Welcome to the start of school!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]First day of school is Sunday 20 August! We are looking forward to welcoming around 50 students to us![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1414″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]On Sunday 20 August, around 50 students will move into the boarding school at Oslofjord Folklore College. The day starts with the school opening its doors from 13.00. Then the students are welcomed by […]
How much does it cost to attend Oslofjord Folkehøgskole?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s cheaper than before, and here you can read about how much you get for your money![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1470″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text] From autumn 2023, the folk high school student will receive NOK12,537 per month in support from the Lånekassen. With us, our lines cost this per month: Social work in Oslo: DKK 12,850 Travel and global […]
10 reasons to go to Oslofjord Folkehøgskole
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Read about why you should go to Oslofjord Folkehøgskole before you study:[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1463″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text] We are a small community college with around 70 students. Here everyone gets to know everyone, and the we feeling is strong!
Apply for half-year courses now!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We start half-yearly courses on all our lines from January. Tip someone who finds student life lonely, or who finds a gap year boring.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1456″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]Submit a simple application here: Application Oslofjord Folkehøgskole Did your student life turn out differently than you had imagined? Were you more alone as a student than you thought, […]
The school year is well underway!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We started the 2022/2023 school year on Sunday 21 August. We still have a few places available. [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1447″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]The school year started with an opening party in the auditorium, a festive dinner and familiar games on the lawn in the lovely late summer sun! After that, there has been a tightly packed […]
Oslofjord Folkehøgskole is one month ahead
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]20% more students have accepted school places compared to the same time last year.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1439″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]For another year, Oslofjord Folkehøgskole sees positive results in the statistics on student numbers. As of 1 June, there were 20% more students taking up school places for the autumn compared to the same date last year. 60 students […]
The Non-Violence Prize 2022 is awarded to Ingrid Rosendorf Joys
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ingrid Rosendorf Joys is secretary-general of the Co-operative Council for Beliefs and Beliefs (STL), and is awarded the prize for her preventive work against alienation. [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1431″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text] – The Non-Violence Prize draws attention to justice and peace using non-violence as a tool. By highlighting the legacy of King Jr. we want to […]
Useful course in communication and democracy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Oslofjord folk college was lucky enough to be a «guinea pig» for the Civic School’s course on citizenship, democracy and communication. [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1421″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]About 35 of our students, spread over two course days, followed the course. At the beginning, several of the students expressed a somewhat weak motivation for a full-day course in […]
Record high number of applicants!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]50% more applications have come in this year than last year![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1414″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]This year 50% more applications have been received per 31 January than the previous year. ” It is great fun to see such an increase. We have worked hard to grow over the past 2-3 years, and this gives us extra motivation […]
Quarantine at Folkehøgskole
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Even if folk college is a safe place in the time of the corona, and life goes on as usual, infection and quarantine can occur. Here are some tips for what you can do when the quarantine days get long:[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1404″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]After 2 years with corona, it is the first time Oslofjord Folkehøgskole experience […]
10 reasons to apply to Oslofjord Folkehøgskole!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We accept applications for the school year 2023/2024! It pays to apply before 1 February, and here you can read about why you should go to Oslofjord Folkehøgskole: [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1396″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text] We are a small community college with around 70 students. Here everyone gets to know everyone, and the we feeling is strong! […]
Join us in donating to this year’s television campaign
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Our students will run to raise money for this year’s television campaign. The sponsor race starts outside the school grounds on Saturday 16 October. [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1281″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]This year the TV campaign is raising money for Plan’s work to combat child marriage. Oslofjord Folkehøgskole will contribute to this! The students contact family, friends and […]
Large increase in the number of students
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This year looks set to be the highest number of students at Oslofjord Folkehøgskole in five years. From last year there is over a 20% increase.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1366″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]-I think the last two school years have been too lonely and unsocial for many young people, and that many now see that the folk high schools […]
Show the youth in the house this!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Do you have a young person in the house who is unsure of what he or she should get up to this autumn? Oslofjord folk high school guarantees a social year with a focus on creating good experiences and memories for life![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1295″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]There are many good reasons to recommend the young people in […]
The non-violence prize is awarded to Safia Abdi Haase
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Oslofjord Folk High School awards the Non-Violence Award in collaboration with the Norwegian Christian Council, the Norwegian Baptist Community and the Norwegian Peace Council.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1357″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text] Safia Abdi Haase is a Norwegian-Somali nurse, known for her work against female genital mutilation. She came to Norway as a quota refugee in 1992, as a single […]
– You don’t have to be thin to achieve your dreams!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sonja had to move to Oslo to experience that it is ok not to be slim. Negative comments on a bikini photo she shared changed everything. Now she has over 70,000 followers on Instagram, and is happy with her own body. She developed a lot during the year at Oslofjord Folkehøgskole.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1346″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text] – […]
