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Dog mushing and Outdoor Life

  • Pasvik Folkehøgskole – Svanvik
  • Telephone: 78 96 41 00
  • E-mail: pasvik@ffk.no
  • Course length: All year
  • Course teaching amount: 15 hours/week
  • Price: from 125 000,-
  • Foundation:
    Liberal
    The liberal folk high schools are built on values that are not based on one particular belief. They encourage students with different interests and beliefs to apply.
  • Food: Vegetarian
    Most schools will accommodate food allergies and other dietary needs. If you have questions, please contact the school directly.
  • Environmental certification:
    Miljøfyrtårn
  • Location: Pasvik
  • Study tour for the course: Mountain Week – Skiing and Winter Outdoor Life, With Dogs and Pack Saddles in Øvre Pasvik National, Med hund under åpen himmel, På egenhånd med hund og bål, First dog sledding of the year, Sledeekspedisjon på Finnmarksvidda, Vårens vakreste eventyr på slede, Mushing at Engholm Husky in Karasjok, Finnmarksløpet: Europe's longest dog-sled race, Autumn Training with wagons
  • Study tour for the school: Finnmarksløpet: Europe's longest dog-sled race, Autumn-trip, The Varanger Fjord, Nord-kalottur i mørketida

Your own dog sled team! This is the program for those who have a musher and a wilderness explorer in their heart. We have the dogs and all the necessary equipment in the school's own kennel. A school

The program for those who dream of mastering a dog team and running their own kennel. The kennel and the dogs are owned by the school and are located on the school grounds.

The dogs are here exclusively for the students. This gives you a unique opportunity to learn a lot about sled dogs and what it means to run a kennel.

The goal is for you to develop into an independent dog musher. The dogs need to be trained and cared for every day and are always available for cuddles and trips. We have both Alaskan and Siberian Huskies.

Snow-secure Pasvik is a paradise for dog sledding. You will go on trips in the wilderness with the dogs all year round. In March, you will experience the Finnmark Race from the inside and take part in running the Neiden checkpoint.

Why choose Pasvik?

Read more about our kennel here

Competence Certificate: If you want to go all the way to the top, you can take Pasvik Folk High School’s competence certificate in dog sledding. We will then create a specially tailored challenging program for you, where you truly get to test yourself as a musher on your own. Get a job as a handler at other kennels.

Foreign students

Pasvik Folkehøgskole has a program for foreigners who want to explore life in Norway and learn Norwegian. You follow one of our main subjects and study Norwegian for 8 hours a week. We currently have students from the Netherlands, the U.S., Germany, the U.K. and Scandinavia.

The school

Our school has a climbing wall, a gym, a swimming pool, football fields, ski tracks and three saunas. We have a big dining hall, where students share their meals and a common area with a piano. We have several dorms, which have been renovated recently with single and double rooms. Outside the school there's plenty of opportunities for outdoor life, hunting and fishing. The school also has its own dog kennel with around 30 Alaskan huskies. In summer, we go canoeing and hiking, whereas in winter we go skiing, kiting, and ice fishing. One of the school's three saunas is located right next to the Pasvik river, so you get to watch the northern lights in winter during sauna and get to take ice baths.

Our values

We emphasize tolerance, human dignity and equality. We are concerned with respect for cultural backgrounds, different sexual orientations, identities, political views and views on life. We are proud that our students get involved in everything from the PRIDE parade to solidarity work. Our core values ​​are diversity, human development, community and joy of nature. With us, you get to be exactly who you are.

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