Voss Folk High School
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Voss Folk High School is a folk high school
in Voss
, Norway
.
It was established in 1895 by Olaus Alvestad
and Lars Eskeland. It is today owned by an independent foundation.
Folk high school
Folk high schools are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal...
in Voss
Voss
is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Voss. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen....
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
.
It was established in 1895 by Olaus Alvestad
Olaus Alvestad
Peter Olaus Alvestad was a Norwegian educator and newspaper editor.Born in Haram, he graduated from the teacher's college in Asker in 1888. He worked as a teacher at several schools, including Sagatun Folk High School, until 1895 when he founded Voss Folk High School together with Lars Eskeland...
and Lars Eskeland. It is today owned by an independent foundation.