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Youth and education in Tromsø in 1812 and 2012

Youth and education in Tromsø in 1812 and 2012. By Marte, Øyvind, Eskil and Ken-Evert. The youth of 1812. Not much has been recorded about the activities of the youth in the first few years after the founding of Tromsø .

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Youth and education in Tromsø in 1812 and 2012

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  1. Youth and education in Tromsø in 1812 and 2012 By Marte, Øyvind, Eskil and Ken-Evert

  2. The youthof 1812 Not much has been recorded about the activities of the youth in the first few years after the founding of Tromsø. However, artists and entertainers visited the town often, and there was much excitement around them. Skiing and ice skating eventually became very popular, and races were organised frequently.

  3. Earlyeducation There was no national school system in Norway at this time, and when bishop Schønheyder visited Tromsø in 1790, the education was severely lacking. He proposed a new school system and the establishment of a seminar, but this plan was not implemented. From 1769 to 1800, there was no schooling at all in the Troms parish.

  4. First regularschool In 1800, a regular school, common for the town and the district, was established in Tromsø. The population census of 1801 mentions Lorentz Burchard as “acting church sexton and teacher in the town and the district’s regular school”.

  5. Decayofeducation In 1806, education in Tromsøhad started to decay. The school building was uninhabitable in the winter, Lorentz Burchard resigned from his teaching position, and the school’s finances were a mess. The system was set up so that 30 students could receive education for only three or four weeks a year, and from 1812 – 1813, there were only two proper teachers in the region. By 1814, the educational system had become rather neglected, and in 1815, the old school building was torn down.

  6. Improvementofeducation The merchant PederFigenschou spoke in the town commission of 1817 and offered the hospital building to be used as a school for the town. The commission wholeheartedly accepted his proposal. In the following decades, education gradually improved, and in 1869, the first public school law in Norway was passed.

  7. The youthof 2012 Nowadays, Tromsø has a whole lot of different activities to offer for young people. The offers include various sports, dancing, music and so on. In addition to this, there are often concerts coming up, not only because artists from elsewhere come to Tromsø, but because there are many independent musicians in the city that are given an opportunity to let their talent grow. 

  8. Norwegian school system The present Norwegian school system was introduced in 1936, but it was only in 1969 that nine years of school, starting at the age of seven, became mandatory for the entire country. In 1997, the length of mandated education was extended to ten years, and students started attending school at the age of six.

  9. Educationtoday Children in Norway are mandated to spend seven years in elementary school and three years in secondary school. Public school is entirely free, but private schools are available. There are a lot of different elementary and secondary schools to choose from in Tromsø, and there is always a school nearby, wherever you live.

  10. The Universityof Tromsø The University of Tromsø offers a large amount of study programs, which attracts a huge amount of students from all over the country, and even from other countries.

  11. Sources Nils Andreas Ytreberg: Tromsøbyshistorie (1946 – 1971) http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsk_utdanningshistorie http://snl.no/Skole_og_utdanning_i_Norge

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