Haagaas School [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Haagaas School
The Haagaas School (, informally also "Haagaas skole", "Haagaas private gymnas" or "Haagaas' studentfabrikk"), or simply Haagaas, was a private gymnasium in Oslo, that existed from 1915 to 1955. It was located in Niels Juels gate 52 at Frogner, in the same building as Frogner School. The school's founder, owner and headmaster until his retirement in 1946 was Theodor Haagaas. The school was a so-called "student factory" ("studentfabrikk"), offering
owned Håkås Nordre (then spelled Haagaas Nordre), were the parents of Theodor Christian Haagaas (1823–1899), who was managing director of the sawmills of Saugbrugsforeningen, Norway's largest timber company. He married Nora Martha Petersen, daughter of Swedish-born Johannes Petersen (Petterson), who owned Veden Manor, and was the father of the educator Theodor Haagaas (1873–1961), who founded the Haagaas School in Oslo, which was thus ultimately named for Håkås. Theodor Christian Haagaas was also the maternal grandfather of the publisher Henrik