Romerike Folk High School | |
Native Name: | Romerike Folkehøgskole |
Streetaddress: | Trondheimsveien 176, 2068 JESSHEIM |
City: | Jessheim |
Country: | Norway |
Language: | Norwegian |
Coordinates: | 59.9319°N 10.776°W |
Pushpin Map: | Norway |
Founded: | 1940 |
Homepage: | http://www.romerike.fhs.no/ |
Romerike Folk High School is a freelance folk high school at Jessheim in Akershus. The school has approximately 105 students and is owned by Akershus county. Romerike has cultivated one discipline, theater and music. Each year, approximately 40-50 small and large performances, everything from concerts, the whole evening's theater pieces and smaller study projects. The biggest productions play 10-14 performances, usually twice a day. The students live in boarding houses.
The school is 8 km from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen and 2 km from Jessheim city center at Nordbytjernet.
Among the school's best known former pupils are several Norwegian actors and artists: