Oppdal kulturhus

What Oppdal kulturhus does

Oppdal kulturhus is a municipal cultural centre located in Oppdal, Norway, opened in 2007 and operated by Oppdal kommune (Oppdal municipality, Org. Nr. 964 983 003). It consolidates a broad range of civic, cultural and recreational services under one roof at Inge Krokanns veg 2: a two-hall cinema (Kinosalen with 104 seats and Dolby Atmos; Storsalen with up to 432 seated / 1,200 standing), an aquatic centre with 25m sports pool, waterslide, climbing wall, wellness pool, children's pool, jacuzzi and sauna, a cultural school (Kulturskolen) offering music, dance, visual arts and film instruction, a youth club for ages 10-24, an integrated library, Galleri OKH (~100m2 exhibition space), meeting and conference rooms, a café/kiosk and a ~396m2 divisible Allsalen. Programming runs year-round, with cinema shown 6 days per week at ~4 films per day, and includes the annual Ramaskrik horror film festival (16th edition in 2026), Babykino, Formiddagskino, classic film Tuesdays and art-house club screenings.

Name

Oppdal kulturhus

Legal name

Oppdal kulturhus

Website

https://oppdalkulturhus.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Oppdal kulturhus is a municipal multi-purpose cultural centre in Oppdal, Norway, operating two cinema halls, a swimming pool, a cultural school, a youth club, a library, gallery and event rentals, serving local residents and tourists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Cultural Center Services

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Multipurpose Event Center Operations (Civic Centers, Community Event Complexes) (MPAGALAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Conference Centers & Dedicated Meeting Venues (THAHAAAB), Performing Arts & Cultural Event Venues (Theaters, Museums) (THAHAAAG), Multi-Purpose Event Halls & Community Centers (THAHAAAI)

Keywords

• Municipal cultural services
• Public cinema operations
• Swimming pool facilities
• Cultural education programs
• Event venue rentals

Headquarters

HQ city

Oppdal

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Cinema Ticket Sales: Primary revenue from cinema admissions across both halls (Kinosalen and Storsalen). Shows films 6 days a week (Tuesday to Sunday) with typically 4 films per day. Includes special screenings: baby cinema, morning cinema, classic Tuesday films (100 NOK), and Ramaskrik horror festival.
2. Swimming Pool / Badeanlegget: Entry fees for the municipal swimming pool complex with 25m sports pool, water slide, climbing wall, wellness pool, children's pool, jacuzzi, and sauna. Annual passes and half-year passes also sold.
3. Cultural School / Kulturskolen: Music, dance, visual arts, and other cultural education for children and youth. Semester-based tuition fees with maximum family price cap. Instrument rental and costume/material fees additional.
4. Venue Rental / Utleie: Rental income from Storsalen (up to 1,200 standing / 532 seated), Kinosalen (104 seats), Allsalen (396m2, dividable), Speilsalen (76m2), youth rooms, exhibition gallery (100m2), and meeting rooms (8-40 persons). Also course and conference rentals.
5. Gift Cards / Gavekort: Gift cards sold via ebillett platform, valid for 2 years. Can be used for all ticket types and kiosk/cafe items.
6. Swimming Pool Birthday Parties / Badebursdag: Birthday party packages including pool access, food, and a t-shirt for the birthday child. Multiple menu options ranging from 189-250 NOK per person depending on menu and day.
7. Cinema Advertising / Kinoreklame: Cinema advertising sold via Media Direct Norge AS. Described as cost-effective and popular marketing reaching an engaged audience across diverse film genres.
8. Swimming Course Fees: Swimming courses for children from 1st grade (10 sessions, 1,750 NOK), adult swimming courses, and baby swimming (via third-party provider).

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Oppdal kulturhus is a municipal multi-purpose cultural center in Oppdal, Norway, combining two cinema halls (Kinosal with 104 seats and Storsalen with up to 432 seats, both equipped with Christie laser projectors and Dolby Atmos sound), a 25m swimming pool complex with wellness facilities, a cultural school offering music, dance, and visual arts instruction, a youth club for ages 10-24, an art gallery (Galleri OKH), a municipal library, and rentable event/conference spaces. The center sells tickets, memberships, gift cards, and venue rentals via its own digital channels and in-venue box office.

