Seminarium Fredericianum
Coordinates: 60°23′34.796″N 5°19′56.035″E / 60.39299889°N 5.33223194°E
The Seminarium Fredericianum or Bergen Daycare (Norwegian: Bergens barneasyl) is located at Asylplass 2 in Bergen's Bergenhus district and today it houses Norway's oldest preschool.
The Seminarium Fredericianum was established in 1750 by Bishop Erik Pontoppidan as a more secular education alternative for the children at the Latin school. In addition to teaching classical languages and the Bible, boys at the Seminarium Fredericianum also studied mathematics, physics, literature, moral philosophy, German, and French. The aim of the school was to professionalize the city's business community. Around 1780, the curriculum was expanded to include navigation and geography for the needs of tradesmen.
The name of the school honors King Frederick V of Denmark, who approved the plans in January 1750.
The building dates from 1752 and is Bergen's largest wooden building from the 1700s. The school was funded by the jurist Melchior Falch, in gratitude for which he was made the district magistrate for Sunnmøre in 1754.
Initially, twelve boys were granted tuition, room, and board at the school. The school never had a large attendance, and until 1778 only two or three boys studied there. In 1808 there were no students at all and the school was closed. The school's book collection, which initially numbered 1,300 volumes, was donated to the Latin school because of the closure.
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