First day of school is Sunday 20 August! We are looking forward to welcoming around 50 students to us! 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 environmental grantees [...]
It's cheaper than before, and here you can read about how much you get for your money! 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 understanding: DKK 14,350 [...]
Read about why you should go to Oslofjord Folkehøgskole before you study: We are a small community college with around 70 students. Here everyone gets to know everyone, and the we feeling is strong!
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. 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, or have [...]
We started the 2022/2023 school year on Sunday 21 August. We still have a few places available. 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 program with lots of [...]
20% more students have accepted school places compared to the same time last year. 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 have confirmed [...]
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. - 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 encourage and support this, says [...]
Oslofjord folk college was lucky enough to be a "guinea pig" for the Civic School's course on citizenship, democracy and communication. 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 democracy, but it was [...]
50% more applications have come in this year than last year! 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 to continue [...]
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: After 2 years with corona, it is the first time Oslofjord Folkehøgskole experience infection at [...]
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: We are a small community college with around 70 students. Here everyone gets to know everyone, and the we feeling is strong! Our environmental grantees' main task [...]
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. 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 acquaintances to get them [...]
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. -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 are an [...]
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! There are many good reasons to recommend the young people in the house [...]
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. 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 mother with three [...]
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. - A friend was [...]
We are accepting applications for the 2021/2022 school year. It pays to be early. 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 it pays [...]
We need an environmental worker/supervisor in the evening. You must be an active and committed person who is passionate about young people! 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 to tackle [...]
It's fun to finally start the 2020/2021 school year! Here you will find the school route: 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 – 01.11 [...]
Is it hard to choose? Read here about the similarities and differences between a year at a folk university and a one-year course: One-year course or adult education?
We can open the school to foreign students! It is the government that is now giving the go-ahead for this. 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 EEA rules [...]
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. There are still some school places available, so all you have to [...]
We have 40% more applicants this year compared to last year! 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 course those [...]
Even though the school building is closed, and the students have been sent home, the folk high school is run online every single day! 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 the teaching, [...]
We are now well underway with the preparations for the premiere of the musical Grease on Wednesday 5 February. 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 project. The [...]
As the first and only folk high school in Norway, we offer a whole year of curling! 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 a stone's [...]
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.
All the students dressed up and got to see "Hans and Gretel" in the Opera. Opera is one of the many typical Oslo activities students at Oslofjord Folkehøgskole get to experience during the school year.
The school has changed its name to Oslofjord Folkehøgskole. The idea behind has helped us. 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 together with [...]
Travel Global understanding: South Africa and New York travel for a whole month in November. 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 primary school. [...]
The students on the Global understanding line have been on a trip to Oslomarka. Barbecues outside in the rain, but primarily fireplaces and card games indoors, were on the agenda.
First day of school is Sunday 20 August! We are looking forward to welcoming around 50 students to us! 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 environmental grantees [...] 
It's cheaper than before, and here you can read about how much you get for your money! 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 understanding: DKK 14,350 [...] 
Read about why you should go to Oslofjord Folkehøgskole before you study: We are a small community college with around 70 students. Here everyone gets to know everyone, and the we feeling is strong! 
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. 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, or have [...] 
We started the 2022/2023 school year on Sunday 21 August. We still have a few places available. 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 program with lots of [...] 
20% more students have accepted school places compared to the same time last year. 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 have confirmed [...] 
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. - 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 encourage and support this, says [...] 
Oslofjord folk college was lucky enough to be a "guinea pig" for the Civic School's course on citizenship, democracy and communication. 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 democracy, but it was [...] 
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: After 2 years with corona, it is the first time Oslofjord Folkehøgskole experience infection at [...] 
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: We are a small community college with around 70 students. Here everyone gets to know everyone, and the we feeling is strong! Our environmental grantees' main task [...] 
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. -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 are an [...] 
