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, vegan
Most schools will accommodate food allergies and other dietary needs. If you have questions, please contact the school directly.
Location: Stord
Study tour for the course: Marokko - Tanghazout, Voss ekstremsport, Fjell over fjord, Åkrafjorden
Study tour for the school: Veteranbåten MS Sunnhordland på Vestlandet, Vintereventyr til Hovden
Fancy a year filled with good experiences? Combine outdoor life with sports and excitement! The best combination for an active day, with new veins and experiences for life!
Possibility to take the boat driver test, wet card, steep card climbing, diving lap, parachute / bungee jump, and participate in marathons etc.
Unique experiences in the open air
Local tours in Stord and summit tours in Western Norway
Sea kayaking
fishing
Canoe
Ski-tours
Overnight trips in tents, hammocks, lavvo, cabin or in the open air.
Via Ferrata / Juving
Dronningstien
Pulpits
Røldal / Myrkdalen
Ulvanosa / Melderskin mm ..
Experience the social community and have time for your interests!
A year in a boarding school with others with common interests means new experiences and friendship for life. You get time to orientate yourself in life, and
maybe do something else before you go into higher education or working life. You shape the year with line and electives that you like.
Morocco - Taghazout
Mandatory: Nei
Price: 12 000
Meals included per day: 2
We travel to the wonderful surf spot Taghazout in Morocco. Exercise, surfing, sandboarding, camel riding, yoga, quad biking and sightseeing! A week filled with lots of exercise, excitement, good and healthy food, and a completely different culture!
Voss ekstremsport
Mandatory: Yes
Price: Included in course price
Rafting, fallskjerm og klatrepark. Me reiser til Voss og får ein spennande opplevelse på hausten! Me gyv laus på elva, det er mogeleg å hoppa i fallskjerm ut av eit fly, og klatrar i tretoppane.
Mountains above fjords
Mandatory: Yes
Price: Included in course price
Stord, Bømlo, Dronningstien, Kvinnheradsalpane. Together we will plan longer and shorter excursions to well-known, spectacular destinations, or more unknown but equally wonderful destinations you have not heard of.
Åkrafjorden
Mandatory: Yes
Price: Included in course price
Via Ferrata / Ravine. Before the autumn holidays, we take a trip into the Åkrafjorden. Here, as a student, you can choose between the fierce Via Ferrata Church Wall, or the slightly gentler alternative route. If climbing is not your thing, there are opportunities for canyoning or hiking.
Våre turar er unike opplevingar som ofte er vanskeleg å gjennomføra på eigahand, som fjordcruise med veteranskip i nydelege Hardangerfjorden. Du vil reisa på ulike turar nært og fjernt. Nokre turar er knytt opp til dei enkelte linjene, medan andre er felles for skulen.
Veteranship MS Sunnhordland - West Coast tour
Mandatory: Yes
Price: Included in course price
The school year gets off to a flying start with the whole school travelling on a veteran ship, the MS Sunnhordland, into the beautiful Hardangerfjord and around the archipelago of Sunnhordland. Me experience many great stops and enjoy beautiful scenery and unique straits onboard a historic ship!
Winter adventure
Mandatory: Yes
Price: Included in course price
When winter comes, we travel to Hovden for days of skiing and alpine skiing. You can enjoy cross-country skiing in flat terrain, slalom, tobogganing, summit tours, steep hills or very steep hills. Something for all levels!
Learn about Norway, and study Norwegian at Stord Folkehøgskule.
Stord Folkehøgskule is a free-spirited folk high school. Here you can enjoy urban life in Stord, the city in the middle of nature, situated in the heart of the archipelago Sunnhordland, at the heart of the renowed Hardangerfjorden. The school has nine exciting and varied courses, including one course dedicated to learning the language and culture. We also have many fun and interesting electives, newly renovated buildings and a highly motivated staff ready to receive you. We have room for more than 100 students and we have students from all of Norway and around the world.
Because you want friends for life, and experience a lot of new things in a good social community.
Follow your interests, teaming up with others with their interests.
Have fun electives to fill up the year with what you are curious about!
An active and urban center, with many exciting leisure activities at the same time as you get an incredibly short way to the fjord, the mountains, small islands, forests and fields with access to different kinds of equipment.
You will learn about how you make things happen in society, companies, festivals or events.
At Stord Folkehøgskule, we gather different people with different interests under one roof. Here you spend time with the students on the same course as you as well as many others from our other courses. Add exciting electives with everything from sports, creative subjects to climbing and escape room and you wil have a fantastic school year!
Stord Folkehøgskule believes in the best in people, our diversity and community strengthens us.
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.
