Scan Magazine | Special Theme | Education in Norway
Take a year to do exactly what you love the most Elverum Folkehøgskule offers an impressive variety of programmes, ranging from photography and theatre to snowboarding and Norwegian culture. This is the perfect place to spend a year doing what you love the most.
subjects, seminars and theme weeks. “The students appreciate the great mix of people and options,” Andersen notes.
By Helene Toftner | Photos: Elverum Folkehøgskule
Unique to the school is its Norwegian language and cultural programme. It gives the students hands-on experience with the language from the very start and includes no less than three trips around Norway during the year. “All programmes include at least two trips, but this is special as they get to experience all 19 Norwegian counties, as well as the Danish capital, Copenhagen,” Andersen says. “Elverum is perfectly situated near Oslo, Oslo Airport and Trysil, one of the country’s finest ski resorts, so there is plenty to explore nearby too.”
Unique to the Nordic countries, folkehøgskoler (folk high schools) offer adult education that grants its students the opportunity to study absolutely anything they fancy, including snowboarding, theatre and music. Elverum Folkehøgskule offers a broad variety of programmes, giving their students a year they will never forget. “We take great pride in offering a great variety so that people interested in extreme sports come together with aspiring actors from the theatre programme,” says vice chancellor Per Egil Andersen. The school is a boarding school for students who have finished college and 56 | Issue 82 | November 2015
fancy a year to explore their interests before university or work. While the majority of students are from Norway, many come from other places across the world, including the United Kingdom, Nepal and the United States. “We have experienced a remarkable increase in applications from international students in the past few years, and most of them are interested because of recommendations from friends,” Andersen says. The school has nine programmes: backpacker, Norwegian culture, snowboarding, drama, band, photography, Africa, outdoor life, and arts and crafts programmes. Additionally, it offers more than 25 elective
For more information, please visit: www.elverumfhs.no