At last, the day had arrived. On Friday, 26 June, under the blazing Danish summer sun, all 392 graduates gathered at Birkerød Sports Hall for Birkerød Gymnasium’s graduation ceremony. The scene was truly spectacular: a sea of red, blue, and international graduation caps, surrounded by proud families, teachers, and beech branches. Just as it should be.

A big congratulations to this year’s first STX graduates, Dicte Hougaard Vesterholt (3y) and Anna Kahl Jørgensen (3m), who completed their studies yesterday, Monday, June 22, and to Marius Vogel Lindhardtsen (2p) and Alvin Holst-Larsen (2q), who completed theirs earlier this morning!

Help Us Create a Great Day for Everyone. The graduation season is about to begin at Birkerød Gymnasium, and we look forward to celebrating the many students who are completing their upper secondary education.

On Friday, June 26, Birkerød’s main street will be filled with cheering, singing, and white graduation caps as the town once again comes together to celebrate this year’s graduates from Birkerød Gymnasium.

Birkerød Boarding School, founded in 1868, has been modernised with renovated facilities and expanded capacity. The school combines tradition with modern pedagogy and places a strong emphasis on student wellbeing and academic achievement. A core value at Birkerød Boarding School is that students learn to take responsibility within an international and intercultural environment.

REMINDER REMINDER!! We know from experience that many forget and/or regret it ORDERING STUDENT PHOTOS. Student photography at: Birkerød Gymnasium on June 26, 2026

The collaborative education project at Birkerød Gymnasium promotes integration between students from the IB, STX, and HF programmes. Through shared activities and teaching, curiosity and understanding are fostered, strengthening identity and community in an environment that values diversity and mutual respect.

Scholarly Specialisation and Collegial Knowledge Sharing at Birkerød Gymnasium

At Birkerød Gymnasium, strong academic standards are not only a goal for students’ learning; they also constitute a core element of teachers’ professional practice and ongoing professional development.

All the of the students in our STX 1.g classes taking Social Studies A have been on a trip around rural Denmark. The starting point of the camp was to try out the social science methods that students encounter in the classroom.

3m and 3y, in collaboration with Danish teacher Annette Weiss Garne, have participated in testing and evaluating new teaching materials.

This year’s Kaffebal was organized by IB CAS 6, and with the theme “Enchanted Masquerade,” they created an atmospheric and well-executed evening. Behind the event lies an intensive process in which the students worked purposefully with both idea development and execution.

The article provides insight into how community, traditions, and student responsibility play a central role in a strong upper secondary school environment, and why social events such as the Coffee Ball are an important part of students’ overall formation.

Read on to gain a glimpse into an evening where community and engagement were at the heart of it all.

The Johan Mantzius Memorial Grant of 5000 DKK is awarded each year at Birkerød Gymnasium’s graduation celebration to current and former students who wish to apply for support to study abroad.

Friday, March 20, 9:45–11:20 a.m., Birkerød Gymnasium will be the setting for a large election meeting for the school's 2nd and 3rd year students. Here, young voters – and future voters – will meet parliamentary candidates from across the political spectrum for a debate on some of the most significant political divides of our time.

After many months of emails, Teams meetings with Ecosia and conversations with the management at BG, Birkerød Gymnasium has now become the Nordic region’s first Ecosia Campus school. Read here to learn more about Ecosia and Ecosia Campus, and how you can make BG and the planet greener, with your searches from the couch.

Forløsende forløb om fremtidsfortællinger. For en lille uge siden indgik to elever i PodCasten ”Radio Proud”, en ungdomskanal, hvor de fortalte om et netop afsluttet dansk-fagligt forløb på BG.

I forbindelse med at vores elever får standpunktskarakterer d. 5. marts, er der mulighed for at melde sig til forældrekonsultationer i 1.g:

Torsdag d. 26. marts kl. 16-20

A new partnership between Birkerød Gymnasium and The Science Club aims to ensure that curious children and young people have the opportunity to pursue their passion for science.

As of today, Birkerød Gymnasium is a proud partner of The Science Club – a nationwide community where children and young people engage in science in their spare time. The partnership builds on an existing collaboration in which volunteer upper secondary students from Birkerød Gymnasium serve as mentors and instructors on The Science Club’s courses.

More than 400 young people engage in international politics at BIGMUN 2026 at Birkerød Gymnasium and we are proud to announce the upcoming 14th annual Model United Nations conference, taking place from 18–22 February 2026. As Scandinavia’s largest student‑led MUN conference, BIGMUN will once again welcome approximately 270 international students, who together with students from Birkerød Gymnasium bring the total number of participants to around 470 young individuals. All participants share a strong interest in international politics and diplomatic cooperation.

