Danielsen Ungdomsskole

What Danielsen Ungdomsskole does

Danielsen Ungdomsskole Bergen is a private Christian lower-secondary school (grades 8–10, ages 13–16) located at St. Jørgensgate 8 in central Bergen, Norway. It operates as one campus within the Egill Danielsen Stiftelse (Egill Danielsen Foundation) network, a nonprofit foundation established in 1932 that runs eight schools across the Bergen area and Haugalandet, covering primary through upper-secondary and adult education. The school serves approximately 270 students with roughly 30 staff across teaching, administration, special education, student services, health services, and operations functions, and is governed by a foundation council appointed by the Norwegian Lutheran Mission and the Norwegian Home Mission Society. Approved under Norway's friskoleloven (Private Schools Act) of 2003, the school combines per-pupil public funding with parental tuition fees of NOK 18,400 per year (2025), index-adjusted to NOK 19,000 from 1 January 2026.

The school's core product is a values-aligned lower-secondary education leading to the Norwegian 10-year compulsory education certificate (vitnemål for 10-årig grunnskole). Curriculum is supplemented by daily devotional gatherings, leirskole and overnight trips, international travel for 10th-graders, and electives in design, outdoor life, programming, and stage production. The school's primary customer segment is families seeking faith-based education with a Christian worldview, small-class welfare focus, and individual student attention; admissions are direct-to-consumer via digital application forms, with placements determined using the same grade-based point system as Norwegian public schools. The Bergen school also feeds the network's Danielsen Videregående Skole, with formal bonus-point incentives for internal progression.

Danielsen Ungdomsskole's technology stack is a standard Norwegian-school administration bundle rather than proprietary IP: Visma Flyt Skole for scheduling, attendance, grading and student management, paired with the Visma Min Skole parent-facing app for teacher-parent communication; Microsoft 365 for staff and student productivity; Unibok and Skolen fra Cappelen Damm for digital textbooks; Google Sites for internal resources; and the Everyday portal (ist.com) for daily school activity. An iPad device program supports students with documented usage rules. Revenue mechanics are recurring subscription-style tuition billed across 10 installments per school year (2-term advance deposit in June, then 8 monthly terms October–May), supplemented by government per-pupil grants. No funding rounds, M&A activity, or external investors are present; ownership rests entirely with the foundation.

Name

Danielsen Ungdomsskole

Legal name

Egill Danielsen Stiftelse

Website

https://danielsen-skoler.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1932

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Danielsen Ungdomsskole Bergen is a private Christian lower-secondary school (grades 8–10) serving roughly 270 students in central Bergen, Norway, as one of eight schools operated by the nonprofit Egill Danielsen Stiftelse foundation (est. 1932) under Norway's friskoleloven funding regime.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

Keywords

• Christian private education
• Lower secondary school
• Private K-10 schooling
• Friskole tuition services
• Value-based education

Headquarters

HQ city

Bergen

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition fees (Skolepenger): Annual tuition fees paid by parents/guardians for students in grades 8-10, in line with Norwegian private school legislation (friskoleloven). The school follows the same 'free principle' as public schools except for tuition fees. Fees are payable over 10 terms per school year, with a 2-term advance deposit.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Danielsen Ungdomsskole Bergen is a Christian lower secondary school offering grades 8-10 to approximately 270 students aged 13-16, located in St. Jørgensgate in Bergen city center. The school delivers compulsory academic instruction aligned with the Norwegian national curriculum within a Christian worldview framework, leading to a 10-year comprehensive school completion certificate equivalent to public grundskole. It is part of the eight-school Danielsen network operated by Egill Danielsen Stiftelse since 1932.

