Norwegian Language, adventure and Norwegian Culture

Do you want to learn Nor­we­gian lan­guage and Nor­we­gian cul­ture?
Elverum Folke­høgskole is a unique board­ing school for stu­dents fin­ished with high school, in or begin­ning col­lege. It offer Nor­w­gian aca­d­e­mic and Nor­we­gian nonaca­d­e­mic courses to all its stu­dents. The school is a one year course with most of its stu­dents being between the ages 18 and 24. The major­ity of stu­dents come from all parts of Nor­way, but oth­ers have come from the United States, Europe and coun­tries from all over the world.

Nor­we­gian Lan­guage and Nor­we­gian Culture 

The school is not a tool to look for per­ma­nent stay or work in Nor­way. The Nor­we­gian course focuses on learn­ing the lan­guage and cul­ture. Stu­dents that take the Nor­we­gian course will have class sev­eral times a week along with other core sub­jects such as choir, group activ­i­ties, dis­cus­sions on world events, and sem­i­nars which is with the entire school. Other than that it is up to the stu­dent to cre­ate their own sched­ule. They have over 25 elec­tives (val­gfag) to choose from to fill their week includ­ing snow­board, kick­box­ing, art, dig­i­tal pho­tog­ra­phy, or soc­cer and much more. 

Nor­we­gian language 

Stu­dents in the Nor­we­gian course will have plenty of prac­tice when learn­ing the lan­guage, being sub­merged in a “mini” Nor­we­gian soci­ety. They will inter­act around the clock with other Nor­we­gian stu­dents, dur­ing break­fast ‘til din­ner. There are also many activ­i­ties within the school year planned and held by the stu­dents. Some have been a celebrity wed­ding, vol­ley­ball tour­na­ment, and ladies’ night which all stu­dents and teach­ers take part in. Dur­ing the school year there are also “theme” weeks. There are three total. The first is when the stu­dents and teach­ers take a trip to the moun­tains to get to know each other bet­ter. They hike to the top of Glit­tertind and also to a glacier.

Nonaca­d­e­mic Nor­we­gian courses 

Another week are we just work­ing with the­atre. Stu­dents will uti­lize their music, art, and act­ing skills to put on a pro­duc­tion for the com­mu­nity. If you’re not the per­form­ing arts type, then you can take part behind the scenes work­ing with film­ing, lights, or pho­tog­ra­phy. The final “temauke” is a week filled with activ­i­ties where the entire school par­tic­i­pates. Some of the activ­i­ties include ice div­ing (see top pic­ture), snow­board­ing, danc­ing, climb­ing, and skiing.There are also “studi­eturer” (field trips). Each class will have their trips that they take dur­ing the school year. For exam­ple the Africa course will take trips to Africa or the the­atre course will attend a musi­cal in London. 

Travel with the Nor­we­gian course 

The Nor­we­gian course will travel many times all over Nor­way and Scan­di­navia. If that isn’t enough for you then there is plenty to do in Elverum even though its size is small. There is a bowl­ing alley, movie theatre/culture cen­ter, two shop­ping cen­ters, cafes, gym hall, and more. Elverum’s bus sta­tion is also a con­nec­tion to other near cities. An hour away is Trysil, one of Norway’s largest and finest ski resort, forty five min­utes the other direc­tion is Hamar a larger town than Elverum, and two hours away is Oslo, the capital.

Nor­we­gian lan­guage, Nor­we­gian adven­ture and Nor­we­gian cul­ture for 33 weeks

Stu­dents will have 33 weeks of school total, begin­ning in midAu­gust ‘til mid­May. Through­out the year there will be vaca­tion time as well, one dur­ing the fall and win­ter along with a Christ­mas and Easter break. Dur­ing this time the school will be closed. There will also be week­ends that there will half day Fri­days and no school on Sat­ur­days. This is time for stu­dents to go home, but the school remains open for stu­dents who chose to stay (food is still pro­vided). Around the school there is much that the stu­dents can take advan­tage. There is a soc­cer field, both indoor and out­door vol­ley­ball court, and in the win­ter there is a snow­board park right behind the school.

Admis­sion infor­ma­tion:
Once accepted, stu­dents will have to obtain a VISA if nec­es­sary and a res­i­dence per­mit from the Nor­we­gian Embassy. More infor­ma­tion and instruc­tions will be pro­vided via mail.Unfortunately Elverum Folke­høgskole does not offer schol­ar­ships, but it is pos­si­ble to apply for a schol­ar­ship here:

http://www.folkehogskole.no/fhsr/Dokumenter/Minnefondetsoknad.pdf
You must apply before Nov 1^st for the next school year.

The tuition includes room, food, school mate­ri­als, field trips and books.

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