Editing Birkerød (section)

==Education==
Birkerød Gymnasium was founded as a private boys' school in 1868.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://birke-gym.dk/historie|title=Historie|website=Birkerød Gymnasium|language=da|access-date=2019-06-30}}</ref> In 2007 it changed name to Birkerød Gymnasium, HF, IB og Kostskole (Birkerød Gymnasium, HF, IB & Boarding School). The name change is due to the additional education types added since the foundation of the school. The school has over 1000 students, 300 of those being [[IB Diploma Programme|International Baccalaureate]] (IB) candidates. It is currently the biggest public IB school in Denmark. There is also a boarding school with about 70 students living on campus. Most of these students have been expats earlier in their life and might still have family members living as expats around the world.

Since 2011, a [[Model UN]] at has been taking place annually at Birkerød Gymnasium. It is called BIGMUN (Birkerød Gymnasium Model United Nations) and it has attracted several hundreds of high-school students from around the world to debate as in the . At BIGMUN 2019, approximately 370 students from 33 different schools<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigmun.dk/this-year-s-conference|title=BIGMUN 2020 {{!}} BIGMUN 2020|website=bigmunpilot|language=da|access-date=2019-06-30}}</ref> around the world participated. These countries include: United States, Israel, Germany, Spain and more.