Prices
How much will a year at folk university cost?
Costs for the 2025–2026 school year
To see what your school year will cost, you must add up the sums according to your choices. Prices have now been set for the 2025/2026 school year.
Miscellaneous Expenses (the same for everyone)
| WHAT? | SUM |
| Registration fee | 2.600,- |
| Shared costs | 13.520,- |
| Tours/Excursions in Norway | 1.040,- |
| Joint study trip with the whole school | 10.600,- |
| Sum: | 27.760,- |
Board and lodging
| Double room without toilet/bathroom | 90.220,- |
| Esingle room without toilet/bathroom | 95.220,- |
| Double room with toilet/bathroom | 99.220,- |
Line fee (incl. study tour with the line)
| Line | Line price |
| Scene subject Theater Music |
20.800,- |
| Music production and sound engineering |
20.800,- |
| Content production social media | 20.800,- |
| Arts and crafts | 24.540,- |
| Challenge Explore | 39.500,- |
| Gaming Active | 36.200,- |
| Norway – language, culture and travel | 23.000,- |
| VanLife Interrail | 40.600,- |
| Sports Extreme Australia | 46.100,- |
Enrollment money is paid when you accept the place, the rest is distributed as monthly amounts throughout the school year.
You will receive an individual payment plan upon admission. The payments to the school correspond to the dates of payment from the loan fund. Feel free to contact us with questions!
For the school year 2025/2026, the school has entered a lower price for student costs of NOK. NOK 10,000 on line costs. This is because of a gift the school has received, where the wish is that parts of the gift will contribute to a reduced price for you as a student.
NB! We reserve the right to adjust costs related to the study tours in the event of major changes in exchange rates and ticket prices.
| Sports Extreme Australia | From NOK 164,080 |
| Challenge Explore | From NOK 157,480 |
| Gaming Active | From NOK 154,180 |
| Content production social media | From NOK 138,780 |
| VanLife Interrail | From NOK 158,580 |
| Norway – language, culture and travel | From NOK 140,980 |
| Scene subject Theater Music | From NOK 138,780 |
| Music production and sound engineering | From NOK 138,780 |
| Arts and crafts | From NOK 142,520 |
The table shows total prices for an academic year based on a double room without toilet/bathroom, Includes all compulsory programmes, study tours, board and lodging.
Costs half-year course spring 2025
To see what your school year will cost, you must add up the sums according to your choices.
Miscellaneous Expenses (the same for everyone)
| WHAT? | SUM |
| Registration fee | 2.600,- |
| Shared costs | 5.000,- |
| Trips/ex. common | 2.000,- |
| Sum: | 9.600,- |
Board and lodging
| Double room without toilet/bathroom - spring | 43.975,- |
| Esingle room without toilet/bathroom - spring | 45.975,- |
| Double room with toilet/bathroom - spring | 47.975,- |
Line fee (incl. study tour with the line)
| Line | Line price |
| Scene Studio Turnè – spring |
7.000,- |
| Crafts - spring |
9.400,- |
| Gaming Aktiv - spring |
20.000,- |
| Challenge Explore - Spring | 24.000,- |
| Sport Extreme Australia - Spring | 29.000,- |
Enrollment money is paid when you accept the place, the rest is distributed as monthly amounts throughout the school year.
You will receive an individual payment plan upon admission. The payments to the school correspond to the dates of payment from the loan fund. Feel free to contact us with questions!
For spring 2025, the school has entered a lower price for line costs due to a gift the school has received, where the wish was that parts of the gift should contribute to a reduced price for you as a student. This amounts to NOK. NOK 10,000 per pupil.
| Crafts spring 2025 | NOK NOK 62,975 |
| Scene Studio Tour spring 2025 | NOK NOK 60,575 |
| Gaming Active spring 2025 | NOK NOK 73,575 |
| Challenge Explore spring 2025 | NOK NOK 77,575 |
| Sport Extreme Australia Spring 2025 | NOK NOK 82,575 |
The table shows the total prices for the spring semester based on a double room without toilet/bathroom, Includes all compulsory programmes, study tours, board and lodging.
What is it worth?
Do you think it is expensive to go to Folkehøgskole?
Then it might be an idea to take a look at what you get for your money and perhaps compare it with what it will cost you to live in a dormitory.
In addition, you get to take with you everything you do during a year at the folk university.
What will you get?
- room in shared housing
- Internet
- Current
- Washing machine and dryer
- Chef who makes good and healthy food from scratch.
- Study tours and the food on tour. (Potential refund of food money on the days there is no food through the scheme).
- All learning materials and copies
… and even more that you will discover as time goes by!
Loans and grants
You can get support from Lånekassen when you go to folk college. For the 2024/2025 school year, you can be paid up to NOK 137,907 from the Lånekassen. 60 per cent of this sum is a loan, 40 per cent is a loan that can be converted into a scholarship when you are approved for your year at folkehøgskole.
Read more about grants from the loan fund here.
You can also get support for folk high school through NAV - read more here.