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In addition to selecting from our diverse list of main courses, you will receive tuition in Norwegian language and culture. We will provide you with necessary school material.

During your stay you will get to know Norway, its people and their culture, whilst at the same time you will be sharing your own language and heritage. The language barrier is not an issue at NordmøreFolkehøgskule. Everyone is happy to help communicate whatever your language skills.

There are many ways to spend your time here at school and the local area. During the day and afternoon you can choose from a vast range of electives, from summer and winter sports, martial arts and hiking, to history, music and theatre. We also arrange evening activities for those who just can’t get enough.

The Norwegian Folk High School

What is a Folk High School? Briefly, a Folk High School is a school which has the freedom to work with the topics and questions the students and staff feel relevant to study. The Folk High School has no set curriculum and no formal examinations. Unlike the “normal” school, Folk High Schools are not bound by centrally standardised curriculum. Each school determines its own activities in view of the ideological and educational profile of the school.

The Folk High School claims to be pedagogically the freest school in the world. The recognition of ideological freedom as a characteristic feature of Folk High Schools continues to be the basic resource in present-day Folk High School activity.

The pedagogic idea

The folk high school movement is a characteristically Nordic phenomenon. The idea of the Folk High School can be tracked back to Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig, a Danish priest, historian, poet and public educator (1783-1872). He presented the vision of a “School for Life” as opposed to the formal, rigid secondary and higher education of his own time. His dialectics are universal, and the means of transmitting them is known as “the Living Word”. Thus, neither reading nor lectures are the primary methods for obtaining knowledge at a Folk High School, but dialogue, debate and discussions are.

The interaction which is found in dialogue, between students and between students and teachers, was for Grundtvig an important principle within education. It is a principle which still marks the life of Folk High Schools today.

Each one of us, as a unique individual, has personal experience, and therefore something to offer in conversation. It is this deeply democratic view of mankind which is the basic principle of Folk High Schools.

An important characteristic of the Folk High School, is that education is seen as valuable in itself. People are offered knowledge and experiences that can change their way of thinking. It is a general premise that one should be an active agent in social change.

At present

Today the goal of the Folk High School mainly is to offer general education both to young people and adults, and its courses cover a wide spectrum of subjects. Most of them are humanistic or aesthetic subjects. The lessons are usually divided in three areas: Common lessons/activities, main course/ electives. The schools are residential, and thus social life at such a school is seen as an important part of the educational programme, promoting, amongst other things, a sense of personal awareness and social responsibility

Folk High Schools offer a unique opportunity to enhance each individual’s human resources. The schools constitute small, educational societies where each individual makes a difference. Studying in a warm and open environment, working closely with fellow students and staff stimulates personal growth and development.

You live at a Folk High School, and eat, work, and celebrate together. You learn something from all this, during as well as outside the classes. Everything from private matters to global topics will be debated and questioned.

Continuous Admission

The Folk High Schools are available to everyone whatever their educational background. The greatest number of people attending Folk High Schools are young adults. There are foreign students attending almost every Folk High School.

The Norwegian Folk High Schools give no vocational or professional training and grant no formal academic credits. But you get a year of worthwhile personal experience and a certificate upon completion.

The goal of the Folk High School movement in the future, is the fight for democracy, inter-cultural understanding and Human rights, and for discussion and dialogue between equals for building up a more righteous society. The Folk High School is an opening to the future.

Nordmøre Folkehøgskule
Nordmøre Folk High School

Nordmøre Folkehøgskule is situated in Surnadal about 2 hours by bus from Trondheim. It is one of the 78 Norwegian Folk High Schools, and this school is owned and operated by an independent foundation called Nordmøre Høgskulelag.

Boarding School

Like the other Folk High Schools, Nordmøre Folkehøgskule is a boarding school. Most students share double rooms, but the school also have 6 single rooms. The 80 students come from all parts of Norway, from other Nordic countries, and from other parts of the world. About 5-10 students every year are foreign students. Since all students live on campus, they share most of their school time and leisure time together. There is no sharp division between formal class hours and leisure time activities. The school’s special rooms such as photolab, gymnasium and craft workshops are open for unorganised activity after class hours. Most of the students are 17-22 years old, but there will also be a few younger and older students.

Admission and courses
Nordmøre Folkehøgskule offer student places from the first of February, and practice a policy of continuous admission until the beginning of the school year. Most students at Nordmøre Folkehøgskule prefer to join the main course that lasts 33 weeks, from the end of August until the beginning of May. However, the school also offers half year courses for the autumn semester or the spring semester.

Course structure

Lessons at Nordmøre Folkehøgskule can be divided into three areas:

  • Common lessons/activities (About 14h/w)
  • Main topics (13h/w)
  • Electives (6-14 h/w)

All lessons are compulsory.

Common lessons/activities

Common lessons are lessons that all students attend at the same time. At Nordmøre Folkehøgskule common lessons are such as current issues, cultural and aesthetic subjects, the school’s choir, fitness, practical work etc. Some common activities are connected with program evenings, special projects or trips or study-tours together. Some times each semester the school is visited by professional theatres, or artists giving concerts.

