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Class fund and volunteering are voluntary, the municipality pays for school trips, and birthday rules are decided by the class. Here's how to tell law from custom.
How to request exemption from religious activities at school: written notification without justification, what the school must offer instead, and what the exemption does not cover.
Find out when pupils are entitled to free school transport in Norway, which distance limits and exceptions apply, and how to apply or appeal a rejection.
Children who do not know enough Norwegian may be entitled to enhanced Norwegian instruction, mother-tongue instruction and bilingual subject teaching. See what your child may receive.
The grade scale ranges from 1 to 6, and 2 passes upper secondary school. More than ten percent absence in a subject can cost you your standpunktkarakter. Here are the rules.
How young people apply for upper secondary school on vigo.no: MinID login, deadlines of 1 February and 1 March, admissions without Norwegian grades and offers for newcomers.
When are school holidays in Norway, and how do you request time off from school? The municipality sets the school schedule, and you must apply for leave beforehand—otherwise you risk a fine.
Do you have a religious holiday that is not a Norwegian public holiday? Then you have the right to up to two days off from work or school per year. Here is how you use this right.
Russetiden in Norway explained: cost, russebuss, new 2026 rules and parental advice on alcohol, peer pressure and safety.
Bullying in school is forbidden. Your child has the right to a safe and good school environment. Here's how the school's duty to act works and how to report.
Parent meetings and parent-teacher conferences are both a right and an obligation in Norwegian schools. Here's what happens, what you can ask about, the role of the FAU, your rights to an interpreter as a newcomer, and tips for communication.
All children in Norway have the right to free primary school, regardless of residence status. Learn about special language training and introduction programmes for newly arrived students.
Digital judgement is about source criticism, privacy, netiquette, fraud, artificial intelligence and responsible behaviour online.
Bokmål and Nynorsk are equal written standards of Norwegian. Sámi languages are Indigenous languages with special rights in Norway.
When language prevents understanding in kindergarten and school, public services must use a qualified interpreter. Interpreters are free and confidential, and children must not interpret for adults.
Students in grades 1–3 receive 12 free hours of SFO per week, and no family pays more than 6 percent of income. How SFO and AKS work, and how to apply in 2026.
Their children's future is the main reason Ukrainian families stay in Norway. This is the gap between Norwegian and Ukrainian schools – and what parents should know.
