{"id":255032,"date":"2024-10-03T14:50:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al.fhs.no\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T17:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T16:31:09","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">The folk high school for Deaf people<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>Are you dreaming of a year completely out of the ordinary? \u00c5l Folkeh\u00f8gskole is Norway\u2019s only folk high school where all teaching takes place in sign language. Or maybe you just want new friends and enjoy being with others? With us, you will experience togetherness, personal growth, and gain a new understanding of diversity and inclusion. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>\u00c5l folkeh\u00f8gskole er en tegnspr\u00e5kskole hvor vi fokuserer p\u00e5 samhold, l\u00e6ring, og morsomme aktiviteter hele \u00e5ret!<\/h3>\n<p>An open and inclusive school environment where each student is seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c5l Folkeh\u00f8gskole is a sign language school where everything happens in sign language.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal is for you to succeed in further education and in working life.<\/p>\n<p>We focus on high quality in education. That means we have high expectations for our students.<\/p>\n<p>Engasjerte og dyktige l\u00e6rere som ser deg og gj\u00f8r deg utrustet til \u00e5 m\u00f8te disse kravene.<\/p>\n<p>We aim to be generous and kind people with the confidence to lift each other up.<\/p>\n<p>You will gain unique experiences and memories, and friendships across languages and cultures.<\/p>\n<p>You will gain unique experiences and create friendships across languages and cultures.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_1 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">About us<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u00c5l Folkeh\u00f8gskole \u2014 a unique community for everyone. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">We are an open and inclusive sign language school offering education to deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing student <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The school was established in March 1974 and is the only folk high school in Norway where sign language is the main language used in teaching and everyday life. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u00c5l Folkeh\u00f8gskole is a foundation established by the Norwegian Association of the Deaf. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element dsm_card dsm_card_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light  dsm_card_layout_stacked\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"dsm_card_image_wrapper dsm_card_badge_top_right\"><div class=\"dsm_card_image_background dsm_card_img\"><\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module dsm_card_wrapper et_pb_text_align_left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"dsm_card_title et_pb_module_header\">Facilities<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dsm_card_description\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Operations: Includes maintenance, teaching, cleaning, kitchen operations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Capacity: 46 student places, including short courses. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Area: 200 acres with 26 buildings on the Bakketeigen farm in \u00c5l, Hallingdal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_more_button \" href=\"https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/en\/facilities\/\">Explore facilities<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element dsm_card dsm_card_1 et_pb_bg_layout_light  dsm_card_layout_stacked\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"dsm_card_image_wrapper dsm_card_badge_top_right\"><div class=\"dsm_card_image_background dsm_card_img\"><\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module dsm_card_wrapper et_pb_text_align_left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"dsm_card_title et_pb_module_header\">AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY - ON DEAF PREMISES<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dsm_card_description\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">We include everyone with hearing challenges: deaf, hard of hearing and people with hearing impairment, with or without a cochlear implant or hearing aid.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Teaching and everyday life are adapted to the life world of deaf people - and this also applies to hearing students and employees. <br \/>Our goal is to be a center for lifelong learning, adapted to the needs of the deaf community.<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_2 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">Event rentals<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><strong>Are you planning an upcoming camp, event, course, conference or similar gathering?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span> We are pleased to offer rental of our school and its excellent facilities for both small and large groups, with or without accommodation. Between mid-May and mid-August we have excellent opportunities to rent out the entire school or specific areas, and we welcome enquiries all year round. Would you like to arrange a visit or tour? We are more than happy to arrange it for you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">We are an open and inclusive sign language school offering education to deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing student <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The school was established in March 1974 and is the only folk high school in Norway where sign language is the main language used in teaching and everyday life. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u00c5l Folkeh\u00f8gskole is a foundation established by the Norwegian Association of the Deaf. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>Our dedicated staff consists of experienced teachers, support personnel, and professionals who are committed to creating an inclusive learning environment for all our students. We emphasize individual guidance and support to ensure that each student reaches their full potential.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element dsm_button dsm_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrappers dsm_button_0_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_tablet_center et_pb_button_alignment_phone_center et_pb_module\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_button_one et_pb_bg_layout_light dsm-none \"  href=https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/skolen\/ansatte\/ data-dsm-lightbox-id=\"dsm_button_one_lightbox dsm_button_0\"><span>Read more about our staff<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/symbols-of-employees-on-the-chains-of-hexagons-2025-03-18-18-49-28-utc.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"symbols-of-employees-on-the-chains-of-hexagons-2025-03-18-18-49-28-utc\" srcset=\"https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/symbols-of-employees-on-the-chains-of-hexagons-2025-03-18-18-49-28-utc.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/symbols-of-employees-on-the-chains-of-hexagons-2025-03-18-18-49-28-utc-980x634.jpg 980w, https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/symbols-of-employees-on-the-chains-of-hexagons-2025-03-18-18-49-28-utc-480x311.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-254433\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":253872,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"difl_page_category":[],"class_list":["post-255032","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"difl_page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/div5.al.fhs.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/difl_page_category?post=255032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}