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Norway's School System

Education and Research — Introduction

Norway at the beginning of the 21st century is a highly developed society, with one of the highest levels of education in Europe. Prioritising knowledge and education has been decisive in the development of modern Norway. Today, ... + More

Folk High Schools

Folk high schools in Norway

Norway’s first folk high school opened in 1864, and today there are 77 folk high schools located throughout the country. Approximately 6,000 students attend folk high schools each year, mostly young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 who ... + More

Foreign Students

International Students in Norway

The Norwegian higher education system is part of a network with institutions in the Nordic countries, the European Union, the Baltic States and Eastern Europe, and has a long tradition of cooperation with institutions in developing ... + More

Upper Secondary Education

Upper secondary education

Upper secondary education encompasses all competence-building training between the lower secondary and higher education levels. Legislation adopted in 1994 grants everyone between the ages of 16 and 19 the right to three years of upper ... + More

Primary and Lower Secondary Education

Primary and lower secondary schooling

Norway has approximately 3 250 primary and lower secondary schools, with about 620 000 pupils and just under 60 000 teacher man-years. There are ten years of primary and lower secondary schooling in Norway, and children start school at ... + More

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