Lutheran International Schools (The Norwegian School) (ルーテル国際学園ノルウェー学校) was a Norwegian international school in

Kobe Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's List of Japanese cities by population, seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Port of Toky ...

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.Lutheran International Schools (The Norwegian School)

. Government of Higashinada-ku. August 17, 2004. Retrieved on November 3, 2015. "Location / 4-3 Koyocho-Naka"
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: "ルーテル国際学園ノルウェー学校所在地：神戸市東灘区向洋町中4－3" It was previously in Tarumi-ku, and it later was located on Rokko Island in Higashinada-ku. The school served grades 1-9.''The Norseman, Issues 1-4''. 1983. p. 3
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"The pupils at the Norwegian School in Kobe, Japan, are about as far from Norway as you can come. In addition, most of them are also far from their own homes in Japan and have to live at the boarding school — which has grown steadily since first organized in 1950. Today the school has 37 pupils, it goes from first through ninth grade, and the curriculum is the same as the schools in Norway. While the boarding school children originally returned to their homes during vacations .. It accepted Danish and Swedish students in addition to Norwegian ones.

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The school first opened in 1950. Its boarding facility's population grew after the school opened, and as of 1983 most students stayed in a boarding facility. In 1983 the school had 37 students. The school moved to

Rokkō Island is a Artificial island, man-made island in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. Located in the southeast region of the Port of Kobe, the island has a rectangular shape and covers . The island's central region features a residential area, sepa ...

in 1990. By 2005, after a decline in the student body, the school had a grand total of nine students. The school closed in 2005, and the final graduation ceremony was held on 17 June of that year.

Canadian Academy , also known as CA, is an independent pre-K–12 international school in Kobe, Japan which was founded in 1913. The not-for-profit day and boarding school consists of an elementary school, middle school, and high school all located on the campus on ...

, an international school next door, purchased the property at the end of 2005. Canadian Academy's Early Learning and Activities Center opened on the site in January 2008.

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{{coord missing, Hyōgo Prefecture Elementary schools in Japan Norwegian international schools International schools in Kobe Educational institutions established in 1950 1950 establishments in Japan Educational institutions disestablished in 2005 2005 disestablishments in Japan Norwegian diaspora in Asia

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