general information for you, who are going to the Intro course at Birkerød Gymnasium

Birkerød Gymnasium's students donate the profits from the next AOC party on 26/1 to the Children's Cancer Foundation in collaboration with Team Rynkeby.

This year's project Desire to Read is for 2nd grade and officially begins on Wednesday 10/1, where BG in collaboration with The House of Poetry will light the torch with an event in 2nd and 3rd modules. As you can see, the principal has already started!

Tirsdag d. 30. januar 2024 kl. 09:45-11:20 inviterer vi tidligere BG'ere til at fortælle om deres sabbatår, uddannelses- og arbejdsliv efter BG. Formålet er at give 2. hf og 3. årgang eleverne konkrete billeder på, hvordan studieliv og evt. arbejdsliv kan se ud.

For the second year in a row, Birkerød Gymnasium participated in Center Sandholmlejren's Christmas market. Seven of our IB students had a stall there, where they handed out gifts to the many children who live at Center Sandholm which is a center for people seeking asylum in Denmark. The idea was initiated by IB student Jasmin Jade Nicklen last year.

Can man avoid his fate and make independent decisions and thus try to change the course of the world without being punished by the gods? The drama and tragedy Oedipus touches on, among other things this existential question and, despite more than 2,500 years behind us, is still relevant for today's people.

Well begun is, as we know, half done. This also applies when it comes to getting off to a good start in a new class. At Birkerød Gymnasium, the introductory trip is always immediately after the start of the study packeges in November, so that the future classes can quickly get to know each other very well.

Former foreign minister and climate minister and current chairman of Det Radikale Venstre, Martin Lidegaard, is coming to BG on November 29 to talk to our 3.g'ers and 2.hf'ers about some of the biggest and wildest problems of the time.

This year, the musical atmosphere returns to Birkerød. The students at Birkerød Gymnasium perform the performance "Let the Sunshine In," a musical that weaves relevant themes into a new story with well-known songs and characters.

We are incredibly proud to be the Red Cross school 2023. On Sunday 1/10 2023, BG's students went out to collect money for the Red Cross. The students covered 100 routes and collected more than DKK 120,000 on that day. The great student turn-out and support made Birkerød Gymnasium the gymnasium in Denmark with the greatest funds raised.

I forbindelse med at vores elever (undtaget 1.g) får standpunktskarakterer d. 10.november. Tilmeldingen foregår via Lectio fra mandag d. 6. november 2023. Her er det muligt at ønske samtale med op til fem lærere i prioriteret rækkefølge.

Annika Kirsten Bohn Sønderskov Andersen from 1q wins this year's Danish Championship in Short Story Writing. Thus, BG's creative writing club and the writing club's initiator and talent developer June Clausager Thomsen can boast of another Danish Championship title in short story writing.

It sizzles and bubbles on BG. There is currently discussion, pitching, cutting, sticking, sawing, screwing and hammering. at BG, because the students are busy either up-cycling products, making jams or making Mock-ups of their innovative ideas.

Hvorfor er AP så vigtigt? Undervisningen i grammatik huskes af mange som kedelig, angstfremkaldende, foruroligende, forbundet med nederlag eller simpelthen ren og skær glæde. Undervisningen i sprogforståelse kan tage form af kedelige, løsrevne grammatiske rutineøvelser. Men IKKE på BG, der åbner AP op for helt nye verdener og faglig indsigt – hvis du vil....?

D. 26/10 BG holds a 5 km race called Give me 5. It is held every year for all 3rd grade and 3u students. Now you can sponsor a Give me 5 runner and support the Red Cross.

There are so many exciting things happening at BG! Every day - and so many that even students and teachers find it difficult to keep track of it! The app BGConnect shall make it easier for students to meet across all the academic and social offers outside of school hours.

BG's Johan Hilleberg from 3d is going to the "ball at the castle". Johan is selected as one of two young people from Furesø Municipality to participate in Prince Christian's 18th birthday party. How you are selected is different in the individual municipalities, but in Johan's case it is a vote in the municipality's youth council that forms the basis of the selection.

Come and meet your old classmates and have a chat with your former teachers! We are very much looking forward to seeing you. There will be music, good atmosphere, possibility to buy beer, soft drinks and drinks as well as snacks etc.

When you are employed as a secondary school teacher, it can take several years before you enter a pedagogy course and learn about teaching planning and didactics. It was this transition that Sara wanted to support by writing a handbook for brand new teachers.

At the meeting, principal Claus Campeotto and vice-principal Helene Vejbjerg Lindemann will give information about the start of school, the basic course and the immediate future up to the students' final choice of course of study

Young words and pictures are a gift to BG! Because what happens to the art when it has finished being exhibited at this year's student exhibition and what happens to the literature when the final period has been put in the creative writing club?

At BG, we are not only proud of our students. We are also proud of our teachers and colleagues who contribute to the educational and professional development in the upper secondary school and to research. Here you can read Hans Marker's great review of Morten Eskildsen, Michael Brix Pedersen and our former colleague emeritus Karen Helmig's new textbook on VIRUS.

The first day of the final week of school began monday the 19th of June - and that also means the first four STX and HF students have finally graduated! Over the next couple of days, all of BG's STX and HF students will take their final exams.

The halls of BG were buzzing with excitement on Thursday the 18th of may, when the final group of IB students were done with their exams!

Spring has sprung at BG and that of course means the first IB graduates finally get to wear the highly anticipated graduation hats. This year’s first IB graduate is Rajana Abubakarova from 3u. She completed her exams with Maths as the final subject!

With great words from the judges about a poster that showed in-depth research and an innovative proposal for new medicine, as well as a presentation with a clear common thread, the team from 2y won the biology category.

The theme for this year's kaffebal was Masquerade! Read more about the most anticipated party of the year!

BG recieved an important visit from the mayor of Rudersdal Muncipality,Ann Sofie Orth, who came to see and experience BIGMUN. Article written by Therese Karoline A. Helander, 2u.

Finally, after three years, the BIGMUN conference is up and running at BG

Therese from 2u is an active and engaged member og BG's creative writing club. Now she is also a published author and winner of the writing competition "Unge Ord", where she was awarded the Flow-Prize for her poem "To-do List". Click here to read the article (in Danish).

BG wishes everyone a fantastic winter break. We are back again on Monday the 20th of February.

During the spring term, students from HF, STX and IB will be meeting each other across classes in shared lessons. Many different subjects are involved, from science to languages, and the idea is to experience each other’s school systems and see similarities and differences while having fun and socialising.

Aksel Heunicke from 2.x is a part of a local project to secure environment initiatives.

It is almost time for BIGMUN 2023! We are so proud and excited to once again host Birkerød Gymnasium's Model United Nations conference.

In week 41, all 2nd year students will be working with sustainability inspired by the UN's 17 sustainable development goals...

Many thanks for your application to Birkerød Gymnasium and HF.

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