
Art and Architecture
- Oslo Folkehøgskole Rønningen – Oslo
- Telephone: 21 02 36 00
- E-mail: post@ronningen.fhs.no
- Course length: Halvår — vår
- Start-up date: 05.01.2026
- Price: from NOK 68 800,-
- Location: Oslo

The art class is perfect for developing your skills in art and architecture in a creative environment! You will try out a lot of different techniques throughout the year, and meet Oslo's art scene!
The arts class is perfect for those who want to improve and develop their artistic skills in company with other creative souls. Throughout the year you get to test out various techniques and mediums, thus getting solid fundaments for further studies within the arts.
Independently of whether you will work with painting, sculpture, architecture or simply have ceramics as a hobby, you nevertheless need an understanding of drawing techniques, form, space, composition, materials, idea development and problem solving. We work with architecture by building models and trying to understand what makes a room or a city a good place to be in. We use drawing in both the idea-development process, but also as an independent artistic expression. In addition, you get to work with painting, graphics, and ceramics throughout the year. Finally, along with an introduction in art and architecture history, we also discuss the role of aesthetics in our society.
Being in the capital brings many privileges! We get to know Oslo’s cultural life by visiting artists and architects, galleries, and museums, and we perform croquis drawing at the Einar Granum School of Fine Art.
Mandatory: Nei
Price: 23 500
Duration: 12 dager
Meals included per day: 3
Throughout many years, Rønningen has brought its sports classes to Brazil for their study trip. This trip, which will bring us to Niteroi and Rio de Janeiro, consists of good doses of both sport and culture.
In Rio we visit the famous Christ the Redeemer statue and play many beach sports, that include beach volley, foot volley, sand football and spikeball. All this on some of the world’s most famous beaches: Copacabana and Ipanema. Here you will also find good surfing conditions. Our partner, Rio de Janeiro YMCA, boasts sporting facilities where we will play against Brazilian teams in different sports.
We will also visit favelas and play with their local youth teams. Here you will receive insights in the big differences that people experience living in Brazil, which will broaden your understanding of the world today.
It is a trip that you will never forget!
Rønningen offers an alternative to the trip abroad to all its students: a study trip in Oslo! This is a tuition-free alternative for those students that do not come along in the travels abroad.
Mandatory: Nei
Price: 23 500
Duration: 12 dager
Meals included per day: 3
Bli med til Japan – et land som kombinerer futuristiske storbyer med eldgamle tradisjoner. Sammen får vi oppleve alt fra blinkende neonlys og streetfood i Tokyo til fredfulle templer og skibakker i Kyoto. Du vil lære om japansk kultur, historie og hverdagsliv, og oppdage hvordan teknologi og tradisjon lever side om side i et samfunn som skiller seg stort fra vårt eget.
Mandatory: Nei
Price: 19 500
Duration: 12 dager
Meals included per day: 3
Studieturen til Jordan gir deg sterke møter og store opplevelser. Du får møte unge palestinere og lære om hvordan konflikten påvirker deres hverdag. Og vi vil reflektere sammen om veier mot en mer rettferdig fred. Det blir også tid til å oppleve Jordans rike kultur og natur – fra historiske steder og lokal gjestfrihet til eventyr i ørkenen og snorkling i Rødehavet.
Mandatory: Nei
Price: 22 500
Duration: 2 uker
Meals included per day: 3
Sør-Afrika er et land med rik kultur, fantastisk natur og en historie som har formet hele verden. Denne studieturen tar oss til Soweto, Johannesburg, Pretoria og Cape Town, og gir deg som elev en unik mulighet til å oppleve landet på nært hold.
Vi kjenner både landet og mennesker som bor der godt, derfor vil du som elev få en helt spesiell opplevelse: Du får ikke bare se landet som turist, men oppleve Sør-Afrika fra innsiden - gjennom samtaler og møter med lokale ungdommer, samarbeidspartnere og lokalsamfunn.
Mandatory: Nei
Price: Included in course price
Duration: 8
Kom under huden på Norges hovedstad og gjør Oslo til ditt. Du blir kjent med de skjulte perlene og spennende stedene du ikke rekker over på en vanlig oslotur. Du får kjent på adrenalin og ettertanke og får en større forståelse for denne sammensatte og mangfoldige byen. Vi starter litt seinere på dagen slik at du har tid til egne prosjekter og egen trening.
A perfect environment in which to deepen your knowledge about Norwegian language, Norwegian culture, intercultural understanding – and yourself.
As an international student, you must choose between two options:
Option 1:
Norwegian Language and Culture is your main course during the whole schoolyear.
We strive to give every student challenges on their level, based on their background and goals. A variety og teaching methods are used, and the teacher encourages you to build awareness on what are your best ways to learn and develop. We visit cultural sites, museums, organizations etc. to gain a wider insight into Norway`s history and current society and way of life.
Option 2:
Your main course is based on your field of interest (music, art, sports, creative subjects). In this course you will study together with Norwegan peers - in Norwegian. As a complimentary subject you choose Norwegian for foreigners. This combination is the best way to get you from a beginners level fast as spending time on an activity you love and doing so among native speakers makes learning the language fun and easy.
You are invited to attend a study trip abroad or choose to attend our free alternative: OSLOVE. As our school is the only folkehøgskole situated in Oslo you have a unique chance to explore the capital city of Norway and all the opportunities this city can offer.
The whole school will also go on exciting trips during the year; we will explore wonderful Nordmarka, go skiing in Hallingdal and stay at Strandheim campsite by the Oslofjord.
Welcome to a year at Rønningen folkehøgskole! For more information, application forms etc, please press here