The Literary Gift at BG offers graduating students inspiring talks with contemporary authors. Morten Pape shared his journey as a writer, discussed social heritage and the importance of dedication, while students had the opportunity to ask questions and engage with literature.

From February 18th, ,2026 - February 22nd, 2026, we are running a simulated UN-conference for upper secondary students here at BG with approximately 270 students from other upper secondary schools and from countries around the world. The conference is called BIGMUN. (MUN stands for Model United Nations). And you can host a BG's guest and both GIVE and RECEIVE a fantastic experience!

Thursday, January 29, 2026 from 09:45–11:20 for STX and 11:55–12:40 for HF we are hosting our annual Alumne-event. We invite YOU to come and tell current students about what you have done during your gap year(s).The purpose is to give 3rd-year STX students and 2nd-year HF students concrete examples of what student life and possibly working life can look like.

Every year at BG we celebrate our international community!

THE GREATEST SHOW PREMIERE: WHAT A NIGHT!

As the saying goes, well begun is half done – and that also applies in high school. It is important to get off to a good start in a new class, because social cohesion is the glue that will hold the students together throughout their academic development.

The wait is over - Musical season is finally here!

Premiere: Wednesday, November 26, and runs until November 28 at 7 PM in the assembly hall at Birkerød Gymnasium. Tickets on sale from November 17: BG students / youth under 18: 30 DKK, adults: 45 DKK. Tickets can be purchased during lunch break.

Tomorrow, Friday 31 October at 10:30, the 2nd and 3rd year students at Birkerød Gymnasium will receive a distinguished visit from Denmark’s Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister, Troels Lund Poulsen.

BG’s teaching staff is full of educators who are passionate about and actively contribute to the development of their subjects. It is an incredible privilege to have employees who, in addition to being outstanding communicators of their subjects at the upper secondary level, also work tirelessly to ensure that academic knowledge reaches as many people as possible.

Birkerød Gymnasium (BG) has just been appointed as a Team Denmark Education Partner for 2026-2028. With this appointment, BG has received Team Denmark's quality stamp as an educational institution that has an elite sports program of very high level.

Global Goals 2025 at Birkerød Gymnasium. To teach students that they can indeed make a difference and leave their mark on the world, Birkerød Gymnasium, in collaboration with the Foundation for Entrepreneurship and the Red Cross, will focus on storytelling, innovation, and entrepreneurship during week 41. The starting point is the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

At Birkerød Gymnasium, STX, HF, IB & Boarding School, all Team Denmark and elite sports students are offered a Life Skills course aimed at creating an awareness of how many of the skills learned from elite sports can be applied in everyday life.

BG celebrates the European Day of Languages. A celebration of linguistic diversity Every year on September 26th, we at BG celebrate the European Day of Languages – a day dedicated to honoring Europe’s linguistic and cultural richness.

On Friday, October 3rd, you can visit BG and meet your old classmates and have a chat with your former teachers! We are looking forward to seeing you. There will be music, a good atmosphere, the opportunity to buy beer, soda and drinks as well as snacks etc. in the canteen.

Det er tirsdag, tidspunktet er kl.19.30 om aftenen, lokationen er Århus, hvor 1p og 1q lige har været ude og bowle. Abdul og Elias har scoret flere point, end man kan få i et spil Bridge. Der er god stemning, og eleverne går i grupper ud og spiser sammen efter en dag med fuldt skrald på fra tidlig morgen til kl.19.30. Flere elever fra 1p og q og en lærer sidder fast i svingdøren, hvor man kun må være to ad gangen og skraldgriner.

Kære 1.HF-forældre, Vi er nu kommet godt i gang med skoleåret, og de nye kammerater og lærere er ved at blive hverdag for eleverne på BG. Derfor er tiden kommet til, at vi gerne vil invitere jer indenfor på skolen til forældremøde.

"BG had a fantastic sports day, where all students, teachers, and staff participated in eight different sports in the lovely sunny weather

Lots of reunions, squeals, hugs and High Fives mixed with a good portion of excited and nervous smiles here and there are what characterized Birkerød Gymnasium, STX, HF, IB and boarding school during the first week of the school year.

And so, the day arrived. Friday, June 27th, 2025, was all about youth, and it is with both heartfelt joy and a touch of sadness that we once again celebrated all of BG’s graduates – all 388 of them! – in Birkerød Multi Hall.

The day after a festive graduation party and the final exams, there was a strong need for some relaxation – and that’s exactly what the restaurant, cultural venue, and concert hall Mantziusgården offered BG’s many graduates on Wednesday, June 25, the day before the big graduation ceremony.

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!