Time to apply for next school year!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are accepting applications for the 2021/2022 school year. It pays to be early.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1337″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]Although we do not operate with an application deadline, it pays to apply early for the next school year . Submitting an application is easy, just fill in this form digitally: Application form All applications are read carefully, and […]
Vacant position as an environmental worker!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We need an environmental worker/supervisor in the evening. You must be an active and committed person who is passionate about young people![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1295″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]Our students need safe adults who are actively present in the afternoons and evenings. We are looking for you who can initiate activities, are available for conversations, and who are happy […]
The school year is underway!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s fun to finally start the 2020/2021 school year! Here you will find the school route:[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1324″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]Die Schulroute für den Herbst 2020: Herbstferien: Woche 40, die Schule schließt am Donnerstag, 24. September, um 14 Uhr und öffnet am Sonntag, 4. Oktober, um 16 Uhr Linjereise Reiseliv globales Verständnis: Woche 43/44 Freies Wochenende: 30.10 […]
Study or attend a year at folk university?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Is it hard to choose? Read here about the similarities and differences between a year at a folk university and a one-year course:[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1317″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]One-year course or adult education?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
We can now take in foreign students!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We can open the school to foreign students! It is the government that is now giving the go-ahead for this.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1308″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]From 1 July, students who have been admitted to study in Norway will be able to enter. This will apply both to students with the right to a study stay according to the […]
We open the school in August!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Ministry of Education confirms this. Although we have hoped and believed for a long time that we can open in the autumn, this is fantastic news from the top! It pays to apply now to secure a place. We process applications quickly.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1249″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]There are still some school places available, so all you […]
Record number of applicants!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We have 40% more applicants this year compared to last year![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1295″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]Despite the corona-closed school and uncertainty about the bus journeys next school year, there is a record high number of applications at Oslofjord Folkehøgskole this spring. There are 40% more applicants this year than last year! What counts the most is of […]
People’s High School online!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Even though the school building is closed, and the students have been sent home, the folk high school is run online every single day![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1288″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]Pupils are offered tuition every day, both on the lines and joint subjects. All contact takes place via video in Teams, or in various social media. In addition to […]
Jumping fun school day
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We took all the students to the trampoline park on a normal school day. I liked it![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1281″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Staging of the musical Grease
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are now well underway with the preparations for the premiere of the musical Grease on Wednesday 5 February.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1273″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]We play four performances for the primary schools in Bærum. Saturday 8 February is the last performance with parents and friends in the hall. The whole school is together on this big and exciting […]
Apply for a school place now!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We start accepting students on 1 February, so it pays to submit your application now.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1266″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]Watch the film here: Feel the pulse of the big city![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
We offer a curling line with a trip to Canada
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the first and only folk high school in Norway, we offer a whole year of curling![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1256″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]You will train several times a week with some of the world’s best curling players, such as Thomas Ulsrud, Dordi Nordby and Pia Trulsen. The training takes place in Norway’s largest and best curling hall, just […]
This year’s new word is our new line: Klimabrølet!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Klimabrølet is our new line next autumn! The Language Council has named «climabrøl» as the new word of the year. Read more about our line in the box below the picture.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1249″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Stately in the Opera
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]All the students dressed up and got to see «Hans and Gretel» in the Opera.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1242″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]Opera is one of the many typical Oslo activities students at Oslofjord Folkehøgskole get to experience during the school year.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
New school sweaters
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]All pupils and staff have received a free school jumper! All students who start at Oslofjord Folkehøgskole get it.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1235″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][/vc_column][/vc_row]
New name and new logo!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The school has changed its name to Oslofjord Folkehøgskole. The idea behind has helped us.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1228″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]We have been looking forward to launching our new name and logo for a long time. From 1 November 2019 we are called Oslofjord Folkehøgskole. It is the advertising agency Tanken Bak that has developed our new profile […]
Reiselivslinja is in South Africa!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Travel Global understanding: South Africa and New York travel for a whole month in November.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1221″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]Right now, 20 students are in Cape Town, where they are visiting Robben Island, among other things. Then the trip goes to Pretoria. Here they will work on a farm for wild animals and have practice at a […]
On a trip to Nordmarka!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The students on the Global understanding line have been on a trip to Oslomarka.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=»1213″ img_size=»full» alignment=»center»][vc_column_text]Barbecues outside in the rain, but primarily fireplaces and card games indoors, were on the agenda.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]