Product overview

Oppdal Kulturhus is a multi-purpose cultural center in Oppdal, Norway, offering cinema (two theaters showing films 6 days/week), swimming facilities, culture school instruction (music, dance, visual arts, film), youth club programs, art gallery exhibitions, and venue rentals. The center operates the Kino (cinema) as its flagship entertainment offering, with specialized screenings including baby cinema, morning cinema, and the Ramaskrik horror film festival. Additional offerings include swimming pool complex with courses and birthday packages, culture school with 19+ subjects across music, dance and arts, youth club activities, and rental of 6+ venue spaces for events and conferences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ramaskrik Filmfestival: Norway's scariest film festival, arranged for the 16th time in October 2026. Features horror, sci-fi, and fantasy genre films with approximately 40 feature films and 20 short films over four days.
• Perledykkerne
• Babykino

Products and services

• Cinema Operations (Kino) Two cinema halls (Kinosalen with 104 seats and Dolby Atmos; Storsalen with up to 432 seats) showing films 6 days per week (Tuesday to Sunday), typically 4 films per day, year-round. Specialised screenings include baby cinema (Babykino), morning cinema (Formiddagskino), classic Tuesday films at 100 NOK, and the annual Ramaskrik horror film festival.
• Swimming Pool Complex (Badeanlegget) Municipal aquatic centre with a 25m sports pool, 40m water slide, climbing wall, wellness pool, children's pool, jacuzzi, and sauna. Offers day tickets, half-year and full-year passes, swimming courses, and birthday party packages. Children under 2 enter free.
• Cultural School (Kulturskolen) Semester-based tuition programmes in music (instruments, vocals), dance (ballet, jazz, hip-hop), visual arts, film production, and theatre for children and youth. Includes the Oppdal Juniorkorps youth marching band. Registration administered via SpeedAdmin, with semester application deadlines (10 May / 10 December).
• Youth Club (Ungdomsklubb) Drop-in and programmed social/recreational activities for young people aged 10-24, including a 2-day Filmbussen film course run with Midtnorsk Filmsenter where youth produce a complete film screened in the cinema.
• Art Gallery (Galleri OKH) Approximately 100m2 exhibition gallery in the foyer with gallery lighting, hosting rotating art, photography, and historical exhibitions. Open during café opening hours.
• Venue Rental (Utleie) Rental of multiple spaces for conferences, courses, events, and meetings: Storsalen (up to 1,200 standing / 532 seated), Kinosalen (104 seats), Allsalen (396m2, dividable into Sal A 213m2 and Sal B 175m2, approved up to 500 persons), Speilsalen (76m2), youth rooms, exhibition gallery (100m2), and meeting rooms (8-40 persons). Also swimming pool rental (up to 200 persons for 2 hours).
• Swimming Birthday Party Packages (Badebursdag)

