Voss Folk High School ( no, Voss Folkehøgskule) is a private folk school in

Voss Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Opphe ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The school is located at the village of Seim west of Vossevangen in

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...

. It was established in 1895 by educators Olaus Alvestad (1866–1903) and Lars Eskeland (1867–1942). The school follows the ideology inspired by clergyman and teacher

N. F. S. Grundtvig Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig (; 8 September 1783 – 2 September 1872), most often referred to as N. F. S. Grundtvig, was a Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician. He was one of the most influential peo ...

(1783–1872) and his principals of education. It is today owned by an independent foundation.

References

External links

Voss Folkehøgskule website
Folk high schools in Norway Voss Education in Vestland Educational institutions established in 1895 1895 establishments in Norway {{Norway-school-stub