Buskerud Folk High School () is a secular

folk high school Folk high schools (also ''adult education center'') are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal. They are most commonly found in Nordic countries and i ...

located in

Darbu Darbu is a village within the parish of Fiskum, in the municipality of Øvre Eiker, Buskerud County, Norway. The population of the village was 539 as of 2019. Darbu is located on the Sørland Line Railway, 81.61 km from Oslo, about midway ...

Øvre Eiker Øvre Eiker is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Eiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hokksund. The old municipality of Eiker was divided into ''Øvre Eiker'' ...

municipality, Buskerud county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. It identifies itself as an art and culture school, and admits about 90 students every year. It is owned by the Buskerud school association, and its current principal is Mariann Aaland. It was founded on 8 October 1909. Former principals include Arild Mikkelsen and

Aslak Torjusson Aslak Torjusson (4 March 1891 – 26 April 1973) was a Norwegian educator. He was born in Rauland. He took teacher's education in Holmestrand in 1912, finished secondary education in 1918 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with th ...

from 1936 to 1952. Special courses taught include: *Film and animation *Creative Gaming *eSport *Writing *Rock & metal *Cartoons & Illustration *Cosplay Unleashed

References

External links

Official website
Education in Buskerud Folk high schools in Norway Øvre Eiker Educational institutions established in 1909 1909 establishments in Norway {{Norway-school-stub