Quantifiable outcome

• 30,000+ annual visitors to the cinema alone
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• KinoAlliansen AS (KA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2003Oppdal kulturhus is a member of KinoAlliansen AS, a cinema alliance founded in 2003 comprising 25 Norwegian cinema operators. The alliance provides collective strength in negotiations with film distributors and achieves economies of scale comparable to commercial chains, while preserving local ownership and control. Member cinemas have annual attendance of 30,000-200,000 visitors and represent approximately 15% of the total Norwegian cinema market. All member cinemas are equal shareholders.
• DX (Ticket System Provider)coreTechnology or IntegrationDX provides the ticketing platform (checkout.ebillett.no) for all ticket sales including cinema, events, gift cards, and swimming pool. DX also developed and maintains the Oppdal kulturhus website. Contact for partners/partners from DX are referenced in the privacy policy as data processors.
• Media Direct Norge AScoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMedia Direct Norge AS sells and organises all cinema advertising at Oppdal kino. They can also produce advertising content for clients. Contact: Susanne Berntsen, [email protected], tlf. 986 07 403. Represents Oppdal kino's advertising inventory to advertisers seeking cinema-based marketing.
• Oppdal MunicipalitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOppdal kulturhus is a municipal institution under Oppdal municipality. The municipality provides operational support and oversight. Key staff (Unit Leader, Cultural School Principal, etc.) are municipal employees. Org. Nr. 964 983 003. Unit leader: Beate Lauritzen.
• Kulturhusets Venner (Friends of Oppdal Kulturhus)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFriends association established in 2010 supporting cultural activities and increased use of the cultural centre. Annual membership: 200 NOK (individuals), 300 NOK (couples). Provides community advocacy and financial support for cultural programming.
• Trenmo FørstehjelpminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrenmo Førstehjelp (Trenmo First Aid) organises baby swimming courses at the Oppdal kulturhus swimming pool complex.
• Local Cultural AssociationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFour local cultural associations serve as permanent tenants managing wardrobe facilities at cultural events: Oppdal Songlag, Oppdal Juniorkorps, Oppdal Musikkforening, and OIL Fotball J17. All income from wardrobe goes to these associations.
• Midtnorsk Filmsenter (Mid-Norwegian Film Centre)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMidtnorsk Filmsenter provides professional filmmakers who conduct a 2-day film course ('Filmbussen') for the youth club, teaching scriptwriting, filming, and editing. Youth produce a complete film shown in the cinema.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• KinoAlliansen AS: Cinema alliance of 25 Norwegian cinema operators (including Oppdal kulturhus) representing ~15% of Norwegian cinema market. Not a competitor but a direct ecosystem partner providing collective negotiating leverage with film distributors, shared services, and co-marketing reach.

Direct peers

• Hamar kulturhus: Cultural center in Hamar combining cinema, library, cultural school, and event venue offerings. Mirrors Oppdal kulturhus's municipal multi-service model in inland Norway with comparable tourism and demographic dynamics.
• Kimen kulturhus: Cultural center in Stjørdal (Trøndelag) combining cinema, concert hall, library, and cultural school under municipal operation. Highly comparable to Oppdal kulturhus in scale and service mix, with similar weather/tourism dynamics in the Trøndelag region.
• Bergen kino: Municipal cinema operator in Bergen managing multiple cinema halls across the city. Comparable as a municipally owned multi-screen cinema chain and fellow KinoAlliansen member, useful for benchmarking ticket pricing, programming, and operational efficiency at larger scale.
• Trondheim kino: Municipal cinema operator in Trondheim running multiple screens and serving the Trøndelag region. Most direct cinema-specific peer given overlapping catchment, KinoAlliansen membership, and similar municipal ownership structure to Oppdal kulturhus.
• Tønsberg kulturhus: Multi-purpose cultural center in Tønsberg offering cinema, concerts, theater, library, and cultural school services. Comparable in combining entertainment, education, and community functions under municipal ownership, serving as a regional benchmark for venue operations.
• Drammen kulturhus: Municipal cultural center in Drammen combining cinema, library, concerts, and event rentals. Directly comparable multi-service cultural venue model, though at larger urban scale, providing insight into how similar service bundles perform in mid-sized Norwegian cities.
• Kulturhuset Oslo: Oslo's central multi-purpose cultural center combining cinema, concerts, theater, library, and event rentals under one roof. Directly comparable concept to Oppdal kulturhus at much larger urban scale, offering a benchmark for how a similar model performs in a major Norwegian city.
• Stormen kulturhus: Multi-purpose cultural center in Bodø housing library, concert hall, cinema, and cultural school. Operates a near-identical business model combining cultural services and event venues under municipal ownership, making it a structurally comparable peer in a different regional market.

Broad incumbents

• SF Kino: Norway's largest commercial cinema chain operating numerous multiplexes nationwide. A broad incumbent competing for the same film distribution and audience spend as Oppdal kulturhus, but with vastly greater scale, urban presence, and corporate ownership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/oppdalkulturhus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oppdal-kulturhus

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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