The Hartvig Nissen School, informally referred to as Nissen, is a gymnasium in Oslo, Norway. It is located in the neighborhood Uranienborg in the affluent West End borough of Frogner. It is Norway's oldest high school for girls and is widely considered one of the country's two most prestigious high schools alongside the traditionally male-only Oslo Cathedral School; its alumni include many famous individuals and two members of the Norwegian royal family.
Hartvig Nissens School
The former school building in Øvre Vollgate 15, now the seat of Bokhandelens Hus
Bernhard Cathrinus Pauss, the school's last headmaster-owner
Clara Holst was a philologist and women's rights pioneer. She was the first woman to earn a doctorate degree in Norway.
Bernhard Cathrinus Pauss was a Norwegian theologian, educator, author and humanitarian and missionary leader, who was a major figure in girls' education in Norway in his lifetime.
B.C. Pauss, photographed by Gustav Borgen
B.C. Pauss, portrait owned by Oslo Museum
Nissen's Girls' School in Niels Juels gate 56 at Frogner, Oslo. The property was bought by Bernhard Pauss in 1897, who commissioned the construction of the building, which was completed in 1899
His second wife Anna Henriette Wegner (1841–1918), a daughter of the industrialist Benjamin Wegner
