Jump to content

Romerike Folk High School

Coordinates: 59°55′55″N 10°46′34″E / 59.9319106°N 10.7759794°E / 59.9319106; 10.7759794
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Romerike Folk High School
Romerike Folkehøgskole
Romerike Folk High School
Address
Map
Trondheimsveien 176, 2068 JESSHEIM

Jessheim

Coordinates59°55′55″N 10°46′34″E / 59.9319106°N 10.7759794°E / 59.9319106; 10.7759794
Information
Founded1940
LanguageNorwegian
Websitehttp://www.romerike.fhs.no/

Romerike Folk High School is a freelance folk high school at Jessheim in Akershus. The school has approximately 105 students and is owned by Akershus county. Romerike has cultivated one discipline, theater and music. Each year, approximately 40-50 small and large performances, everything from concerts, the whole evening's theater pieces and smaller study projects. The biggest productions play 10-14 performances, usually twice a day. The students live in boarding houses.

The school is 8 km from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen and 2 km from Jessheim city center at Nordbytjernet.[1]

Line subject

[edit]

Notable students

[edit]

Among the school's best known former pupils are several Norwegian actors and artists:[2][3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Widing, Glen (November 18, 2017). "Da nazistene regjerte folkehøgskolen" [When the Nazis ruled the folk high school]. Eidsvoll Ullensaker Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  2. ^ Vargel, Annicken (January 24, 2003). "Drømmenes teater" [The Theater of Dreams]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  3. ^ Mo, Øyvind (January 23, 2015). "Disse kjendisene har alle én ting til felles" [These celebrities all have one thing in common]. Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
[edit]