Norwegian 1 (A1)

Are you looking for a Norwegian course (Norwegian A1) in Kristiansand, Stavanger, Bergen or online? Then you've come to the right place.

Through this course, those with little or no experience of the Norwegian language can learn Norwegian with close guidance from well-trained and committed teachers.

You choose whether you want to take a classroom course in Kristiansand, Stavanger or Bergen - or whether you want to take the entire course on Zoom. We've adapted the course to make it the best possible for the location you want to take it in.

Norwegian course A1 in Kristiansand, Stavanger or Bergen

We regularly start new courses at Norwegian A1 level in Stavanger, Kristiansand and Bergen. In these physical courses, you meet at the teaching location on the evenings when there is teaching.

You can see which days there are classes and when we start at the top of the page, when you select the place you want to take a course. If you are in doubt, you can always contact us for help.

Norwegian courses online

If you want to take a Norwegian course online, you will receive the same close follow-up from your teacher as you do in the classroom. The difference is that you can follow the course from the place that suits you best.

Learning objectives. What do you learn at Norwegian A1?

In this Norwegian course, we follow the curriculum for adult immigrants and have designed the teaching to achieve the competence goals for Norwegian A1.

At level A1, the participant can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very simple statements about him/herself and the familiar. The participant can participate in very simple, familiar interaction situations if the interaction partners adapt the language and are supportive.

By the end of the course, you should be able to understand and use words, phrases and expressions in simple everyday situations. You should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and say things about yourself and things you know well. The aim is for you to be able to participate in simple and familiar everyday situations as long as the person you are talking to supports you and adapts the language.

Throughout the course, you will learn some basic grammar, spelling and number words. In addition, you will be able to create simple sentences, and ask questions with the correct sentence structure. We also try to give you some knowledge about Norwegian society.

The teaching

The teaching will vary slightly from courses that are physical and courses that are digital. What's the same for everyone is that you'll meet a teacher who will guide you through your language journey.

Classes are normally held twice a week. In total, the course is 50 hours.

Approved provider

Aftenskolen is an approved provider of Norwegian and social studies by Directorate for Higher Education and Competence. This means that the course certificate you receive from us can be used to document your application for a permanent residence permit in Norway, or for Norwegian citizenship. You will receive a course certificate if you have attended at least 75% of the course. If you have less attendance, we can issue a course confirmation for the hours you have attended.

Non-profit foundation and study association

Aftenskolen is a non-profit foundation and offers adult education through the state-funded study association scheme. Our purpose is based on the Adult Education Act and is to lower the threshold for learning, contribute to motivation and access to knowledge in addition to being a supplement to public education programs for adults.

Norwegian training for businesses?

Aftenskolen works closely with many municipalities, organizations and companies to make Norwegian language training available to everyone. If you represent a company that needs Norwegian language training for your employees, you can contact us to see if we already have a collaboration agreement in place.