Product overview

Danielsen Ungdomsskole is part of the Egill Danielsen Foundation network of eight Christian private schools established in 1932, operating across the Bergen area and Haugalandet in Norway. The network offers a complete educational pathway from primary school with SFO (after-school care) through lower secondary (8th-10th grade) to upper secondary programs (VG1-VG3). Key products include Danielsen Ungdomsskole Bergen (the focus institution with ~270 students), five regional lower secondary schools (Karmøy, Haugalandet, Frekhaug, Osterøy, and Sotra combined primary-secondary), Danielsen Videregående Skole (upper secondary with General Studies, Healthcare programs, and international exchange to US sister schools), and Danielsen Intensivgymnas (adult upper secondary). The schools integrate with Visma administrative systems, Microsoft 365, and digital textbook platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Danielsen Ungdomsskole Bergen Lower secondary school (grades 8-10, ages 13-16) located in St. Jørgensgate, Bergen city center, with approximately 270 students. Founded in 1986 as part of the Egill Danielsen Stiftelse network and offering Christian-values-based education leading to a 10-year compulsory school certificate.
• Danielsen Ungdomsskole Haugalandet Lower secondary school serving the Haugalandet region, part of the eight-school Danielsen network operated by Egill Danielsen Stiftelse.
• Danielsen Ungdomsskole Karmøy Lower secondary school serving the Karmøy municipality within the Danielsen network.
• Danielsen Ungdomsskule Frekhaug Lower secondary school serving the Frekhaug area within the Danielsen network.
• Danielsen Ungdomsskule Osterøy Lower secondary school serving the Osterøy municipality; also rents out facilities and equipment to the local community.
• Danielsen Barne- og Ungdomsskule Sotra Combined primary and lower secondary school (grades 1-10) with SFO after-school care, serving the Sotra region within the Danielsen network.
• Danielsen Videregående Skole Upper secondary school (VG1-VG3) offering General Studies and Healthcare/Childcare programs, located in Nygaten, Bergen city center. Sister schools in the United States include Hillcrest Lutheran Academy and Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, supporting international exchange.
• Danielsen Intensivgymnas Upper secondary program for adult learners, also offering Vg3 supplementary courses for vocational students.
• SFO (Skolefritidsordning) After-school care service offered at primary schools within the Danielsen network, available from 07:30 during school days.
• VG2 Exchange Programs (USA and South America) International exchange programs offered through Danielsen Videregående Skole where students spend their VG2 year at sister schools in the United States or South America.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• NSP AidminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 November 2025NSP Aid is a Norwegian organization that supports schools and communities in Kenya. Danielsen schools collaborate with NSP Aid on mission projects. Students and teachers from Danielsen Haugalandet visited Kenya and participated in opening 'Danielsen House,' a facility for children at Malaika Villages in Kiserian, Kenya, funded through fundraising at the school.
• Hillcrest Lutheran Academy (USA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of two American sister schools partnered with Danielsen Videregående Skole for student exchange programs. Up to 30 Danielsen students spend their VG2 year at the American school as part of the international exchange program.
• Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy (USA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of two American sister schools partnered with Danielsen Videregående Skole for student exchange programs. Up to 30 Danielsen students spend their VG2 year at the American school as part of the international exchange program.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Steinerskoleforbundet i Norge (Norwegian Steiner Waldorf Schools Federation): National federation of Steiner/Waldorf friskoler across Norway. Comparable as a nationwide network of private K–12 schools approved under friskoleloven, addressing parental demand for alternative pedagogies outside the public school system.
• Adventistskolen i Norge: National network of Adventist-affiliated private schools (K–10 plus upper secondary) operating as Norwegian friskoler with public co-funding. Comparable as a faith-based, denominationally anchored private school network that competes for similar families on values-aligned alternative education.
• NLA Høgskolen / NLA videregående: NLM-affiliated (Norsk Luthersk Misjonssamband) Christian education provider with secondary programs. Highly comparable given that Egill Danielsen Stiftelse's foundation council is also appointed by NLM, putting the two organizations in the same Lutheran-mission educational ecosystem serving overlapping faith-aligned families.

Others

• Norsk Friskoleorganisasjon (Norwegian Private School Association): Industry/trade association representing Norwegian friskoler. Relevant not as a competitor but as an advocacy and ecosystem actor in the same regulatory environment (friskoleloven) that governs Danielsen Ungdomsskole's approval and funding.

Direct peers

• Steinerskolen i Bergen: Waldorf/Steiner lower-secondary alternative-pedagogy school located in Bergen, competing directly for the same families choosing a non-public K–10 alternative in the Bergen catchment. Comparable on geography, grade range (K–10), and independent/private status under friskoleloven.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/Danielsen-Videreg%C3%A5ende-Skole/232404103537721
• Instagraminstagram.com/danielsenvgs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/danielsen-ungdomsskole

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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