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Program: Summer at Norsk Folkemuseum

Explore a vibrant museum alive with traditional music, dance and hosts that bring Norway's cultural heritage to life. Visit the Gol Stave Church, meet the animals, and discover historical buildings from all over Norway. Only a short bus or ferry ride from Oslo city center!

Explore a vibrant museum alive with traditional music, dance and hosts that bring Norway's cultural heritage to life. Visit the Gol Stave Church, meet the animals, and discover historical buildings from all over Norway. Only a short bus or ferry ride from Oslo city center!

Norsk Folkemuseum
21. Jun – 17 .Aug 2025
10.00 – 17.00

Tickets 2025

  • Adults: 195,-
  • Children (0-17): Free
  • Students: 140,-
  • Seniors: 150,-
  • OBOS-Members: 145,- (25% off)
  • With annual pass: Free
  • With Oslo Pass: Free

Visit the iconic stave church from Gol dated to around 1200.

Experience traditional music and dance in Telemark every hour from 10.30.

Buy freshly baked traditional Norwegian lefse in Numedal. 

Experience traditional handicrafts, farming and food throughout the museum.

MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Join a guided tour among the highlights of the Open-Air Museum, including Gol Stave Church. Meeting point at the Square.
  • In English: 11:00, 12.00, 15.00 and 16.00

NEW: STORIES FROM SáPMI:

  • A guided tour exploring Sámi cultural history, told through artifacts and the stories of Sámi pioneers.
  • In English: 11.00 and 15.00

A LAST FAREWELL:

  • Learn about funeral customs in the valley of Setesdal. Meeting point in Setesdal.
  • In English: 15.00

Performance: Wedding Dress and Pre-Wedding Jitters, circa 1768

  • See a small performance on 18th-century wedding fashion: A volunteer is dressed as the bride, Karen Chrystie, with gown, shoes, and accessories.
  • At 13.00 in the Chrystie Town House. 

  • NEW: LEARN TEXTILE CRAFTS: Try carding, spinning, and weaving all day in the Summer Farmhouse from Kilde.
  • FLEA CIRCUS: At 12.00 at The Chrystie Town House.
  • GREET THE ANIMALS: Join the farmer when feeding the animals. At 13.00 in Trøndelag.
  • NORWEGIAN FAIRYTALES:  In norwegian and english in Numedal at 12.00 and 15.00.
All day:
  • THE BLACKSMITH: Try forging and carpentry.
  • THE GROCERY STORE: Buy old fashioned sweets.
  • FARM GAMES: Join the contest - lift milk buckets or throw horseshoes.
  • WATERCOLOR PAINTING: Unleash your creativity in the garden at Trøndelag.

Visit historical houses and meet hosts in traditional costumes: 

  • The unique 13th-century stave church. At Gol Stave Church.
  • A grand home from 1738. At Hove
  • Farmer's wife Bjørg in 1959. In Trøndelag
  • A farm in Setesdal from 1738. In Setesdal
  • A farm in Numedal in the 1800s. At Grøsli
  • A bourgeois home in 1769. At Chrystiegården
  • Worker's wife Agnes in 1910. At Enerhaugen
  • Traditional farming. In the Open-Air Museum
  • A Forest Finn tenant farm from 1884. At Ampiansbråten.
  • NEW: LAPSKAUS BOULEVARD: Norwegian Immigrants in Brooklyn 1950-1970.
  • TIMESCAPE 1600-1914: Get acquainted with the bourgeois and official culture in Norway.
  • FOLK DRESS: See Norwegian traditional costumes from different regions. 
  • FOLK ART: Norwegian folk art from the Middle Ages to around 1900.
  • SAMI CULTURE: Learn about Sami lifestyle and daily life.

And many more!

 

Playgrounds

Ellevill
    • Playground with obstacle course and play structures.
    • Gråtass, farmyard games, and a playhouse in Trøndelag.
    • Lasso throwing at the Sami settlement.
    • Stilts, barrel hoops, and jump ropes at Karterud and Enerhaugen.
    • Drawingtable and toy cars in the Toy Exhibition.
    • Play- and readingcorner in the Exhibition Hall.

Map

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    Stian Nybru
  • 2/12
    Morten Brun
  • 3/12
    Ellevill
  • 4/12
    Christian Andre Strand
  • 5/12
    Trine Sirnes | Norsk Folkemuseum
  • 6/12
    Stian Nybru
  • Two women baking lefse
    7/12
    Morten Brun | Norsk Folkemuseum
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    Morten Brun
  • 10/12
    Trine Sirnes | Norsk Folkemuseum
  • 11/12
    Ellevill
  • 12/12
    We Are Live | Norsk Folkemuseum
Museum24:Portal - 2025.05.21
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