Oslo katedralskole
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Oslo katedralskole (the Cathedral School of Oslo), known in Latin as Schola Osloensis is a junior college located in Oslo, Norway. The school was founded in 1153 by papal delegate Cardinal Nicholas Breakspeare, and administered by the Cathedral of Saint Hallvard. From its foundation and until the 18th century the school educated priests. They were taught seven different subjects, ordered in two groups: Quadrivium, being astronomy, geometry, algebra and music, and trivium, i.e. grammar, rhetoric and logic. The language used was Latin until the 18th century, and unlike most other Norwegian public schools, Latin is still being taught today.
Since 1902 the school has been located in Ullevålsveien, Oslo. It has long been recognized as one of the best schools in Norway[citation needed], and tends to be proud of its rather intellectual image. Many of Norway's well known researchers and scholars are among the school's former students[citation needed].
Paul Jasper has been headmaster since 1991.
School motto: "Non scholae, sed vitae discimus" ("We do not learn for the sake of the school, but for the sake of life"), in contrast to the former motto: "Non vitae, sed scholae discimus" ("We do not learn for the sake of life, but for the sake of the school"). In Oslo, the school is generally known as "Katta", short for "katedral(...)" (cathedral). Katta also means "the cat".
[edit] Notable alumni of international interest
- Niels Henrik Abel, Mathematician
- Jostein Gaarder, Author
- Harald V, King of Norway
- Trygve Haavelmo, Nobel prize winner in Economics
- Edvard Munch, Painter
- Erik Solheim, Norway's Minister of International Development
- Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway
