Contact Elverum Folk High School
Contact us if you have any questions. Here you will find contact information for the office, management and all employees.
Phone
Office Address
Elverum Folk High School
Strandbygdveien 143
2409 Elverum
Mailing Address
Elverum Folk High School
PO 1629
2409 Elverum
Org. no.
971 533 889 VAT
Payment
Account number: 3000 32 14830
Vipps: 82303
Assistance account: 3000 32 34475
Vipps: 88831
Invoice
ekspedisjon@elverumfhs.no
Employees
The staff at Elverum Folkehøgskole have broad experience from their subjects, and are passionate about giving you a dream year with new experiences, new friends and new expertise.
Read about the staff at Elverum Folkehøgskole and find contact information.
Administration
Per Egil Andersen
Principal
Background from general teacher education, sports and guidance pedagogy, administration and management as well as various coaching education. Teaching experience from after-school program, junior high school, high school and college. Per Egil has taught on the Snowboard, Backpacker, Norwegian - Culture / Adventure and Outdoor life line. Supervisor for students from Høgskolen i Innlandet. Responsible for annual celiac courses for children, adolescents and adults.
Kristian Wessel Finstad
Assistant principal and teacher at Multisport
Background/education: Teacher training in sports/physical education, Outdoor life year study, Guidance pedagogy, Administration and management, Value-based change management. Has been a line teacher at Friluftsliv, Handball and Backpacker/Extreme Sports, as well as taught at Norwegian. Has playing and coaching experience from Elverum Men's Handball. School leader experience from primary school.
We like working with young people. We appreciate positivity, creativity, diversity and low shoulders, but at the same time the good conversations and the seriousness of life.
Teachers
Arild Sveum
Line teacher: Music - Band / Vocals
Background: General teacher education with music. Musician and composer. Broad experience as a band musician and music teacher in Namibia via Fredskorps ung. Member of several bands with different genres: prog rock, soul, 70s and 80s rock etc. Line teacher at Music - Band / Vocal and otherwise teaches electives and common subjects. Is a member of the band ProgAtom, which has released the albums Sagittarius A and Spiral.
Eivind Ellingsen Høimyr
Line teacher: Photo / Experiences
Background: Bachelor in media design from Gjøvik University College. Went the snowboard line at Elverum folk high school 09/10. Has since 2008 run his own company in media production, and has a teacher education in media studies, as well as tutoring. Has lived for a year in Uganda and Kenya, with aid work at the school's aid project in Kasese. Eivind is a line teacher in Photography / Experiences and teaches electives and common subjects. He is also responsible for design, film, photography and the web at the school.
Geir Prøven
Line teacher: Africa -Assistance / Culture
Background: general teacher training, media and English. Teaching experience from after-school arrangements, primary school and secondary school. Coaching experience from various sports. Theater instructor, idea maker and writer for theater and revue groups. Line teacher at Africa - Aid/Culture and teaches several elective and joint subjects. Responsibility for our aid projects.
Ingvild Skogum Aabakken
Line teacher: Norwegian - Culture / Adventure
Background: Bachelor's teacher training in design, arts and crafts with specialization in drawing and image communication, as well as a year's study in Norwegian at the University College in South-Eastern Norway. Is the course in suggestopedia. Teaches several elective subjects, as well as joint subjects. Responsible for the school's social channels.
Kristian Wessel Finstad
Assistant principal and teacher at Multisport
Background/education: Teacher training in sports/physical education, Outdoor life year study, Guidance pedagogy, Administration and management, Value-based change management. Has been a line teacher at Friluftsliv, Handball and Backpacker/Extreme Sports, as well as taught at Norwegian. Has playing and coaching experience from Elverum Men's Handball. School leader experience from primary school.
Marius Bergan
Line teacher: Snowboard / Freeski
Background: Teacher in sports/physical education. Trainer training in gymnastics and snowboarding. A number of positions in Hedmark gymnastics circle, Elverum gymnastics and the Norwegian Gymnastics and Gymnastics Association. Trainer for several games in Elverum Turn. Teaching experience from university, primary school, after-school program and basic training for secondary school and upper secondary school. Supervisor and examiner for students from Høgskolen i Innlandet.
Per Kjelland
Line teacher: Backpacker / Extreme sports
Education from general teacher training, sports and the conservatory of music in Trondheim. Acting experience from Hedmark Theatre, Teater Innlandet and a number of local theaters and revue groups. Musician, composer and choir director. Years of experience with outdoor life, hunting and fishing. Line teacher at Backpacker / Extreme Sport, and teaches elective and joint subjects.
Susan Ege Andersen
Teacher for 2nd year students
Background: Police training, teacher training with sports, mathematics, immigration pedagogy, guidance and social pedagogy and teacher in Suggestopedi - accelerated learning. Teaching experience from the police with preventive work in kindergarten, primary school, upper secondary school and university. Particularly involved in projects aimed at drug and incest problems. Teacher for the 2nd year students. Otherwise teaches elective subjects.
Trine-Lise Lundemo
Line teacher: Art / Experiences
Background: General teacher education with specialization in shaping and English, as well as 60 credits in German at UiO. Long experience as a section leader for arts and crafts in primary school. Trine especially likes working with needlework techniques, is an MOT coach and aerobics instructor. She has traveled a lot and speaks fluent English and German, as well as some French and Italian.
Office
Kjell Roger Halberg
Office assistant, technical manager and chef
Background as head of the event agency Joker sound, light & stage, with assignments for the country's greatest artists. Booking responsibility for concerts during the school year and responsible for the Saw Iron Festival. Office assistant and helps as a chef.
Solrunn Irene Nordlien
Boarding manager
Background: Graphic designer, with extensive experience from many years in the graphic industry, as well as marketing from the hotel and restaurant industry. Solrunn will help to ensure good well-being for the students at the boarding schools. She will host events, contribute to social media and marketing of the school.
Drift
Bernard Tweve
Construction operations
Bernard is a caretaker and fire chief. He has a bachelor's degree in organization and management, as well as a bachelor's degree in information technology. Tweve is responsible for the school's building stock and for everything working with heating, keys, outdoor facilities and renovation.
Morten Stensby
Housekeeper
Morten is our dear caretaker who arranges what is needed mostly before we know we need it. The school's Petter Smart who makes everything that is not in order work. In addition to "mekking", Morten actively plays bass and guitar.
Kitchen and cleaning
Silje Olsen
Chef
Silje is a trained chef at Statholdergaarden in Oslo. She has a varied background as a dessert chef and chef from restaurants, hotels, kindergartens and canteens. Silje wants the pupils to have good food experiences, challenge themselves with new flavours, but also learn about and experience traditional food. The passion is "sweet", so good desserts and cakes are often on the menu.
Ketil Larsen
Cook
Background from i.a. Hotel Continental, Restaurant Annen Etage and several fish, game and delicatessens. When he is not working with us, he is either fishing for trout or looking for old coins, antiques or other historical objects.
Nighisti Belay Tekie
Boarding assistant
Our versatile substitute who is everything from chef, kitchen assistant and cleaner.
Pnina Naftaly Nysveen
Boarding assistant
Pnina has previously worked both in hotels and in commercial kitchens. Is currently a boarding assistant with some cooking responsibilities.