Training
In Norway, compulsory schooling ranges from 6
to 16 years of age. The elementary school is divided
into two stages: primary school from first to seventh
grade and secondary school from class eight to ten. The
municipality is responsible for the public school, which
most of the pupils attend. Free schools are not at all
as common as in Sweden.
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Virtually all students complete primary school. All
children who stay in Norway for more than three months
have the right - and duty - to attend compulsory school,
which is free of charge.
Small children can go to preschool (kindergarten).
More than 90 percent of all Norwegian children aged one
to five attend preschool.
All pupils who have left primary school are entitled
to three years of upper secondary or vocational
education in a so-called secondary school. Almost all
students study further at this level.
Universities are located in Oslo (since 1811),
Bergen, Tromsø, Trondheim, Stavanger, Ås, Kristiansand
and Bodø. There are a wide range of specialized and
professional colleges, including a fisheries college.
Adult education is well developed, not least through the
folk high schools.
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FACTS - EDUCATION
Proportion of children starting primary
school
99.9 percent (2017)
Number of pupils per teacher in primary
school
9 (2016)
Public expenditure on education as a
percentage of GDP
15.7 percent (2015)
Public expenditure on education as a
percentage of the state budget
15.7 percent (2015)
2016
December
The diplomatic relations with China are restored
December 18
China and Norway agree to start free trade talks.
This means that the break in the diplomatic relations
that occurred in 2010 as a result of the Norwegian Nobel
Committee awarding the peace award to the imprisoned
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is now over.
October
US soldiers are to be trained in Norway
October 24th
The Norwegian government announces that 330 American
marines will be placed in Norway in rounds for training
in maneuvering in Arctic conditions. The American
soldiers are supposed to be about 100 miles from the
Russian border, but the decision is still expected to
cause dissatisfaction in Russia. The US already has a
lot of military equipment in Norway, but no troops.
Budget holes are covered with oil money
October 6
The government presents its budget for 2017. It
includes, among other things, new investments in the
defense, reduced corporate taxes (to 24 percent) and
investments in infrastructure to reduce unemployment. To
get the budget together, the government will have to
take 225 billion Norwegian kroner (about 240 billion
Swedish kronor) from the oil fund.
June
Mullah Krekar can be extradited to Italy
June 26
A Norwegian court has ruled that disputed religious
leader Mullah Krekar may be extradited to Italy where he
is suspected of conspiring with militant Sunni Muslims.
The government wants to invest in defense
17th of June
The Norwegian government announces plans for a major
upgrading of the defense. If the proposal is approved by
the parliament, Norway will buy over 50 new fighter
planes, four new submarines and new surveillance plan.
Prime Minister Solberg justifies the plans with a
deteriorating geopolitical situation in the immediate
area.
May
Norway strengthens its contribution to the fight
against IS
May 2
Prime Minister Solberg announces that Norway will
send 60 soldiers to Jordan to train Syrian soldiers in
the fight against IS. In the past, Norwegians have been
training Kurdish peshmerga soldiers in Iraqi Kurdistan.
April
Thirteen dead in helicopter accident
April 29
All 13 people aboard a transport helicopter on the
way from an oil platform outside Bergen perish when the
helicopter crashes.
The state appeals against the judgment on Breivik
26th of April
The Norwegian state appeals against Oslo District
Court's judgment that Breivik's human rights were
violated in prison.
"The Norwegian state treats Breivik inhumane"
April 20
The Oslo District Court states that the Nazi and mass
murderer Anders Behring Breivik has been "treated
inhumane" as he has been in an isolation cell for almost
five years since the terrorist attack in Oslo and Utöya
in 2011. The court says that Breivik's human rights have
been violated by too strict restrictions on
correspondence and visits. Breivik sued the state in
March 2016 and demands to be able to communicate more
with its supporters. Staff at the prison where Breivik
is sitting say that no changes to the prisoner's
routines are planned.
January
Refugees are rejected to Russia
Norway sends back a first group of dozens of refugees
who have made their way to the country by crossing the
border with Russia in the north. A total of 5,500 asylum
seekers reside at a facility in Northern Norway after
entering this country. The UN has warned Norway that the
rejections could be a violation of the UN Refugee
Convention. The rejections are temporarily stopped by
the Norwegian authorities when Russia makes contact and
calls for better coordination between the two countries.
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