Main topics

Instructions in class will be given 12 lessons a week, but each student is expected to be working individually during leisure hours. Library, classrooms and special rooms are open until eleven o´ clock every night.

In addition to selecting from our diverse list of main courses, foreign students will  receive tuition in Norwegian language and culture 2-3 lessons a week.  During your stay you will get to know Norway, its people and their culture.

 

There are many ways to spend your time here at school and the local area. During the day and afternoon you can choose from a vast range of electives, from summer and winter sports, martial arts and hiking, to history, music and theatre. We also arrange evening activities for those who just can’t get enough.

 

Electives

In addition to common lessons and a main topic, each student chooses at least three electives each semester. These are some of the electives you can choose between: Photo/journalistics, music/band, skiing, ceramics, snowboard, film and ballgames. Electives will depend on the students’ interests, and available teachers. Nordmøre Folkehøgskule will be giving a course for foreign students that will last until February. This course will be an introduction to Norwegian language, society and culture.

Lessons

You will be attending a group of foreign students from different countries 2 lessons a week. You attend common lessons and electives together with Norwegian students (about 31-39 hr/w). Each student will be offered individual help on his/her own level.

Language lessons
Exercises using workbook and computers.
Exercises in listening, reading and conversation.

Norwegian culture

What is typically Norwegian? What is “Norwegian culture”? We look closer at Norwegian traditions and customs, and compare them to other cultures.
Each student makes a presentation of his/her own culture.

Important to know

Residence permit

All foreign nationals who intend to study in Norway need to have residence permit. After you have finished your education, you have to go back to your home country.

Students from EEA-countries

Special rules in part apply to students who are included under the European Economic Agreement (EEA).If you come from such a country, you may apply for a residence permit within 3 months after entry. This is done with the police. You must show that you have sufficient means and a medical insurance. You must also have a letter of acceptance from a Norwegian school.

Students from other countries

Some nations have visa agreements with Norway. Information about the procedure when applying for a residence permit for studying is obtainable from Norwegian foreign service missions abroad (embassy/consulate). Here you can also obtain an application form. It is very important that you find out the agreements concerning your country before you come to Norway.

Application for residence permit

Applications for permits must be made from your country of origin or in the country where you have held a residence permit during the last six months.

Together with your application for residence permit you must enclose:
1. Letter of acceptance from a school in Norway
2. A plan for your course of study
3. Documentation that you have a place to live (a folkhighschool offers house and board)
4. Documentation that the total school fees are paid into the schools account.

Please note that it may take a long time for your application to be processed. It is in your interest that you allow the Directorate of Immigration plenty of time to deal with your case well before your course of studies is due to start. At Nordmøre Folkehøgskule the academic year starts during the last part of August.

Expenses

The education is free, but you pay NOK 55.600,- for room and board. Expenses will be NOK 15.700,-, plus an additional fee that depends on your choice of main topic. Most cost NOK 10.000,-, while Adventure Europe costs NOK 15.000,- and Ekspedition Africa costs 20.000,-. This covers all fees and costs concerning books, material and study-tours.

Some practical information

Maybe you wonder what you have to bring with you to the school, what you need of books, clothes etc. Shortly we can say that we do not use so many books at the school and the ones you will need, you will get at the school. You can bring your own bedclothes or you can borrow from the school for a small amount. The students have their own laundry where you can wash your clothes. What you need to bring with you is sports clothes and clothes for outdoor life. You probably already know that the Norwegian winter can be quite cold, so it is smart to bring warm clothes. Of course, it is also possible to buy what you need here.

Do you need more information?

Please contact:
Nordmøre Folkehøgskule, N-Surnadal, Norway
Telephone : +47-71658900
Fax : +47-71658919
kontor@nordmore.fhs.no

Surnadal

Nordmøre Folkehøgskule is situated almost in the middle of Norway in a small village called Surnadal. The municipality of Surnadal (with about 6000 inhabitants), lies in the innermost northern part of Møre og Romsdal, between the wild coast of the west country and the gentler landscape of Trøndelag. Between these extremes lie lush green valleys and the majestic mountain realm of Trollheimen.

Trollheimen

The mountain realm of Trollheimen is famous for its variety, with wild mountains, glaciers, lush green valleys, woods, marshes and lakes.
The area offers good opportunities for all kinds of outdoor life, including skiing. The Alpine centre at Sæterlia in Surnadal is located near Nordmøre Folkehøgskule. It has a run of 2.300 m, of which 1.400 is floodlit. There is also an extensive network of floodlit tracks for cross-country skiing in the woods and mountains in the surroundings of the school.

Clean nature, air and water

In Surnadal and its surroundings you will meet with clean nature, air and water. Kårvatn, some km from the school, has for several years had the cleanest water in Europe! In short distance from the school you can enjoy this clean and beautiful nature. And in Surnadal you will also find a wide variety of organisations and clubs for sports, music, politics etc.

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